# Accessing dynamic folders & videos using VOD

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/accessing-dynamic-folders-videos-using-vod/53895>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/accessing-dynamic-folders-videos-using-vod/53895 "2019-09-02T17:01:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Hall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rick\_Hall](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rick_Hall)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/accessing-dynamic-folders-videos-using-vod/53895/1 "2019-09-02T17:01:43Z")

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I have a directory in H:\Recordings where I store all of my media files

I setup the “Content Directory” to point to it using “H:/Recordings”

If I put an MOV file into the “H:/Recordings” folder such as video.mov, I can play it by using the string:

[http://x.x.x.x:1935/vod/mp4:video.mov/playlist.m3u8](http://x.x.x.x:1935/vod/mp4:video.mov/playlist.m3u8)

That works! My issue is that within the “H:/Recordings” folder, I have sub folders that contain the videos that I want to play (ex. H:/Recordings/SubFolder). These sub folders & videos change a lot. How do I access the videos in these sub folders? I can’t figure out how to dynamically call a sub folder & video in my code. I tried the following URL and it did not work:

[http://x.x.x.x:1935/vod/SubFolder/mp4:video.mov/playlist.m3u8](http://x.x.x.x:1935/vod/SubFolder/mp4:video.mov/playlist.m3u8)

I used to be able to do this when I used Wowza many years ago. I can’t figure out how I did it though.

Thx!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/accessing-dynamic-folders-videos-using-vod/53895/2 "2019-09-03T18:03:28Z")

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You will need to add the “_definst_” value to your URL to play content in subdirectories. For example.

```auto
http://[wowza-address]:1935/vod/_definst_/subfolder/mp4:video.mov/playlist.m3u8

```

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Hall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rick\_Hall](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rick_Hall)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/accessing-dynamic-folders-videos-using-vod/53895/3 "2019-09-04T06:12:46Z")

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That was an easy solution. Thank you!