diff --git a/desktop/src/api/anime/anime.controller.ts b/desktop/src/api/anime/anime.controller.ts
index 6f6c4cf..3d1ae49 100644
--- a/desktop/src/api/anime/anime.controller.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/api/anime/anime.controller.ts
@@ -122,23 +122,38 @@ export async function openInMPV(req: any, reply: any) {
 
         if (!video?.url) return { error: 'Missing video url' };
 
+        const isLocalPath = (p: string) =>
+            p.startsWith('file://') ||
+            p.startsWith('/') ||
+            /^[a-zA-Z]:\\/.test(p);
+
+        const toFileUrl = (p: string) =>
+            p.startsWith('file://')
+                ? p
+                : `file://${p.replace(/\\/g, '/')}`;
+
         const PORT = 54322;
         const proxyBase = `http://localhost:${PORT}/api/proxy`;
         const mediaTitle = title || 'Anime';
 
-        const proxyVideo =
-            `${proxyBase}?url=${encodeURIComponent(video.url)}` +
+        const videoUrl = isLocalPath(video.url)
+            ? toFileUrl(video.url)
+            : `${proxyBase}?url=${encodeURIComponent(video.url)}` +
             `&referer=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Referer ?? '')}` +
             `&origin=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Origin ?? '')}` +
             `&userAgent=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.['User-Agent'] ?? '')}`;
 
-        const proxySubs = subtitles.map((s: any) =>
-            `${proxyBase}?url=${encodeURIComponent(s.src)}` +
-            `&referer=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Referer ?? '')}` +
-            `&origin=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Origin ?? '')}` +
-            `&userAgent=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.['User-Agent'] ?? '')}`
+
+        const subsUrls = subtitles.map((s: any) =>
+            isLocalPath(s.src)
+                ? toFileUrl(s.src)
+                : `${proxyBase}?url=${encodeURIComponent(s.src)}` +
+                `&referer=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Referer ?? '')}` +
+                `&origin=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.Origin ?? '')}` +
+                `&userAgent=${encodeURIComponent(video.headers?.['User-Agent'] ?? '')}`
         );
 
+
         const pipe = `\\\\.\\pipe\\mpv-${Date.now()}`;
         const { values } = loadConfig();
 
@@ -303,7 +318,7 @@ export async function openInMPV(req: any, reply: any) {
             { command: ['observe_property', 1, 'duration'] },
             { command: ['observe_property', 2, 'time-pos'] },
             { command: ['observe_property', 3, 'pause'] },
-            { command: ['loadfile', proxyVideo, 'replace'] }
+            { command: ['loadfile', videoUrl, 'replace'] }
         ];
 
         commands.forEach(cmd => socket.write(JSON.stringify(cmd) + '\n'));
@@ -312,7 +327,7 @@ export async function openInMPV(req: any, reply: any) {
             socket.write(JSON.stringify({
                 command: [
                     'sub-add',
-                    proxySubs[i],
+                    subsUrls[i],
                     'auto',
                     s.label || 'Subtitle',
                     s.srclang || ''