diff --git a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
index d31387e..905ab12 100644
--- a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
+++ b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
@@ -595,10 +595,19 @@ router.get('/:id/stream', async (req, res, next) => {
     if (r.rows.length === 0) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Asset not found' });
     const a = r.rows[0];
     if (a.status === 'live') return res.json({ url: `/live/${a.id}/index.m3u8`, type: 'hls', live: true });
-    // Prefer the HLS rendition for recorded assets — whole-file segment GETs
-    // avoid the RustFS ranged-GET stitching the MP4 /video path has to do.
+    // `url` is the directly-downloadable MP4 proxy; `hls_url` is the HLS
+    // rendition for in-browser playback (whole-file segment GETs avoid the
+    // RustFS ranged-GET stitching the MP4 path needs). The Premiere plugin
+    // downloads `url` to a file and imports it, so `url` must NOT be the
+    // .m3u8 playlist — Premiere can't import a playlist ("unsupported
+    // compression type"). The web player prefers `hls_url` when present.
     if (a.hls_s3_key) {
-      return res.json({ url: `/api/v1/assets/${id}/hls/playlist.m3u8`, type: 'hls', source: 'proxy' });
+      return res.json({
+        url: `/api/v1/assets/${id}/video`,
+        type: 'mp4',
+        source: a.proxy_s3_key ? 'proxy' : 'original',
+        hls_url: `/api/v1/assets/${id}/hls/playlist.m3u8`,
+      });
     }
     const VIDEO_EXTS = ['.mp4', '.mov', '.mxf', '.ts', '.m4v', '.mkv', '.avi', '.webm'];
     const key = a.proxy_s3_key ||
diff --git a/services/web-ui/public/screens-asset.jsx b/services/web-ui/public/screens-asset.jsx
index d92deb7..a6beafb 100644
--- a/services/web-ui/public/screens-asset.jsx
+++ b/services/web-ui/public/screens-asset.jsx
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ function AssetDetail({ asset, onClose }) {
     setStreamLoading(true);
     window.ZAMPP_API.fetch('/assets/' + assetId + '/stream')
       .then(function(r) {
-        if (r && r.url) {
+        if (r && r.hls_url) {
+          // Prefer HLS for in-browser playback; `url` stays the MP4 proxy
+          // (used by the Premiere plugin importer + as a fallback).
+          setStreamUrl(r.hls_url);
+          setStreamType('hls');
+        } else if (r && r.url) {
           setStreamUrl(r.url);
           setStreamType(r.type || 'mp4');
         } else if (r) {