3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
index 9f3216de3..555062e55 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
@@ -1760,9 +1760,9 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
 
         private static FileSystemMetadata? GetLastTranscodingFile(string playlist, string segmentExtension, IFileSystem fileSystem)
         {
-            var folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(playlist);
+            var folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(playlist) ?? throw new ArgumentException("Path can't be a root directory.", nameof(playlist));
 
-            var filePrefix = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(playlist) ?? string.Empty;
+            var filePrefix = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(playlist);
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
index 5770c13d7..b4db0c83e 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
         /// <param name="outputFilePath">The output file path.</param>
         private void DeleteHlsPartialStreamFiles(string outputFilePath)
         {
-            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(outputFilePath);
+            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(outputFilePath)
+                ?? throw new ArgumentException("Path can't be a root directory.", nameof(outputFilePath));
+
             var name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputFilePath);
 
             var filesToDelete = _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(directory)
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingThrottler.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingThrottler.cs
index e33e552ed..7b32d76ba 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingThrottler.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Models/PlaybackDtos/TranscodingThrottler.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Models.PlaybackDtos
             var transcodingPositionTicks = job.TranscodingPositionTicks ?? 0;
             var downloadPositionTicks = job.DownloadPositionTicks ?? 0;
 
-            var path = job.Path;
+            var path = job.Path ?? throw new ArgumentException("Path can't be null.");
+
             var gapLengthInTicks = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(thresholdSeconds).Ticks;
 
             if (downloadPositionTicks > 0 && transcodingPositionTicks > 0)