From e51680cf56f423c0401dad87e030be48337af5cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: theguymadmax <171496228+theguymadmax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:09:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Backport pull request #15462 from jellyfin/release-10.11.z

Fix NullReferenceException in GetPathProtocol when path is null

Original-merge: 7c1063177f5647e07c634d36694f0bdec8fe4ff1

Merged-by: joshuaboniface <joshua@boniface.me>

Backported-by: Bond_009 <bond.009@outlook.com>
---
 Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
index 750346169f5..c667fb06009 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         /// <inheritdoc />>
         public MediaProtocol GetPathProtocol(string path)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            {
+                return MediaProtocol.File;
+            }
+
             if (path.StartsWith("Rtsp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return MediaProtocol.Rtsp;