diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0613ff23..9f54352d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Autocomplete domains from list of known instances
 - 'Bot' settings option and badge
 - Added profile meta data fields that can be set in profile settings
+- Descriptions can be set on uploaded files before posting
 - Added status preview option to preview your statuses before posting
 - When a post is a reply to an unavailable post, the 'Reply to'-text has a strike-through style
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Close the media modal on navigation events
 - Add colons to the emoji alt text, to make them copyable
 - Add better visual indication for drag-and-drop for files
+- When disabling attachments, the placeholder links now show an icon and the description instead of just IMAGE or VIDEO etc
 
 ### Fixed
 - Custom Emoji will display in poll options now.
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Subject field now appears disabled when posting
 - Fix status ellipsis menu being cut off in notifications column
 - Fixed autocomplete sometimes not returning the right user when there's already some results
+- Videos and audio and misc files show description as alt/title properly now
+- Clicking on non-image/video files no longer opens an empty modal
+- Audio files can now be played back in the frontend with hidden attachments
+- Videos are not cropped awkwardly in the uploads section anymore
 - Reply filtering options in Settings -> Filtering now work again using filtering on server
 - Don't show just blank-screen when cookies are disabled
 
diff --git a/src/components/attachment/attachment.js b/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
index b832e10f..cb31020d 100644
--- a/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
+++ b/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const Attachment = {
   props: [
     'attachment',
     'nsfw',
-    'statusId',
     'size',
     'allowPlay',
     'setMedia',
@@ -30,9 +29,21 @@ const Attachment = {
     VideoAttachment
   },
   computed: {
-    usePlaceHolder () {
+    usePlaceholder () {
       return this.size === 'hide' || this.type === 'unknown'
     },
+    placeholderName () {
+      if (this.attachment.description === '' || !this.attachment.description) {
+        return this.type.toUpperCase()
+      }
+      return this.attachment.description
+    },
+    placeholderIconClass () {
+      if (this.type === 'image') return 'icon-picture'
+      if (this.type === 'video') return 'icon-video'
+      if (this.type === 'audio') return 'icon-music'
+      return 'icon-doc'
+    },
     referrerpolicy () {
       return this.$store.state.instance.mediaProxyAvailable ? '' : 'no-referrer'
     },
@@ -49,7 +60,15 @@ const Attachment = {
       return this.size === 'small'
     },
     fullwidth () {
-      return this.type === 'html' || this.type === 'audio'
+      if (this.size === 'hide') return false
+      return this.type === 'html' || this.type === 'audio' || this.type === 'unknown'
+    },
+    useModal () {
+      const modalTypes = this.size === 'hide' ? ['image', 'video', 'audio']
+        : this.mergedConfig.playVideosInModal
+          ? ['image', 'video']
+          : ['image']
+      return modalTypes.includes(this.type)
     },
     ...mapGetters(['mergedConfig'])
   },
@@ -60,12 +79,7 @@ const Attachment = {
       }
     },
     openModal (event) {
-      const modalTypes = this.mergedConfig.playVideosInModal
-        ? ['image', 'video']
-        : ['image']
-      if (fileTypeService.fileMatchesSomeType(modalTypes, this.attachment) ||
-        this.usePlaceHolder
-      ) {
+      if (this.useModal) {
         event.stopPropagation()
         event.preventDefault()
         this.setMedia()
diff --git a/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue b/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
index a7e217c1..be7377e9 100644
--- a/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
+++ b/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div
-    v-if="usePlaceHolder"
+    v-if="usePlaceholder"
+    :class="{ 'fullwidth': fullwidth }"
     @click="openModal"
   >
     <a
@@ -8,8 +9,11 @@
       class="placeholder"
       target="_blank"
       :href="attachment.url"
+      :alt="attachment.description"
+      :title="attachment.description"
     >
-      [{{ nsfw ? "NSFW/" : "" }}{{ type.toUpperCase() }}]
+      <span :class="placeholderIconClass" />
+      <b>{{ nsfw ? "NSFW / " : "" }}</b>{{ placeholderName }}
     </a>
   </div>
   <div
@@ -22,6 +26,8 @@
       v-if="hidden"
       class="image-attachment"
       :href="attachment.url"
+      :alt="attachment.description"
+      :title="attachment.description"
       @click.prevent="toggleHidden"
     >
       <img
@@ -51,7 +57,6 @@
       :class="{'hidden': hidden && preloadImage }"
       :href="attachment.url"
       target="_blank"
-      :title="attachment.description"
       @click="openModal"
     >
       <StillImage
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@
         :mimetype="attachment.mimetype"
         :src="attachment.large_thumb_url || attachment.url"
         :image-load-handler="onImageLoad"
+        :alt="attachment.description"
       />
     </a>
 
