diff --git a/internal/photoprism/convert.go b/internal/photoprism/convert.go
index 537377ab1..f9dd30e92 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/convert.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/convert.go
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ func (c *Convert) ToJson(f *MediaFile) (jsonName string, err error) {
 		return jsonName, nil
 	}
 
-	relName := f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath())
-
-	log.Debugf("exiftool: extracting metadata from %s", relName)
+	log.Debugf("exiftool: extracting metadata from %s", sanitize.Log(f.RootRelName()))
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(c.conf.ExifToolBin(), "-n", "-m", "-api", "LargeFileSupport", "-j", f.FileName())
 
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ func (c *Convert) ToJpeg(f *MediaFile, force bool) (*MediaFile, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !f.Exists() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: %s not found", f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath()))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: %s not found", f.RootRelName())
 	}
 
 	if f.IsJpeg() {
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ func (c *Convert) ToJpeg(f *MediaFile, force bool) (*MediaFile, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !c.conf.SidecarWritable() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: disabled in read only mode (%s)", f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath()))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: disabled in read only mode (%s)", f.RootRelName())
 	}
 
 	fileName := f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath())
diff --git a/internal/photoprism/convert_avc.go b/internal/photoprism/convert_avc.go
index e717a08a9..e86a019d6 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/convert_avc.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/convert_avc.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (c *Convert) ToAvc(f *MediaFile, encoderName string) (file *MediaFile, err
 	}
 
 	if !f.Exists() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: %s not found", f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath()))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: %s not found", f.RootRelName())
 	}
 
 	avcName := fs.FormatAvc.FindFirst(f.FileName(), []string{c.conf.SidecarPath(), fs.HiddenPath}, c.conf.OriginalsPath(), false)
@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@ func (c *Convert) ToAvc(f *MediaFile, encoderName string) (file *MediaFile, err
 	}
 
 	if !c.conf.SidecarWritable() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: transcoding disabled in read only mode (%s)", f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath()))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: transcoding disabled in read only mode (%s)", f.RootRelName())
 	}
 
 	if c.conf.DisableFFmpeg() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: ffmpeg is disabled for transcoding %s", f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath()))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert: ffmpeg is disabled for transcoding %s", f.RootRelName())
 	}
 
-	avcName = fs.FileName(f.FileName(), c.conf.SidecarPath(), c.conf.OriginalsPath(), fs.AvcExt)
 	fileName := f.RelName(c.conf.OriginalsPath())
+	avcName = fs.FileName(f.FileName(), c.conf.SidecarPath(), c.conf.OriginalsPath(), fs.AvcExt)
 
 	cmd, useMutex, err := c.AvcConvertCommand(f, avcName, encoderName)