diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
index 3b50dc3ef7..b1c2d8e1d3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/FFmpegWriter.cs
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
 		public void OpenFile(string baseName)
 		{
-			string s = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(baseName);
-			ext = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(baseName);
+			this.baseName = System.IO.Path.Combine(
+				System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(baseName),
+				System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(baseName));
 
-			this.baseName = s;
+			this.ext = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(baseName);
 
 			segment = 0;
 			OpenFileSegment();
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/NutWriter.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/NutWriter.cs
index 74808578f0..f972978278 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/NutWriter.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/AVOut/NutWriter.cs
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
 		public void OpenFile(string baseName)
 		{
-			this.baseName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(baseName);
+			this.baseName = System.IO.Path.Combine(
+				System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(baseName),
+				System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(baseName));
 			segment = 0;
 
-
 			startsegment();
 		}