diff --git a/copyparty/cfg.py b/copyparty/cfg.py
index 9737f92b..4768db09 100644
--- a/copyparty/cfg.py
+++ b/copyparty/cfg.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ flagcats = {
         "maxb=1g,300": "max 1 GiB over 5min (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)",
         "vmaxb=1g": "total volume size max 1 GiB (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)",
         "vmaxn=4k": "max 4096 files in volume (suffixes: b, k, m, g, t)",
+        "medialinks": "return medialinks for non-up2k uploads (not hotlinks)",
         "rand": "force randomized filenames, 9 chars long by default",
         "nrand=N": "randomized filenames are N chars long",
         "u2ts=fc": "[f]orce [c]lient-last-modified or [u]pload-time",
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 9d2f74b7..4a72beb1 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -646,8 +646,12 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 if not self._check_nonfatal(pex, post):
                     self.keepalive = False
 
-                em = str(ex)
-                msg = em if pex is ex else min_ex()
+                if pex is ex:
+                    em = msg = str(ex)
+                else:
+                    em = repr(ex)
+                    msg = min_ex()
+
                 if pex.code != 404 or self.do_log:
                     self.log(
                         "%s\033[0m, %s" % (msg, self.vpath),
@@ -1904,6 +1908,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 0 if ANYWIN else bos.stat(path).st_ino,
             )[: vfs.flags["fk"]]
 
+        if "media" in self.uparam or "medialinks" in vfs.flags:
+            vsuf += "&v" if vsuf else "?v"
+
         vpath = "/".join([x for x in [vfs.vpath, rem, fn] if x])
         vpath = quotep(vpath)
 
@@ -2685,6 +2692,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                     0 if ANYWIN or not ap else bos.stat(ap).st_ino,
                 )[: vfs.flags["fk"]]
 
+            if "media" in self.uparam or "medialinks" in vfs.flags:
+                vsuf += "&v" if vsuf else "?v"
+
             vpath = "{}/{}".format(upload_vpath, lfn).strip("/")
             rel_url = quotep(self.args.RS + vpath) + vsuf
             msg += 'sha512: {} // {} // {} bytes // <a href="/{}">{}</a> {}\n'.format(
@@ -4163,6 +4173,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 add_og = True
             og_fn = ""
 
+        if "v" in self.uparam:
+            add_og = og_ua = True
+
         if "b" in self.uparam:
             self.out_headers["X-Robots-Tag"] = "noindex, nofollow"
 
@@ -4286,7 +4299,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 (abspath.endswith(".md") or self.can_delete)
                 and "nohtml" not in vn.flags
                 and (
-                    "v" in self.uparam
+                    ("v" in self.uparam and abspath.endswith(".md"))
                     or "edit" in self.uparam
                     or "edit2" in self.uparam
                 )
diff --git a/docs/devnotes.md b/docs/devnotes.md
index 1625871c..885bcf1d 100644
--- a/docs/devnotes.md
+++ b/docs/devnotes.md
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ authenticate using header `Cookie: cppwd=foo` or url param `&pw=foo`
 | GET | `?ups&filter=f` | ...where URL contains `f` |
 | GET | `?mime=foo` | specify return mimetype `foo` |
 | GET | `?v` | render markdown file at URL |
+| GET | `?v` | open image/video/audio in mediaplayer |
 | GET | `?txt` | get file at URL as plaintext |
 | GET | `?txt=iso-8859-1` | ...with specific charset |
 | GET | `?th` | get image/video at URL as thumbnail |
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ authenticate using header `Cookie: cppwd=foo` or url param `&pw=foo`
 | mPOST | | `f=FILE` | upload `FILE` into the folder at URL |
 | mPOST | `?j` | `f=FILE` | ...and reply with json |
 | mPOST | `?replace` | `f=FILE` | ...and overwrite existing files |
+| mPOST | `?media` | `f=FILE` | ...and return medialink (not hotlink) |
 | mPOST | | `act=mkdir`, `name=foo` | create directory `foo` at URL |
 | POST | `?delete` | | delete URL recursively |
 | jPOST | `?delete` | `["/foo","/bar"]` | delete `/foo` and `/bar` recursively |