diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
index f637b5bd2..dbdc53a3c 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -104,11 +104,21 @@ export const extractVideoMetadata = async (
     const outputData =
         uploadItem instanceof File
             ? await ffmpegExecWeb(command, uploadItem, "txt", 0)
-            : await electron.ffmpegExec(command, uploadItem, "txt", 0);
+            : await electron.ffmpegExec(command, forE(uploadItem), "txt", 0);
 
     return parseFFmpegExtractedMetadata(outputData);
 };
 
+/**
+ * For each of cases of {@link UploadItem} that apply when we're running in the
+ * context of our desktop app, return a value that can be passed to
+ * {@link Electron}'s {@link ffmpegExec} over IPC.
+ */
+const forE = (desktopUploadItem: Exclude<UploadItem, File>) =>
+    typeof desktopUploadItem == "string" || Array.isArray(desktopUploadItem)
+        ? desktopUploadItem
+        : desktopUploadItem.path;
+
 // Options:
 //
 // - `-c [short for codex] copy`