# Content directory and playlist question!

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 12, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443 "2014-03-12T10:09:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Janez\_Makovsek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@Janez\_Makovsek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Janez_Makovsek)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443/1 "2014-03-12T10:09:44Z")

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Hi!

When specifying playlist items, is it allowed for the files to include folder path which is outside of the content directory for the application? We have one application recording to one directory and that directory may sometimes be input for another application.

Thanks!

Atmapuri

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**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443/2 "2014-03-12T15:46:33Z")

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Hi,

Please take a look at the [How to playback with the example Adobe Flash players (RTMP)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-playback-with-the-example-adobe-flash-players-rtmp) article, the [Playback of content outside of the content root](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-playback-with-the-example-adobe-flash-players-rtmp#vodplayback_root) paragraph.

Zoran

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443/3 "2014-03-12T07:44:00Z")

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You can set the Application.xml/StorageDir to any folder on the computer or mounted network drive, but you can only have one storage location per application.

If you need multiple storage locations per application you will need to use MediaCache:

[How to scale video on demand streaming with Media Cache](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache)

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Janez\_Makovsek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@Janez\_Makovsek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Janez_Makovsek)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443/4 "2014-03-12T16:15:35Z")

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Dear Salvadore,

Is it allowed to have subfolders in the storage location? In one (corner) case you could specify C:\ as the storage dir and have videos in subfolders.

Thanks!

Atmapuri

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/content-directory-and-playlist-question/36443/5 "2014-03-12T09:46:50Z")

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Yes, this is supported.

This forum thread documents this in detail:

[Subfolders in application content folder](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/226)

Salvadore