Problems with FMS accessing files on another server

Hi Guys

Im currently working on a small project with streaming video on demand and using FMS 4.0 (and a complete noob in FMS).

The video’s is located on another server than the FMS. But I have mapped the server to a drive on my FMS server,

And in the fms.ini file change vod_dir = R:\

The FMS service is logging on as Administrator, but I still can’t play the videos.

If I change vod_dir to a local folder ( c:\data\media\mov\ ) on my FMS server it play the movie fine, any idea why this doesn’t work?

FYI: I'm using rtmp and both servers is running win2008 R2

Any input is greatly appreciated

Best reagrds

Shimshim

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Hi,

Thanks for using FMS..

Did you try directly giving the UNC path into the variable instead of the mapped drive ? If not, you can give it a try.

Let us know.

Thank you !

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Anonymous

Hi Nikhil

Thanks for you fast reply.

Yes I tried with the UNC path vod_dir = \\192.168.1.10\data\media\mov\

and also vod_dir = \\192.168.1.10\ and add "media\mov\" to the filename

And its the same result

Best regards

Shimshim

Participating Frequently

thanks for trying that, i thought it would work

BTW, did you restart the fms service(s) after making changes to the fms.ini. Any change to the configuration of FMS should have it restarted.

Both UNC as well as Mapped drives should work without any issues. Is there anything that you can find helpful in the logs related to this?

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