@@ -83,6 +89,8 @@
     <audio
       v-if="type === 'audio'"
       :src="attachment.url"
+      :alt="attachment.description"
+      :title="attachment.description"
       controls
     />
 
@@ -116,22 +124,19 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
 
-  .attachment.media-upload-container {
-    flex: 0 0 auto;
-    max-height: 200px;
+  .non-gallery {
     max-width: 100%;
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    video {
-      max-width: 100%;
-    }
   }
 
   .placeholder {
-    margin-right: 8px;
-    margin-bottom: 4px;
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0.3em 1em 0.3em 0;
     color: $fallback--link;
     color: var(--postLink, $fallback--link);
+    overflow: hidden;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    max-width: 100%;
   }
 
   .nsfw-placeholder {
diff --git a/src/components/gallery/gallery.vue b/src/components/gallery/gallery.vue
index 1ffa7b3c..ca91c9c1 100644
--- a/src/components/gallery/gallery.vue
+++ b/src/components/gallery/gallery.vue
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@
     align-content: stretch;
   }
 
-  // FIXME: specificity problem with this and .attachments.attachment
-  // we shouldn't have the need for .image here
-  .attachment.image {
+  .gallery-row-inner .attachment {
     margin: 0 0.5em 0 0;
     flex-grow: 1;
     height: 100%;
diff --git a/src/components/media_modal/media_modal.vue b/src/components/media_modal/media_modal.vue
index 80d2a8b9..46931667 100644
--- a/src/components/media_modal/media_modal.vue
+++ b/src/components/media_modal/media_modal.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
       v-if="type === 'image'"
       class="modal-image"
       :src="currentMedia.url"
+      :alt="currentMedia.description"
+      :title="currentMedia.description"
       @touchstart.stop="mediaTouchStart"
       @touchmove.stop="mediaTouchMove"
       @click="hide"
@@ -18,6 +20,14 @@
       :attachment="currentMedia"
       :controls="true"
     />
+    <audio
+      v-if="type === 'audio'"
+      class="modal-image"
+      :src="currentMedia.url"
+      :alt="currentMedia.description"
+      :title="currentMedia.description"
+      controls
+    />
     <button
       v-if="canNavigate"
       :title="$t('media_modal.previous')"
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index 62e0d7e4..18f02eba 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import MediaUpload from '../media_upload/media_upload.vue'
 import ScopeSelector from '../scope_selector/scope_selector.vue'
 import EmojiInput from '../emoji_input/emoji_input.vue'
 import PollForm from '../poll/poll_form.vue'
+import Attachment from '../attachment/attachment.vue'
 import StatusContent from '../status_content/status_content.vue'
 import fileTypeService from '../../services/file_type/file_type.service.js'
 import { findOffset } from '../../services/offset_finder/offset_finder.service.js'
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     PollForm,
     ScopeSelector,
     Checkbox,
+    Attachment,
     StatusContent
   },
   mounted () {
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
         nsfw: false,
         files: [],
         poll: {},
+        mediaDescriptions: {},
         visibility: scope,
         contentType
       },
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    postStatus (newStatus) {
+    async postStatus (newStatus) {
       if (this.posting) { return }
       if (this.submitDisabled) { return }
       if (this.emptyStatus) {
@@ -199,7 +202,16 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
       }
 
