2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
index af8c8a0c8..876cc7f50 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid, isBaseActivityValid, setValidAttributedTo } from './misc'
 import { VideoState } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
+import { ActivityVideoFileMetadataObject } from '@shared/models'
 
 function sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentUpdateActivity (activity: any) {
   return isBaseActivityValid(activity, 'Update') &&
@@ -104,7 +105,15 @@ function isRemoteVideoUrlValid (url: any) {
       (url.mediaType || url.mimeType) === 'application/x-mpegURL' &&
       isActivityPubUrlValid(url.href) &&
       isArray(url.tag)
-    )
+    ) ||
+    isAPVideoFileMetadataObject(url)
+}
+
+function isAPVideoFileMetadataObject (url: any): url is ActivityVideoFileMetadataObject {
+  return url &&
+    url.type === 'Link' &&
+    url.mediaType === 'application/json' &&
+    isArray(url.rel) && url.rel.includes('metadata')
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -113,7 +122,8 @@ export {
   sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentUpdateActivity,
   isRemoteStringIdentifierValid,
   sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentObject,
-  isRemoteVideoUrlValid
+  isRemoteVideoUrlValid,
+  isAPVideoFileMetadataObject
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils.ts b/server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils.ts
index 5ee295635..e0e408ea0 100644
--- a/server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async function getVideoFileFPS (path: string) {
   return 0
 }
 
-async function getMetadataFromFile<T> (path: string, cb = metadata => metadata) {
+async function getMetadataFromFile <T> (path: string, cb = metadata => metadata) {
   return new Promise<T>((res, rej) => {
     ffmpeg.ffprobe(path, (err, metadata) => {
       if (err) return rej(err)