Straightforward method to stream videos from another server

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March 7, 2010
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I'm quite a newbie to FMS and I tried searching the forums, as well as, googling for this, so please forgive my ignorance.

I've got:

- FMS already installed on a XP server with IIS

- FLV Videos residing in a folder on another server

How do I:

Stream videos from the other server where the videos reside?

Thanks!

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Correct answer SE_0208

Please see the section : Mapping directories to network drives on this page - http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_AdminGuide/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119f2925e64-7fc7.html - it might help

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SE_0208

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Create a mapped drive which points to the shared folder on another server. Now added this mapped drive as one of Virtual Directories to you VOD folder.

Say you create mapped drive and name is Z:

So add entry as below in Application.xml of your VOD application:

<Streams>/;${VOD_COMMON_DIR}</Streams>

<Streams>/;Z:</Streams>

</VirtualDirectory>

</StreamManager>

Let me know if you come across any issues while doing this.

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XiaoHei_123Author

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Thank you very much for your reply.

Though your reply answers my question, would like to ask if the same process can be replicated with a UNC path like \\servername\folder1\folder2\FlvFolder ?

I'm asking this because if I were to map the drive then I would have to stay logged in on the server for the mapped drive to be accessible?

Using the information you mentioned in your reply, I also tried the following:

Added an entry <Streams>/;\\servername\folder1\folder2\FlvFolder</Streams> in the global applications.xml file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications\vod

Then, when I try to play the video in the sample video player using the URL 'rtmp:/vod/FlvVideo.flv', it says 'Connection Error: Please press play to try again'.

However, when I create a folder in my local D drive and copy a FLV there, the sample video player plays it if I add the entry '/;D:\FolderName' to applications.xml