       this.posting = true
-      statusPoster.postStatus({
+
+      try {
+        await this.setAllMediaDescriptions()
+      } catch (e) {
+        this.error = this.$t('post_status.media_description_error')
+        this.posting = false
+        return
+      }
+
+      const data = await statusPoster.postStatus({
         status: newStatus.status,
         spoilerText: newStatus.spoilerText || null,
         visibility: newStatus.visibility,
@@ -209,30 +221,32 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
         inReplyToStatusId: this.replyTo,
         contentType: newStatus.contentType,
         poll
-      }).then((data) => {
-        if (!data.error) {
-          this.newStatus = {
-            status: '',
-            spoilerText: '',
-            files: [],
-            visibility: newStatus.visibility,
-            contentType: newStatus.contentType,
-            poll: {}
-          }
-          this.pollFormVisible = false
-          this.$refs.mediaUpload.clearFile()
-          this.clearPollForm()
-          this.$emit('posted')
-          let el = this.$el.querySelector('textarea')
-          el.style.height = 'auto'
-          el.style.height = undefined
-          this.error = null
-          if (this.preview) this.previewStatus()
-        } else {
-          this.error = data.error
-        }
-        this.posting = false
       })
+
+      if (!data.error) {
+        this.newStatus = {
+          status: '',
+          spoilerText: '',
+          files: [],
+          visibility: newStatus.visibility,
+          contentType: newStatus.contentType,
+          poll: {},
+          mediaDescriptions: {}
+        }
+        this.pollFormVisible = false
+        this.$refs.mediaUpload.clearFile()
+        this.clearPollForm()
+        this.$emit('posted')
+        let el = this.$el.querySelector('textarea')
+        el.style.height = 'auto'
+        el.style.height = undefined
+        this.error = null
+        if (this.preview) this.previewStatus()
+      } else {
+        this.error = data.error
+      }
+
+      this.posting = false
     },
     previewStatus () {
       if (this.emptyStatus && this.newStatus.spoilerText.trim() === '') {
@@ -457,6 +471,15 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     },
     dismissScopeNotice () {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideScopeNotice', value: true })
+    },
+    setMediaDescription (id) {
+      const description = this.newStatus.mediaDescriptions[id]
+      if (!description || description.trim() === '') return
+      return statusPoster.setMediaDescription({ store: this.$store, id, description })
+    },
+    setAllMediaDescriptions () {
+      const ids = this.newStatus.files.map(file => file.id)
+      return Promise.all(ids.map(id => this.setMediaDescription(id)))
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index 60dc4a21..626584ed 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -282,27 +282,18 @@
             class="fa button-icon icon-cancel"
             @click="removeMediaFile(file)"
           />
-          <div class="media-upload-container attachment">
-            <img
-              v-if="type(file) === 'image'"
-              class="thumbnail media-upload"
-              :src="file.url"
-            >
-            <video
-              v-if="type(file) === 'video'"
-              :src="file.url"
-              controls
-            />
-            <audio
-              v-if="type(file) === 'audio'"
-              :src="file.url"
-              controls
-            />
-            <a
-              v-if="type(file) === 'unknown'"
-              :href="file.url"
-            >{{ file.url }}</a>
-          </div>
+          <attachment
+            :attachment="file"
+            :set-media="() => $store.dispatch('setMedia', newStatus.files)"
+            size="small"
+            allow-play="false"
+          />
+          <input
+            v-model="newStatus.mediaDescriptions[file.id]"
+            type="text"
+            :placeholder="$t('post_status.media_description')"
+            @keydown.enter.prevent=""
+          >
         </div>
       </div>
       <div
@@ -458,11 +449,9 @@
   }
 
   .media-upload-wrapper {
-    flex: 0 0 auto;
-    max-width: 100%;
-    min-width: 50px;
     margin-right: .2em;
     margin-bottom: .5em;
+    width: 18em;
 
     .icon-cancel {
       display: inline-block;
@@ -476,6 +465,20 @@
       border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
       border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
     }
+
+    img, video {
+      object-fit: contain;
+      max-height: 10em;
+    }
+
+    .video {
+      max-height: 10em;
+    }
+
+    input {
+      flex: 1;
+      width: 100%;
+    }
   }
 
   .status-input-wrapper {
@@ -490,23 +493,8 @@
 
     .attachment {
       margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
       position: relative;
-      flex: 0 0 auto;
-      border: 1px solid $fallback--border;
-      border: 1px solid var(--border, $fallback--border);
-      text-align: center;
-
-      audio {
-        min-width: 300px;
-        flex: 1 0 auto;
-      }
-
-      a {
-        display: block;
-        text-align: left;
-        line-height: 1.2;
-        padding: .5em;
-      }
     }
 
