[FFmpeg-trac] #5384(undetermined:new): Command line tools fail to open file with ':' char in filename

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#5384: Command line tools fail to open file with ':' char in filename
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             Reporter:               |                     Type:  defect
  ahthovaikied                       |                 Priority:  minor
               Status:  new          |                  Version:  git-
            Component:               |  master
  undetermined                       |               Blocked By:
             Keywords:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
             Blocking:               |
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 ffmpeg of ffprobe can fail to open file if a ':' char is in the filename.

 For example :
 passing 'a.png' works
 passing 'a:.png' does not work
 but passing './a:.png' does work

 {{{
 $ wget https://ffmpeg.org/img/ffmpeg3d_white_20.png -O a.png

 $ ./ffprobe a.png
 ffprobe version N-79145-ge259dc8 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1)
   configuration: --pkg-config-flags=--static --enable-gpl --enable-
 version3 --enable-nonfree --disable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-ffserver
 --disable-encoder=vorbis --disable-encoder=aac --enable-x11grab --enable-
 libfdk-aac --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
 --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-debug --cpu=corei7
   libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
   libavcodec     57. 31.100 / 57. 31.100
   libavformat    57. 29.101 / 57. 29.101
   libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
   libavfilter     6. 40.102 /  6. 40.102
   libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
   libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
   libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
 Input #0, png_pipe, from 'a.png':
   Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
     Stream #0:0: Video: png, ya8(pc), 20x20 [SAR 72:72 DAR 1:1], 25 tbr,
 25 tbn, 25 tbc

 $ mv a.png a:.png

 $ ./ffprobe a:.png
 ffprobe version N-79145-ge259dc8 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1)
   configuration: --pkg-config-flags=--static --enable-gpl --enable-
 version3 --enable-nonfree --disable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-ffserver
 --disable-encoder=vorbis --disable-encoder=aac --enable-x11grab --enable-
 libfdk-aac --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
 --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-debug --cpu=corei7
   libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
   libavcodec     57. 31.100 / 57. 31.100
   libavformat    57. 29.101 / 57. 29.101
   libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
   libavfilter     6. 40.102 /  6. 40.102
   libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
   libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
   libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
 a:.png: Protocol not found

 $ ./ffprobe ./a:.png
 ffprobe version N-79145-ge259dc8 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1)
   configuration: --pkg-config-flags=--static --enable-gpl --enable-
 version3 --enable-nonfree --disable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-ffserver
 --disable-encoder=vorbis --disable-encoder=aac --enable-x11grab --enable-
 libfdk-aac --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
 --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-debug --cpu=corei7
   libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
   libavcodec     57. 31.100 / 57. 31.100
   libavformat    57. 29.101 / 57. 29.101
   libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
   libavfilter     6. 40.102 /  6. 40.102
   libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
   libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
   libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
 Input #0, png_pipe, from './a:.png':
   Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
     Stream #0:0: Video: png, ya8(pc), 20x20 [SAR 72:72 DAR 1:1], 25 tbr,
 25 tbn, 25 tbc
 }}}

 I presume it tries to parse the filename as an URL, but that behavior
 seems wrong.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5384>
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