fix

app/Http/Controllers/MediaController.php

@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 use App\Models\SubCategory;
 use App\Models\Tag;
 use App\Traits\HandlesImageUpload;
+use App\Traits\StoresUploads;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
 class MediaController extends Controller
 {
-    use HandlesImageUpload;
+    use HandlesImageUpload, StoresUploads;
 
     // CREATE media
     public function store(Request $request)
@@ -41,19 +42,23 @@ public function store(Request $request)
 
         $path = null;
         if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
-            $path = $request->file('file')->store('media', 'public');
+            $path = $this->storeUpload($request->file('file'), 'media');
         }
 
         // An uploaded image file takes precedence over a provided image_id.
         $imageId = $this->uploadedImageId($request) ?? ($data['image_id'] ?? null);
 
+        // When a file is uploaded, expose its public URL as external_url too
+        // (older front-end versions read external_url for the playable source).
+        $externalUrl = $path ? asset('storage/' . $path) : ($data['external_url'] ?? null);
+
         $media = Media::create([
             'user_id' => auth()->id(),
             'title' => $data['title'],
             'caption' => $data['caption'] ?? null,
             'type' => $data['type'],
             'file_path' => $path,
-            'external_url' => $data['external_url'] ?? null,
+            'external_url' => $externalUrl,
             'image_id' => $imageId,
             'duration' => $data['duration'] ?? null,
             'visibility' => $data['visibility'] ?? 'public',
@@ -488,7 +493,9 @@ public function update(Request $request, $id)
     // --- handle file replace ---
     if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
         Storage::disk('public')->delete($media->file_path);
-        $data['file_path'] = $request->file('file')->store('media', 'public');
+        $data['file_path'] = $this->storeUpload($request->file('file'), 'media');
+        // Keep external_url pointing at the newly uploaded file for the old front-end.
+        $data['external_url'] = asset('storage/' . $data['file_path']);
     }
 
     // --- Prepare update data ---