diff --git a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/asset_viewer/video_viewer.widget.dart b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/asset_viewer/video_viewer.widget.dart
index db5cf93f72..e8862be390 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/asset_viewer/video_viewer.widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/asset_viewer/video_viewer.widget.dart
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ class NativeVideoViewer extends HookConsumerWidget {
 
           // Pass a file:// URI so Android's Uri.parse doesn't
           // interpret characters like '#' as fragment identifiers.
-          final fileUri = Uri.file(file.path).toString();
-          final source = await VideoSource.init(path: fileUri, type: VideoSourceType.file);
+          final source = await VideoSource.init(path: file.uri.toString(), type: VideoSourceType.file);
           return source;
         }