diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fb5ae3bc..b5f79c99d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
     "shapeshift.io": "^1.3.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.4",
+    "stream-to-blob-url": "^2.1.1",
     "tree-kill": "^1.1.0",
     "y18n": "^4.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/video/internal/loading-screen.jsx b/src/renderer/component/common/loading-screen.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/component/video/internal/loading-screen.jsx
rename to src/renderer/component/common/loading-screen.jsx
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileRender/index.js b/src/renderer/component/fileRender/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eba1d818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileRender/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { THEME } from 'constants/settings';
+import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+
+import FileRender from './view';
+
+const select = (state, props) => ({
+  currentTheme: makeSelectClientSetting(THEME)(state),
+});
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({});
+
+export default connect(
+  select,
+  perform
+)(FileRender);
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileRender/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/fileRender/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..badd739dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileRender/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import LoadingScreen from 'component/common/loading-screen';
+//import ThreeViewer from 'component/threeViewer';
+
+type Props = {
+  mediaType: string,
+  fileSource: {
+    filePath: string,
+    fileType: string,
+  },
+  currentTheme: string,
+};
+
+class FileRender extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  routeViewer() {
+    const { mediaType, fileSource, currentTheme } = this.props;
+
+    if (!mediaType || !fileSource) return null;
+
+    // Supported mediaTypes
+    const mediaTypes = {
+      // '3D-file': () => <ThreeViewer source={fileSource} theme={currentTheme}/>,
+      // 'e-book': () => <EbookReader />,
+      // 'comic-book' () => <ComicReader />,
+      // Add routes to viewer...
+    };
+
+    // Return viewer
+    return mediaType ? mediaTypes[mediaType] : null;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const Viewer = this.routeViewer();
+    const unsupportedMessage = "Sorry, looks like we can't preview this file.";
+
+    return (
+      <div className="file-render">
+        {Viewer ? <Viewer /> : <LoadingScreen status={unsupportedMessage} spinner={false} />}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default FileRender;
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/video/internal/player.jsx b/src/renderer/component/video/internal/player.jsx
index 5ec6fc965..bbf28dec7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/video/internal/player.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/video/internal/player.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 import React from 'react';
 import { remote } from 'electron';
-import Thumbnail from 'component/common/thumbnail';
-import player from 'render-media';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import LoadingScreen from './loading-screen';
+import path from 'path';
+import player from 'render-media';
+import toBlobURL from 'stream-to-blob-url';
+import FileRender from 'component/fileRender';
+import Thumbnail from 'component/common/thumbnail';
+import LoadingScreen from 'component/common/loading-screen';
+
 
 class VideoPlayer extends React.PureComponent {
   static MP3_CONTENT_TYPES = ['audio/mpeg3', 'audio/mpeg'];
+  static FILE_MEDIA_TYPES = ['3D-file', 'e-book', 'comic-book'];
 
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -51,7 +56,11 @@ class VideoPlayer extends React.PureComponent {
     // use renderAudio override for mp3
     if (VideoPlayer.MP3_CONTENT_TYPES.indexOf(contentType) > -1) {
       this.renderAudio(container, null, false);
-    } else {
+    }
+    // Render custom viewer: FileRender
+    if (this.fileType()) this.renderFile();
+    // Render default viewer: render-media (video, audio, img, iframe)
+    else if (this.supportedType()) {
       player.append(
         this.file(),
         container,
@@ -159,6 +168,38 @@ class VideoPlayer extends React.PureComponent {
     return ['audio', 'video'].indexOf(mediaType) !== -1;
   }
 
+  supportedType() {
+    // Files supported by render-media
+    const { contentType, mediaType } = this.props;
+
+    return Object.values(player.mime).indexOf(contentType) !== -1;
+  }
+
+  fileType() {
+    // This files are supported using a custom viewer
+    const { mediaType } = this.props;
+
+    return VideoPlayer.FILE_MEDIA_TYPES.indexOf(mediaType) > -1;
+  }
+
+  renderFile() {
+    // This is what render-media does with unplayable files
+    const { filename, downloadPath, contentType, mediaType } = this.props;
+    toBlobURL(fs.createReadStream(downloadPath), contentType, (err, url) => {
+      if (err) {
+        this.setState({ unsupported: true });
+        return false;
+      }
+      // File to render
+      const fileSource = {
+        filePath: url,
+        fileType: path.extname(filename).substring(1),
+      };
+      // Update state
+      this.setState({ fileSource });
+    });
+  }
+
   renderAudio(container, autoplay) {
     if (container.firstChild) {
       container.firstChild.remove();
@@ -175,23 +216,27 @@ class VideoPlayer extends React.PureComponent {
 
