diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika.go
index 7bcdae426e..abd7bdde39 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (t Tika) Extract(ctx context.Context, ri *provider.ResourceInfo) (Document,
 		return doc, err
 	}
 
-	var motionPhotoVideo bool
+	var embeddedVideo bool
 	for _, meta := range metas {
 		title, err := getFirstValue(meta, "dc:title")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -119,14 +119,13 @@ func (t Tika) Extract(ctx context.Context, ri *provider.ResourceInfo) (Document,
 		if v := t.getMotionPhoto(meta); v != nil {
 			doc.MotionPhoto = v
 		}
-		if isMotionPhotoVideo(meta) {
-			motionPhotoVideo = true
+		if isVideo(meta) {
+			embeddedVideo = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	// the xmp alone does not prove the video is there, tika emitting it as an
-	// embedded attachment does
-	if !motionPhotoVideo {
+	// the xmp alone does not prove the video is there, tika extracting it does
+	if !embeddedVideo {
 		doc.MotionPhoto = nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo.go
index 113857bcf0..ced6942be1 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo.go
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// motionPhotoVideoName is the resource name tika gives the appended video when
-// it emits it as an embedded attachment. The extension follows the detected
-// type and is absent for legacy MicroVideo, which declares no mime type.
-const motionPhotoVideoName = "motion-photo"
-
 // getMotionPhoto reads Google Motion Photo XMP, which Tika exposes under the
 // canonical Camera/Container prefixes. It covers both the current MotionPhoto
 // scheme and the legacy MicroVideo scheme. videoSize (the embedded video's byte
@@ -85,14 +80,11 @@ func motionPhotoVideoSize(meta map[string][]string) (int64, bool) {
 	return 0, false
 }
 
-// isMotionPhotoVideo reports whether meta describes the video tika extracted
-// from a motion photo. Tika only emits it when the bytes the xmp advertises are
-// really there, so its presence is what confirms the facet: a shared motion
-// photo can keep the xmp and lose the appended video.
-func isMotionPhotoVideo(meta map[string][]string) bool {
-	name, err := getFirstValue(meta, "tk:resource-name")
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return name == motionPhotoVideoName || strings.HasPrefix(name, motionPhotoVideoName+".")
+// isVideo reports whether meta describes a video. Tika emits the video appended
+// to a motion photo as an embedded document, and it only does so when the bytes
+// the xmp advertises are really there: a shared motion photo can keep the xmp
+// and lose the video.
+func isVideo(meta map[string][]string) bool {
+	v, err := getFirstValue(meta, "Content-Type")
+	return err == nil && strings.HasPrefix(v, "video/")
 }
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo_test.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo_test.go
index 97ccbe25d8..62812130d1 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo_test.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_motion_photo_test.go
@@ -77,15 +77,16 @@ var _ = Describe("getMotionPhoto", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-var _ = Describe("isMotionPhotoVideo", func() {
-	DescribeTable("recognizes the video tika emits as an embedded attachment",
+var _ = Describe("isVideo", func() {
+	DescribeTable("recognizes the video tika extracted from a motion photo",
 		func(meta map[string][]string, expected bool) {
-			Expect(isMotionPhotoVideo(meta)).To(Equal(expected))
+			Expect(isVideo(meta)).To(Equal(expected))
 		},
-		Entry("named attachment", map[string][]string{"tk:resource-name": {"motion-photo.mp4"}}, true),
-		Entry("no extension, as for MicroVideo", map[string][]string{"tk:resource-name": {"motion-photo"}}, true),
-		Entry("another attachment", map[string][]string{"tk:resource-name": {"cover.jpg"}}, false),
-		Entry("a name that only starts alike", map[string][]string{"tk:resource-name": {"motion-photography.mp4"}}, false),
-		Entry("the image itself", map[string][]string{"Camera:MotionPhoto": {"1"}}, false),
+		Entry("mp4", map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"video/mp4"}}, true),
+		Entry("quicktime", map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"video/quicktime"}}, true),
+		Entry("with parameters", map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"video/mp4; codecs=avc1"}}, true),
+		Entry("the image itself", map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"image/jpeg"}}, false),
+		Entry("another attachment", map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"application/pdf"}}, false),
+		Entry("no content type", map[string][]string{"Camera:MotionPhoto": {"1"}}, false),
 	)
 })
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_test.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_test.go
index 154e4798e9..66120a593c 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_test.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Tika", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("keeps the motion photo facet when tika emits the video", func() {
-			fullResponse = `[{"Camera:MotionPhotoVersion": "1", "Container:Directory/Item[2]/Item:Semantic": "MotionPhoto", "Container:Directory/Item[2]/Item:Length": "40"}, {"tk:resource-name": "motion-photo.mp4", "Content-Type": "video/mp4"}]`
+			fullResponse = `[{"Camera:MotionPhotoVersion": "1", "Container:Directory/Item[2]/Item:Semantic": "MotionPhoto", "Container:Directory/Item[2]/Item:Length": "40"}, {"Content-Type": "video/mp4"}]`
 
 			doc, err := tika.Extract(context.TODO(), &provider.ResourceInfo{
 				Type: provider.ResourceType_RESOURCE_TYPE_FILE,