# changing application stream content storage

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-application-stream-content-storage/38428>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 2, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-application-stream-content-storage/38428 "2012-04-02T19:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![george\_sickler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@george\_sickler](https://community.wowza.com/u/george_sickler)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-application-stream-content-storage/38428/1 "2012-04-02T19:50:32Z")

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New to Wowza,

on a centos server

I am trying to understand how to change the applications.xml file, and do I understand that I should make a new folder in the applications folder.

[install-dir]/applications/myvideos

then copy the applications.xml to this folder?

What if I want to stream from within a different folder from a webserver folder.

so would I change the streaming section of the application.xml file from the $.com.wowza…etc…/content/ to

/home/USERNAME/public\_html/mediafiles/

???

thanks for any help, I have been searching the net for hours trying to understand how to make this change.

I have 300gb of mp4 files that i want to stream instead of have it download.

George

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-application-stream-content-storage/38428/2 "2012-04-03T09:59:04Z")

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Hi

To create an application you need to create a directory in

[install-dir]/applications/

If you wanted to call it myvideos you would see

[install-dir]/applications/myvideos

Then create a directory in [install-dir]/conf/ called myvideos so you would see

[install-dir]/conf/myvideos

Copy the Application.xml from [install-dir]/conf/ and add to the new directory

[install-dir]/conf/myvideos

Now edit the Application.xml found here

[install-dir]/conf/myvideos/Application.xml

You can configure this application as you wish using the Application.xml

change the streaming section of the application.xml file from the $.com.wowza…etc…/content/ to

/home/USERNAME/public\_html/mediafiles/

Yes this is correct.

There is a guide for on demand content here,

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-video-on-demand-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-video-on-demand-streaming)

Jason