   render() {
     const { mediaType, poster } = this.props;
-    const { hasMetadata, unplayable } = this.state;
+    const { hasMetadata, unplayable, unsupported, fileSource } = this.state;
+    const noFileMessage = 'Waiting for blob.';
     const noMetadataMessage = 'Waiting for metadata.';
     const unplayableMessage = "Sorry, looks like we can't play this file.";
-    const hideMedia = this.playableType() && !hasMetadata && !unplayable;
+    const unsupportedMessage = "Sorry, looks like we can't preview this file.";
+    const isLoadingFile = !fileSource && this.fileType();
+    const isLoadingMetadata = this.playableType() && (!hasMetadata && !unplayable);
+    const isUnplayable = this.playableType() && unplayable;
+    const isUnsupported = !this.supportedType() && !this.playableType() && !this.fileType();
+    const isFile = fileSource && this.fileType();
 
     return (
       <React.Fragment>
-        {['audio', 'application'].indexOf(mediaType) !== -1 &&
-          (!this.playableType() || hasMetadata) &&
-          !unplayable && <Thumbnail src={poster} />}
-        {this.playableType() &&
-          !hasMetadata &&
-          !unplayable && <LoadingScreen status={noMetadataMessage} />}
-        {unplayable && <LoadingScreen status={unplayableMessage} spinner={false} />}
+        {isLoadingFile && <LoadingScreen status={noFileMessage} />}
+        {isLoadingMetadata && <LoadingScreen status={noMetadataMessage} />}
+        {isUnplayable && <LoadingScreen status={unplayableMessage} spinner={false} />}
+        {unsupported || isUnsupported && <LoadingScreen status={unsupportedMessage} spinner={false} />}
+        {isFile && <FileRender source={fileSource} mediaType={mediaType} />}
         <div
           className={'content__view--container'}
-          style={{ opacity: hideMedia ? 0 : 1 }}
+          style={{ opacity: isLoadingMetadata || isUnplayable ? 0 : 1 }}
           ref={container => {
             this.media = container;
           }}
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/video/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/video/view.jsx
index b2448ba5f..3fc373630 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/video/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/video/view.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
 import type { Claim } from 'types/claim';
 import VideoPlayer from './internal/player';
 import VideoPlayButton from './internal/play-button';
-import LoadingScreen from './internal/loading-screen';
+import LoadingScreen from 'component/common/loading-screen';
 
 const SPACE_BAR_KEYCODE = 32;
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Video extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     const isPlaying = playingUri === uri;
     const isReadyToPlay = fileInfo && fileInfo.written_bytes > 0;
     const shouldObscureNsfw = obscureNsfw && metadata && metadata.nsfw;
-    const mediaType = Lbry.getMediaType(contentType, fileInfo && fileInfo.file_name);
+    const mediaType = (fileInfo && Lbry.getMediaType(null, fileInfo.file_name)) || Lbry.getMediaType(contentType);
 
     let loadStatusMessage = '';
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx b/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
index 5e6cb95c9..3efe50c37 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 class FilePage extends React.Component<Props> {
+  static MEDIA_TYPES = ['audio', '3D-file', 'e-book', 'comic-book'];
+
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
 
@@ -111,12 +113,14 @@ class FilePage extends React.Component<Props> {
     } = this.props;
 
     // File info
-    const { title, thumbnail } = metadata;
+    const { title, thumbnail, filename } = metadata;
     const isRewardContent = rewardedContentClaimIds.includes(claim.claim_id);
     const shouldObscureThumbnail = obscureNsfw && metadata.nsfw;
     const { height, channel_name: channelName, value } = claim;
-    const mediaType = Lbry.getMediaType(contentType);
-    const isPlayable = Object.values(player.mime).includes(contentType) || mediaType === 'audio';
+    // TODO: fix getMediaType logic (lbry-redux)
+    const mediaType = Lbry.getMediaType(null, filename) || Lbry.getMediaType(contentType);
+    const isPlayable =
+      Object.values(player.mime).indexOf(contentType) !== -1 || FilePage.MEDIA_TYPES.indexOf(mediaType);
     const channelClaimId =
       value && value.publisherSignature && value.publisherSignature.certificateId;
     let subscriptionUri;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8bb0709a8..b146e4683 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8726,6 +8726,12 @@ stream-to-blob-url@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     stream-to-blob "^1.0.0"
 
+stream-to-blob-url@^2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-to-blob-url/-/stream-to-blob-url-2.1.1.tgz#e1ac97f86ca8e9f512329a48e7830ce9a50beef2"
+  dependencies:
+    stream-to-blob "^1.0.0"
+
 stream-to-blob@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-to-blob/-/stream-to-blob-1.0.0.tgz#9f7a1ada39e16ea282ebb7e4cda307edabde658d"