diff --git a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
index b3958863fe..dd44d4a673 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
@@ -1519,12 +1519,24 @@ def get_media_mime_type(filepath: str) -> Optional[str]:
         Optional[str]: Mime type or None if is unknown mime type.
 
     """
+    try:
+        from ayon_api.utils import (
+            get_media_mime_type_for_content as _ayon_api_func
+        )
+    except ImportError:
+        _ayon_api_func = None
+
     if not filepath or not os.path.exists(filepath):
         return None
 
     with open(filepath, "rb") as stream:
         content = stream.read()
 
+    if _ayon_api_func is not None:
+        mime_type = _ayon_api_func(content)
+        if mime_type is not None:
+            return mime_type
+
     content_len = len(content)
     # Pre-validation (largest definition check)
     # - hopefully there cannot be media defined in less than 12 bytes