diff --git a/www/MediaFile.js b/www/MediaFile.js
index 1bc600ff..6910adda 100644
--- a/www/MediaFile.js
+++ b/www/MediaFile.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var utils = require('cordova/utils'),
  * Represents a single file.
  *
  * name {DOMString} name of the file, without path information
- * fullPath {DOMString} the full path of the file, including the name
+ * localURL {DOMString} the full path of the file, including the name
  * type {DOMString} mime type
  * lastModifiedDate {Date} last modified date
  * size {Number} size of the file in bytes
@@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ utils.extend(MediaFile, File);
  * @param {Function} errorCB
  */
 MediaFile.prototype.getFormatData = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
+
+	//case when MediaFile is manually created, not a result of media-capture
+	if (typeof this.fullPath === "undefined" && this.localURL !== null) {
+        this.fullPath = this.localURL;
+
+        if (device.platform.toLowerCase() == 'ios' && this.fullPath.indexOf('file://') != -1) {
+            this.fullPath = this.fullPath.replace('file://', '');
+        }
+    }
+
     if (typeof this.fullPath === "undefined" || this.fullPath === null) {
         errorCallback(new CaptureError(CaptureError.CAPTURE_INVALID_ARGUMENT));
     } else {
-        exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Capture", "getFormatData", [this.localURL, this.type]);
+        exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Capture", "getFormatData", [this.fullPath, this.type]);
     }
 };