# Changing Content directory

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-content-directory/49405>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-content-directory/49405 "2017-08-10T15:02:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Bohn1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Bohn1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeremy_Bohn1)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-content-directory/49405/1 "2017-08-10T15:02:48Z")

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I tried to change Content Directory :

But then I can’t play video anymore :

What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks a lot ! 🙂

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**Author:** ![J\_van\_Marion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-content-directory/49405/2 "2017-08-11T22:48:34Z")

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Could be a permissions problem. Is the directory accessible from a different user then “public”. Try a different directory outside the user directory structure

What was the original directory? Compare that directory (permission rights) with your new directory

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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Bohn1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Bohn1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeremy_Bohn1)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-content-directory/49405/3 "2017-09-01T12:35:20Z")

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I think that the Wowza test player is buggy.

I restarted the Wowza service and it seems to work.