cv2.VideoCapture(url).read always returns false

[philostow]

I’m using opencv_python 4.4 and here is my code:

vidcap = cv2.VideoCapture(‘‘http://localhost:7500/static/vi_django/myvideo.mp4’’)
success, image = vidcap.read()

Success is always false. I’ve tried it with other URLs as well.
Thoughts?