# Change VOD location

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992 "2024-09-24T22:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ben.conner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@ben.conner](https://community.wowza.com/u/ben.conner)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992/1 "2024-09-24T22:32:19Z")

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I’m using **VOD** , currently have it setup pulling the VOD files from the content\Application folder.  
We are wanting to save all of our video files on the D:\ drive of the server, instead of the wowza OS file path.

I’m not having any luck finding what the syntax would look like to tell wowza to look at the D drive instead of the C:\ drive and then going down the path to the wowza applications folder.

If I need to create a new application to do this that wont be an issue as we are in the early stages of setting up VOD with wowza.

**Example of where things are saved now:**  
C:\Program Files\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.24+4\content\Example\Test.mp4

**Example of where we would like them to be saved:**  
D:\vod\TestPath\Test.mp4

Thanks in advanced for your help.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992/2 "2024-09-24T23:38:24Z")

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@ben.conner as long as the same root user that has access to Wowza, has write permission to the D: drive, it should work.

If you are further stuck, I recommend sending the Wowza conf and logs in a support ticket for a Support rep to review:

> **[Open a Support Ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)**
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> Open a Wowza suppor ticket so our technical support engineers worldwide can help you succeed with your Wowza software and services.

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**Author:** ![ben.conner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@ben.conner](https://community.wowza.com/u/ben.conner)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992/3 "2024-09-25T17:15:13Z")

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> [@ben.conner](#):
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> m using **VOD** , currently have it setup pulling the VOD files from the content\Application folder.  
> We are wanting to save all of our video files on the D:\ drive of the server, instead of the wowza OS file path.
> 
> I’m not having any luck finding what the syntax would look like to tell wowza to look at the D drive instead of the C:\ drive and then going down the path to the wowza applications folder.
> 
> If I need to create a new application to do this that wont be an issue as we are in the early stages of setting up VOD with wowza.
> 
> **Example of where things are saved now:**  
> C:\Program Files\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza

Hey @Jason_Tuchler, Thanks for the quick reply.  
Would you mind sharing what the syntax would look like to point Wowza to the D:\ drive?  
Assuming this does work, I’m sure the issue is that I have entered it incorrectly. 😅

Also the D:\ drive on the server is not locked down so wowza would have access to it.

Here is what I have done so far. In the following location, **Server \> Media Cache \> Sources** I have added **D:/vod/** Is this the correct formatting, or have I missed something?

Then under the Applications tab, I made sure to point the Apps Media Cache sources to **VOD** that was created.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-vod-location/101992/4 "2024-09-25T21:09:14Z")

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When creating your MediaCache source, did you select “Add File Source”?

> **[Scale video on demand with Wowza Media Cache](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache#add-a-file-source8)**
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> Set up the Media Cache read-through caching mechanism for Wowza Streaming Engine to increase VOD streaming scalability.

Is your D: drive local to your computer?

If so, you might want to just point the VOD application to your D drive:  
 ![Screenshot 2024-09-25 at 2.08.46 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/wowza1/original/2X/5/53572605f83748fef1df925234a116d3d6cb897e.png)