diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
index a57d913af..5ef382f9f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
@@ -266,9 +266,12 @@ class KalturaIE(InfoExtractor):
             # skip for now.
             if f.get('fileExt') == 'chun':
                 continue
-            if not f.get('fileExt') and f.get('containerFormat') == 'qt':
+            if not f.get('fileExt'):
                 # QT indicates QuickTime; some videos have broken fileExt
-                f['fileExt'] = 'mov'
+                if f.get('containerFormat') == 'qt':
+                    f['fileExt'] = 'mov'
+                else:
+                    f['fileExt'] = 'mp4'
             video_url = sign_url(
                 '%s/flavorId/%s' % (data_url, f['id']))
             # audio-only has no videoCodecId (e.g. kaltura:1926081:0_c03e1b5g