diff --git a/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts b/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
index 33606541..0236b55b 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
@@ -87,4 +87,17 @@ describe("local media path policy", () => {
 		await expect(resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath(videoPath)).resolves.toBe(videoPath);
 		expect(isAllowedMediaPath(videoPath)).toBe(true);
 	});
+
+	it("rejects existing non-media files when resolving local media URLs", async () => {
+		const downloadsPath = path.join(tempRoot, "Downloads");
+		const textPath = path.join(downloadsPath, "notes.txt");
+		await fs.mkdir(downloadsPath, { recursive: true });
+		await fs.writeFile(textPath, "not media");
+
+		const { resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath } = await import("./manager");
+		const { isAllowedMediaPath } = await import("../../mediaServer");
+
+		await expect(resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath(textPath)).resolves.toBeNull();
+		expect(isAllowedMediaPath(textPath)).toBe(false);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/electron/ipc/project/manager.ts b/electron/ipc/project/manager.ts
index 67e3dead..473f3a63 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/project/manager.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/project/manager.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { app } from "electron";
 import { RECORDINGS_DIR, USER_DATA_PATH } from "../../appPaths";
+import { isSupportedLocalMediaPath } from "../../mediaTypes";
 import {
 	PROJECT_FILE_EXTENSION,
 	LEGACY_PROJECT_FILE_EXTENSIONS,
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ export async function resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath(candidatePath: string): Prom
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	const stat = await fs.stat(realPath).catch(() => null);
+	if (!stat?.isFile() || !isSupportedLocalMediaPath(realPath)) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	if (!(await isAllowedLocalMediaPath(realPath))) {
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/electron/mediaServer.ts b/electron/mediaServer.ts
index ff783788..201e58aa 100644
--- a/electron/mediaServer.ts
+++ b/electron/mediaServer.ts
@@ -3,28 +3,11 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import { createServer, type IncomingMessage, type ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { approvedLocalReadPaths } from "./ipc/state";
-
-const MEDIA_MIME_TYPES: Record<string, string> = {
-	".mp4": "video/mp4",
-	".webm": "video/webm",
-	".mov": "video/quicktime",
-	".mkv": "video/x-matroska",
-	".avi": "video/x-msvideo",
-	".wav": "audio/wav",
-	".mp3": "audio/mpeg",
-	".ogg": "audio/ogg",
-	".png": "image/png",
-	".jpg": "image/jpeg",
-	".jpeg": "image/jpeg",
-};
+import { getMediaContentType } from "./mediaTypes";
 
 let mediaServerBaseUrl: string | null = null;
 let mediaServerStartPromise: Promise<string> | null = null;
 
-function getMediaContentType(filePath: string): string {
-	return MEDIA_MIME_TYPES[path.extname(filePath).toLowerCase()] ?? "application/octet-stream";
-}
-
 async function resolveRealPath(filePath: string): Promise<string | null> {
 	try {
 		return await fs.realpath(path.resolve(filePath));
diff --git a/electron/mediaTypes.ts b/electron/mediaTypes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c4307b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron/mediaTypes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+
+export const MEDIA_CONTENT_TYPES: Record<string, string> = {
+	".mp4": "video/mp4",
+	".webm": "video/webm",
+	".mov": "video/quicktime",
+	".mkv": "video/x-matroska",
+	".avi": "video/x-msvideo",
+	".wav": "audio/wav",
+	".mp3": "audio/mpeg",
+	".ogg": "audio/ogg",
+	".png": "image/png",
+	".jpg": "image/jpeg",
+	".jpeg": "image/jpeg",
+};
+
+export function getMediaContentType(filePath: string): string {
+	return MEDIA_CONTENT_TYPES[path.extname(filePath).toLowerCase()] ?? "application/octet-stream";
+}
+
+export function isSupportedLocalMediaPath(filePath: string): boolean {
+	return path.extname(filePath).toLowerCase() in MEDIA_CONTENT_TYPES;
+}