#11543: ffplay cannot find initialization section of MPEG-DASH on macOS --------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: SYamaguchi | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: normal Component: undetermined | Version: 7.1 Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0 Analyzed by developer: 0 | --------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Summary of the bug: ffplay fails to play MPEG-DASH on local storage if the given file path is a relative one. I also tested on Windows and it is fine. How to reproduce: {{{ % mkdir some_folder % ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -codec copy -f dash some_folder/output.mpd % ffplay some_folder/output.mpd -v verbose # NG ~~~~ Initialized metal renderer. [dash @ 0x7fdb7e938a80] DASH request for url 'some_folder/some_folder /init-stream0.m4s', offset 0 [dash @ 0x7fdb7e938a80] Failed to open an initialization section [dash @ 0x7fdb7e938a80] Error when loading first fragment of playlist [AVIOContext @ 0x7fdb7e938640] Statistics: 4820 bytes read, 0 seeks some_folder/output.mpd: No such file or directory % cd some_folder % ffplay output.mpd # OK % ffplay ~/Movies/some_folder/output.mpd # OK }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/11543> FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org> FFmpeg issue tracker