diff --git a/app/models/media_attachment.rb b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
index 620a92dbc3..d560bd6735 100644
--- a/app/models/media_attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class MediaAttachment < ApplicationRecord
       if f.file_content_type == 'image/gif'
         [:gif_transcoder]
       elsif VIDEO_MIME_TYPES.include? f.file_content_type
-        [:transcoder]
+        [:video_transcoder]
       else
         [:thumbnail]
       end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 30ed608c5e..cb009b24c1 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)
 
 require_relative '../app/lib/exceptions'
 require_relative '../lib/paperclip/gif_transcoder'
+require_relative '../lib/paperclip/video_transcoder'
 
 Dotenv::Railtie.load
 
diff --git a/lib/paperclip/video_transcoder.rb b/lib/paperclip/video_transcoder.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3504c17c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/paperclip/video_transcoder.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Paperclip
+  # This transcoder is only to be used for the MediaAttachment model
+  # to check when uploaded videos are actually gifv's
+  class VideoTranscoder < Paperclip::Processor
+    def make
+      meta = ::Av.cli.identify(@file.path)
+      attachment.instance.type = MediaAttachment.types[:gifv] unless meta[:audio_encode]
+
+      Paperclip::Transcoder.make(file, options, attachment)
+    end
+  end
+end