# Path to recorded files

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 2, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391 "2015-06-02T16:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Peter\_Green](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Green)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391/1 "2015-06-02T16:03:18Z")

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Hello there,

I have the option set to record live streamed files, and it is working. I can see the .mp4 files in the /content/ directory.

I would like to setup my JWPlayer instances to be able to playback these recorded files on demand. Is the /content/ folder publicly accessible? If so, what path should I use to access these files in the player?

If it is not accessible, do you recommend that I:

- Change the settings in the manager to record these to a different location (e.g. an S3 bucket (is this possible))

- Set up a script to copy these recorded files to a different location (S3, my server, whatever)

- Make the directory accessible, which I believe is possible using instructions in the EC2 user docs

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391/2 "2015-06-02T23:21:35Z")

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Hi,

The content folder is the default location for playback in a vod application.

You should, for example, be able to playback as an RTMP stream in JW player with the following URL syntax:

rtmp://WowzaIPaddress:1935/vod/MyRecordedFile.mp4

Daren

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391/3 "2015-06-03T22:28:42Z")

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Hi,

Actually /vod/ is the application, and the vod application is configured by default to find files in the [install-dir]/content folder.

Daren

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Peter\_Green](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Green)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/path-to-recorded-files/45391/4 "2015-06-03T09:04:27Z")

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Ah ok, so the /vod/ directory basically points to the /content/ directory, then? Thanks for the pointer, I’ll check it out and report back!

—Peter