diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/ExoPlayer.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/ExoPlayer.java
index 30c9c9ab5..e6d9e399b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/ExoPlayer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/service/playback/ExoPlayer.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class ExoPlayer implements IPlayer {
         // Produces Extractor instances for parsing the media data.
         ExtractorsFactory extractorsFactory = new DefaultExtractorsFactory();
         mediaSource = new ExtractorMediaSource(
-                Uri.fromFile(new File(s)), dataSourceFactory, extractorsFactory, null, null);
+                Uri.parse(s), dataSourceFactory, extractorsFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override