diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/upload.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/upload.ts
index c37f588fea..4b36f5743f 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/upload.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/upload.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const toDesktopUploadItem = (
     uploadItem: UploadItem,
 ): DesktopUploadItem => {
     if (uploadItem instanceof File) {
-        log.warn("Invalid combination", { electron, uploadItem });
+        log.info(`Invalid upload item (electron: ${!!electron})`, uploadItem);
         throw new Error(
             "Found a File upload item even though we're running in the desktop app",
         );
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/video.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/video.ts
index 1bf2bf0fce..48bd05f087 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/video.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/video.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ import {
     getFilePreviewDataUploadURL,
     putVideoData,
 } from "./file-data";
-import type { UploadItem } from "./upload";
+import {
+    toDesktopUploadItem,
+    type DesktopUploadItem,
+    type UploadItem,
+} from "./upload";
 
 interface VideoProcessingQueueItem {
     /**
@@ -30,12 +34,13 @@ interface VideoProcessingQueueItem {
      */
     file: EnteFile;
     /**
-     * The {@link UploadItem} if available for the newly uploaded {@link file}.
+     * The {@link DesktopUploadItem} if available for the newly uploaded
+     * {@link file}.
      *
      * If present, this serves as an optimization allowing us to directly read
      * the file off the user's filesystem.
      */
-    uploadItem: UploadItem | undefined;
+    uploadItem: DesktopUploadItem | undefined;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -333,7 +338,7 @@ export const processVideoNewUpload = (
         // (e.g. https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm/issues/851).
         //
         // So the video processing only happpens in the desktop app, which uses
-        // the much more efficient native ffmpeg integration.
+        // the much more efficient native FFmpeg integration.
         return;
     }
 
@@ -346,7 +351,10 @@ export const processVideoNewUpload = (
     }
 
     // Enqueue the item.
-    _state.videoProcessingQueue.push({ file, uploadItem });
+    _state.videoProcessingQueue.push({
+        file,
+        uploadItem: toDesktopUploadItem(electron, uploadItem),
+    });
 
     // Tickle the processor if it isn't already running.
     _state.queueProcessor ??= processQueue(electron);
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/utils/native-stream.ts b/web/packages/gallery/utils/native-stream.ts
index 2bc566609e..1ac52e58fe 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/utils/native-stream.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/utils/native-stream.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import type { Electron, ElectronMLWorker, ZipItem } from "ente-base/types/ipc";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import type { UploadItem } from "../services/upload";
+import type { DesktopUploadItem } from "../services/upload";
 
 /**
  * Stream the given file or zip entry from the user's local file system.
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export type GenerateHLSResult = z.infer<typeof GenerateHLSResult>;
  *
  * @returns a token that can be used to retrieve the generated HLS playlist, and
  * metadata about the generated video (its byte size and dimensions). See {@link
- * GenerateHLSResult.
+ * GenerateHLSResult}.
  *
  * In case the video is such that it doesn't require a separate stream to be
  * generated (e.g. it is a small video using an already compatible codec), then
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export type GenerateHLSResult = z.infer<typeof GenerateHLSResult>;
  */
 export const initiateGenerateHLS = async (
     _: Electron,
-    video: UploadItem | ReadableStream,
+    video: DesktopUploadItem | ReadableStream,
     objectUploadURL: string,
 ): Promise<GenerateHLSResult | undefined> => {
     const params = new URLSearchParams({ op: "generate-hls", objectUploadURL });
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ export const initiateGenerateHLS = async (
             const [zipPath, entryName] = video;
             params.set("zipPath", zipPath);
             params.set("entryName", entryName);
-        } else if (video instanceof File) {
-            // A drag and dropped file, but without a path. This is a browser
-            // specific case which shouldn't happen when we're running in the
-            // desktop app. Bail.
-            throw new Error("Unexpected file without path");
         } else {
             // A File with a path. Use the path.
             params.set("path", video.path);