diff -r b81aea41900f -r 73c5aaff98a9 gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c
--- a/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Fri Apr 13 21:03:50 2007 +0100
+++ b/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Mon Apr 16 16:01:17 2007 +0100
@@ -712,9 +712,14 @@
       goto init_failed;
     }
     
-		if ( !gmyth_file_transfer_open( GMYTH_FILE_TRANSFER(src->file), src->spawn_livetv->uri != NULL ? 
-							gmyth_uri_get_path(src->spawn_livetv->uri) : 
-							src->spawn_livetv->proginfo->pathname->str ) )
+    if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(gmyth_uri) )
+      ret = gmyth_file_local_open( GMYTH_FILE_LOCAL(src->file) );
+    else
+      ret = gmyth_file_transfer_open( GMYTH_FILE_TRANSFER(src->file), src->spawn_livetv->uri != NULL ? 
+                gmyth_uri_get_path(src->spawn_livetv->uri) : 
+                src->spawn_livetv->proginfo->pathname->str );
+
+		if ( !ret )
 		{
 			GST_INFO_OBJECT (src, "Error: couldn't open the FileTransfer from LiveTV source!" );
 			g_object_unref( src->file );