mpv assumes files in playlist are located in same directory

[doomcup]

I was trying to use mpv in a way that I regularly use VLC, to play files in another location in a random order from a playlist.

However, whenever I invoke it, it assumes the entries in the playlist, rather than being absolute paths, are in the directory the playlist resides and always errors out.

Is there a way to get mpv to read playlist entries as absolute paths and not files that are in the same directory as the playlist? I've done some searching and read around in the manual, but can't find any such option.

[tox-wtf]

Absolute paths in playlists work as expected for me. What does your playlist look like?

[doomcup]

A selection:
"/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/00hezl0j.mp4" "/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/0k1v6z7.mp4" "/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/11z37Vg.gifv" "/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/12jv21nf.mp4" "/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/1Iwy8Kh.mp4" "/media/doomcup/Storage/vid/live/- to 240p/1Q6QmKR.webm"

Looking at it fresh I suspect the quotes might be the issue, which if true would be quite annoying.

[doomcup]

Ah okay, it's if I have the full path in quotes that it does the thing. I need to exclude the quotes and escape any spaces and etc in the path. Thanks!