diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 2b406cc..0c16779 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export * as configStore from './configStore.js';
 
 export { isLinux, isWindows, isMac, platform } from './util.js';
 
+export { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
 
 // https://www.i18next.com/overview/typescript#argument-of-type-defaulttfuncreturn-is-not-assignable-to-parameter-of-type-xyz
 // todo This should not be necessary anymore since v23.0.0
diff --git a/src/main/pathToFileURL.test.ts b/src/main/pathToFileURL.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e35f152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/pathToFileURL.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import { test, expect, describe } from 'vitest';
+
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+
+if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  describe('file uri windows only', () => {
+    test('converts path to file url', () => {
+      expect(pathToFileURL('C:\\Users\\sindresorhus\\dev\\te^st.jpg').href).toEqual('file:///C:/Users/sindresorhus/dev/te^st.jpg');
+    });
+  });
+} else {
+  describe('file uri non-windows', () => {
+    // https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/1941
+    test('file with backslash', () => {
+      expect(pathToFileURL('/has/back\\slash').href).toEqual('file:///has/back%5Cslash');
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// taken from https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-url
+describe('file uri both platforms', () => {
+  test('converts path to file url', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('/test.jpg').href).toMatch(/file:\/{3}test\.jpg/);
+
+    expect(pathToFileURL('/Users/sindresorhus/dev/te^st.jpg').href).toEqual('file:///Users/sindresorhus/dev/te^st.jpg');
+  });
+
+  test('escapes more special characters in path', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('/a^?!@#$%&\'";<>').href).toEqual('file:///a^%3F!@%23$%25&\'%22;%3C%3E');
+  });
+
+  test('escapes whitespace characters in path', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('/file with\r\nnewline').href).toEqual('file:///file%20with%0D%0Anewline');
+  });
+
+  test('relative path', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('relative/test.jpg').href).toMatch(/^file:\/{3}.*\/relative\/test\.jpg$/);
+  });
+
+  test('slash', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('/').href).toEqual('file:///');
+  });
+
+  test('empty', () => {
+    expect(pathToFileURL('').href).toMatch(/^file:\/{3}.*$/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index ce88b1b..5a470d5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ import {
   isStoreBuild, dragPreventer,
   havePermissionToReadFile, resolvePathIfNeeded, getPathReadAccessError, html5ifiedPrefix, html5dummySuffix, findExistingHtml5FriendlyFile,
   deleteFiles, isOutOfSpaceError, isExecaFailure, readFileSize, readFileSizes, checkFileSizes, setDocumentTitle, getOutFileExtension, getSuffixedFileName, mustDisallowVob, readVideoTs, readDirRecursively, getImportProjectType,
-  calcShouldShowWaveform, calcShouldShowKeyframes, mediaSourceQualities, isWindows,
+  calcShouldShowWaveform, calcShouldShowKeyframes, mediaSourceQualities,
 } from './util';
 import { toast, errorToast } from './swal';
 import { formatDuration } from './util/duration';
@@ -89,14 +89,13 @@ import isDev from './isDev';
 import { ChromiumHTMLVideoElement, EdlFileType, FfmpegCommandLog, FormatTimecode, PlaybackMode, SegmentColorIndex, SegmentTags, SegmentToExport, StateSegment, Thumbnail, TunerType } from './types';
 import { CaptureFormat, KeyboardAction, Html5ifyMode } from '../../../types';
 import { FFprobeChapter, FFprobeFormat, FFprobeStream } from '../../../ffprobe';
-import filePathToUrl from './util/fileUri';
 
 const electron = window.require('electron');
 const { exists } = window.require('fs-extra');
 const { lstat } = window.require('fs/promises');
 const { parse: parsePath, join: pathJoin, basename, dirname } = window.require('path');
 
-const { focusWindow, hasDisabledNetworking, quitApp } = window.require('@electron/remote').require('./index.js');
+const { focusWindow, hasDisabledNetworking, quitApp, pathToFileURL } = window.require('@electron/remote').require('./index.js');
 
 
 const videoStyle: CSSProperties = { width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'contain' };
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@ function App() {
   const effectiveFilePath = previewFilePath || filePath;
   const fileUri = useMemo(() => {
     if (!effectiveFilePath) return ''; // Setting video src="" prevents memory leak in chromium
-    const uri = filePathToUrl(effectiveFilePath, isWindows);
+    const uri = pathToFileURL(effectiveFilePath).href;
     // https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/1674
     if (cacheBuster !== 0) {
       const qs = new URLSearchParams();
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f98a58..0000000
--- a/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import { test, expect, describe } from 'vitest';
-
-import fileUriRaw from './fileUri.js';
-
-
-describe('file uri windows only', () => {
-  test('converts path to file url', () => {
-    expect(fileUriRaw('C:\\Users\\sindresorhus\\dev\\te^st.jpg', true)).toEqual('file:///C:/Users/sindresorhus/dev/te%5Est.jpg');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('file uri non-windows', () => {
-  // https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/1941
-  test('file with backslash', () => {
-    expect(fileUriRaw('/has/back\\slash', false)).toEqual('file:///has/back%5Cslash');
-  });
-});
-
-// taken from https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-url
-describe.each([{ isWindows: false }, { isWindows: true }])('file uri both platforms isWindows=$isWindows', ({ isWindows }) => {
-  const fileUri = (path) => fileUriRaw(path, isWindows);
-
-  test('converts path to file url', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('/test.jpg')).toMatch(/file:\/{3}test\.jpg/);
-
-    expect(fileUri('/Users/sindresorhus/dev/te^st.jpg')).toEqual('file:///Users/sindresorhus/dev/te%5Est.jpg');
-  });
-
-  test('escapes more special characters in path', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('/a?!@#$%^&\'";<>')).toEqual('file:///a%3F!@%23$%25%5E&\'%22;%3C%3E');
-  });
-
-  test('escapes whitespace characters in path', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('/file with\r\nnewline')).toEqual('file:///file%20with%0D%0Anewline');
-  });
-
-  test('relative path', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('relative/test.jpg')).toEqual('file:///relative/test.jpg');
-  });
-
-  test('empty', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('')).toEqual('file:///');
-  });
-
-  test('slash', () => {
-    expect(fileUri('/')).toEqual('file:///');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.ts b/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index df955ee..0000000
--- a/src/renderer/src/util/fileUri.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export default function fileUri(filePath: string, isWindows: boolean) {
-  let pathName = filePath;
-
-  if (isWindows) {
-    pathName = pathName.replaceAll('\\', '/');
-  }
-
-  // Windows drive letter must be prefixed with a slash.
-  // also relative paths will be converted to absolute
-  if (pathName[0] !== '/') {
-    pathName = `/${pathName}`;
-  }
-
-  // Escape required characters for path components.
-  // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.3
-  return encodeURI(`file://${pathName}`).replaceAll(/[#?]/g, encodeURIComponent);
-}