     i {
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
index 09ea3a20..67d9bd3c 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
@@ -99,15 +99,8 @@ const StatusContent = {
         file => !fileType.fileMatchesSomeType(this.galleryTypes, file)
       )
     },
-    hasImageAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.some(
-        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'image'
-      )
-    },
-    hasVideoAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.some(
-        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'video'
-      )
+    attachmentTypes () {
+      return this.status.attachments.map(file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype))
     },
     maxThumbnails () {
       return this.mergedConfig.maxThumbnails
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
index 40c28b5c..8068d8d2 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
@@ -55,13 +55,21 @@
       >
         {{ $t("status.show_content") }}
         <span
-          v-if="hasImageAttachments"
+          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('image')"
           class="icon-picture"
         />
         <span
-          v-if="hasVideoAttachments"
+          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('video')"
           class="icon-video"
         />
+        <span
+          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('audio')"
+          class="icon-music"
+        />
+        <span
+          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('unknown')"
+          class="icon-doc"
+        />
         <span
           v-if="status.card"
           class="icon-link"
diff --git a/src/components/still-image/still-image.js b/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
index e48fef47..ab40bbd7 100644
--- a/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
+++ b/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const StillImage = {
     'referrerpolicy',
     'mimetype',
     'imageLoadError',
-    'imageLoadHandler'
+    'imageLoadHandler',
+    'alt'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
index f2ddeb7b..2ebf33ba 100644
--- a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
+++ b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     <img
       ref="src"
       :key="src"
+      :alt="alt"
+      :title="alt"
       :src="src"
       :referrerpolicy="referrerpolicy"
       @load="onLoad"
diff --git a/src/components/video_attachment/video_attachment.vue b/src/components/video_attachment/video_attachment.vue
index 97ddf1cd..1ffed4e0 100644
--- a/src/components/video_attachment/video_attachment.vue
+++ b/src/components/video_attachment/video_attachment.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     :src="attachment.url"
     :loop="loopVideo"
     :controls="controls"
+    :alt="attachment.description"
+    :title="attachment.description"
     playsinline
     @loadeddata="onVideoDataLoad"
   />
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 264c4879..b331a3e0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
     "account_not_locked_warning": "Your account is not {0}. Anyone can follow you to view your follower-only posts.",
     "account_not_locked_warning_link": "locked",
     "attachments_sensitive": "Mark attachments as sensitive",
+    "media_description": "Media description",
     "content_type": {
       "text/plain": "Plain text",
       "text/html": "HTML",
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
     "preview": "Preview",
     "preview_empty": "Empty",
     "empty_status_error": "Can't post an empty status with no files",
+    "media_description_error": "Failed to update media, try again",
     "scope_notice": {
       "public": "This post will be visible to everyone",
       "private": "This post will be visible to your followers only",
diff --git a/src/modules/media_viewer.js b/src/modules/media_viewer.js
index a24b408d..721c25e6 100644
--- a/src/modules/media_viewer.js
+++ b/src/modules/media_viewer.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const mediaViewer = {
     setMedia ({ commit }, attachments) {
       const media = attachments.filter(attachment => {
         const type = fileTypeService.fileType(attachment.mimetype)
-        return type === 'image' || type === 'video'
+        return type === 'image' || type === 'video' || type === 'audio'
       })
       commit('setMedia', media)
     },
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 174add70..ad543c6c 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -708,6 +708,17 @@ const uploadMedia = ({ formData, credentials }) => {
     .then((data) => parseAttachment(data))
 }
 
+const setMediaDescription = ({ id, description, credentials }) => {
+  return promisedRequest({
+    url: `${MASTODON_MEDIA_UPLOAD_URL}/${id}`,
+    method: 'PUT',
+    headers: authHeaders(credentials),
+    payload: {
+      description
+    }
+  }).then((data) => parseAttachment(data))
+}
+
 const importBlocks = ({ file, credentials }) => {
   const formData = new FormData()
   formData.append('list', file)
@@ -1177,6 +1188,7 @@ const apiService = {
   postStatus,
   deleteStatus,
   uploadMedia,
+  setMediaDescription,
   fetchMutes,
   muteUser,
   unmuteUser,
diff --git a/src/services/status_poster/status_poster.service.js b/src/services/status_poster/status_poster.service.js
index 86fc5601..ac469175 100644
--- a/src/services/status_poster/status_poster.service.js
+++ b/src/services/status_poster/status_poster.service.js
@@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ const postStatus = ({
 
 const uploadMedia = ({ store, formData }) => {
   const credentials = store.state.users.currentUser.credentials
-
   return apiService.uploadMedia({ credentials, formData })
 }
 
+const setMediaDescription = ({ store, id, description }) => {
+  const credentials = store.state.users.currentUser.credentials
+  return apiService.setMediaDescription({ credentials, id, description })
+}
+
 const statusPosterService = {
   postStatus,
-  uploadMedia
+  uploadMedia,
+  setMediaDescription
 }
 
 export default statusPosterService
diff --git a/static/fontello.json b/static/fontello.json
index 6083c0bf..5ef8544e 100644
--- a/static/fontello.json
+++ b/static/fontello.json
@@ -387,6 +387,18 @@
       "css": "bookmark-empty",
       "code": 61591,
       "src": "fontawesome"
+    },
+    {
+      "uid": "9ea0a737ccc45d6c510dcbae56058849",
+      "css": "music",
+      "code": 59432,
+      "src": "fontawesome"
+    },
+    {
+      "uid": "1b5a5d7b7e3c71437f5a26befdd045ed",
+      "css": "doc",
+      "code": 59433,
+      "src": "fontawesome"
     }
   ]
 }
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