diff --git a/lib/ffmpeg/movie.rb b/lib/ffmpeg/movie.rb
index 0e148bb3..78943f27 100644
--- a/lib/ffmpeg/movie.rb
+++ b/lib/ffmpeg/movie.rb
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def valid?
     end
 
     def remote?
-      @path =~ URI::regexp(%w(http https))
+      @path&.start_with?(%r{http(s?)://})
     end
 
     def local?
diff --git a/spec/ffmpeg/movie_spec.rb b/spec/ffmpeg/movie_spec.rb
index 2e994fc2..23f2213c 100644
--- a/spec/ffmpeg/movie_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ffmpeg/movie_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ module FFMPEG
         end
       end
 
+      context "given a file containing http in the name" do
+        it 'should see local files with http in their name as local' do
+          expect(Movie.new("#{fixture_path}/movies/file_with_http_in_name.flv").remote?).to be false
+        end
+      end
+
       context "given a URL" do
         before(:context) { start_web_server }
         after(:context) { stop_web_server }
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/movies/file_with_http_in_name.flv b/spec/fixtures/movies/file_with_http_in_name.flv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..543211f2
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