# Subfolders in application content folder?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 9, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226 "2008-01-09T20:48:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/1 "2008-01-09T20:48:38Z")

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I have a product that I have created an application for. .flv’s work in the root directory of the application storage dir.

In order to keep the directory clean, I want to add subfolders and address the .flv content by sub folder.

ex.

application is “fastplay”

storage dirs:

wowzamediaserverpro/content/fastplay/bobby

wowzamediaserverpro/content/fastplay/james

wowzamediaserverpro/content/fastplay/ivan

referenced externally like…

rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/bobby/schoolplay0.flv

rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/james/schoolplay1.flv

rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/ivan/schoolplay2.flv

Is this possible? and how do I do it? or where can I find a good documentation for this?

I have tried, and tried to find documentation on sub folders, but didn’t find any yet. Please help!

Thank you

wowza newbie, but impressed.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/2 "2008-01-09T19:31:05Z")

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Try this:

Set the **Streams/StorageDir** in **conf/fastplay/Application.xml** to the path to **wowzamediaserverpro/content**.

```auto
rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/_definst_/fastplay/bobby/schoolplay0.flv
rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/_definst_/fastplay/james/schoolplay1.flv
rtmp://mediaserver/fastplay/_definst_/fastplay/ivan/schoolplay2.flv

```

This should work. The **_definst_** is the default application instance name. You need to specify the application instance name if you want to use the FLVPlayback component.

Charlie

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/3 "2008-03-25T04:00:06Z")

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It should be:

Server: rtmp://myserverxxx/fastpaly/_definst_

Stream: myfolder/myfile

Charlie

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**Author:** ![Johnbin\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Johnbin\_Wang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Johnbin_Wang)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/4 "2008-03-25T10:56:20Z")

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Excuse me, how can I play the flv files in subfolders in fastpaly flash client？

In server textbox, I entered “rtmp://myserverxxx/fastpaly/_definst_/myfolder” .

In stream, I entered “myfile”, but it couldn’t play.

(I have a file named myfile in folder “myfolder” in content folder ).

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**Author:** ![Johnbin\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Johnbin\_Wang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Johnbin_Wang)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/5 "2008-03-25T12:21:42Z")

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Thanks very much, Charlie!

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/6 "2009-08-27T18:49:59Z")

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Francois,

Replace the “_definst_” with your explicit applicationInstance:

rtmp://myserver/customer1/ondemand/&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/7 "2009-08-27T19:14:42Z")

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It’s hard to sort out. Let me see if I have this straight:

Your Application.xml /Streams /StorageDir is:

InstallDir/content

The file is located here:

installDir/content/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

You tried to use this:

rtmp://myserver/customer1/ondemand/&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

Seems right, just needs “streamer=”

streamer=rtmp://myserver/customer1/ondemand&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

Doing these two things is unnecessary:

mkdir conf/customer1/ondemand

mkdir application/customer1/ondemand

The server does create folders under /applications/appName/ to manage applicationInstances, but you do not have to create them. Just naming it in rtmp url is all you have to do.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/8 "2009-08-27T20:23:22Z")

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Put the Application.xml here:

> InstallDir/conf/customer1/Application.xml

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/9 "2009-08-27T20:51:21Z")

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> sorting appInstances

I’m not sure what you are expecting to happen.

Richard

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/10 "2009-08-27T21:33:15Z")

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Francois,

There is only one Application.xml per application.

There are no use for subfolders below /conf/[applicationName]

You create applicationInstances just by using them in rtmp url. So simply connecting to Wowza with a rtmp url with applicationInstance part creates that instance:

> rtmp://yourWowzaIP/AppName/someAppInstance

“someAppInstance” is created, it just works.

Application instance folders are created by Wowza here:

[wowza-install-dir]/applications/AppName/sharedObjects/someAppInstance

But this just a place for Wowza to work with shared objects. It’s the location of StorageDir that matters.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/11 "2009-08-28T11:25:25Z")

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Francois,

You made me wonder if I had missed something, but I can’t find anything to support that. I think if you thought this worked before it was a coincidence, i.e., it was working for another reason. Take a look at the Server Architecture and Server Configuration sections of the User Guide.

When you create:

> /applications/customer1
> 
> /applications/customer2
> 
> And
> 
> /conf/customer1/Application.xml
> 
> /conf/customer2/Application.xml

That is two applications. Correct. Each Application.xml can have a different StreamType.

But this does nothing:

> /conf/customer1/someAppInstance

To create an applicationInstance of the customer1 application, you just connect to it:

> rtmp://wowzaIP/customer1/someAppInstance

someAppinstance is an instance of the customer1 application and has all the properties set in:

/conf/customer1/Application.xml

It is in its own space. Streams published to someAppInstance can only be subscribed to by clients that connect to the same server/application/applicationInstance named “someAppInstance”

If you do not explicitly specify an applicationInstance, Wowza runs it as _definst_

Important to note that you can use more than one StreamType in an application. You do it in the Flash client with actionscripot, like this:

```auto
//first do this with netconnection
netconnection.call("setStreamType",null,"live");
//second, create a new NetStream object to use with that StreamType
var nsLive:NetStream = new NetStream(netconnection);

```

Richard

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/12 "2009-08-28T12:54:41Z")

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Those folders have no meaning in Wowza (or FMIS)

If you do not create an Application.xml for an application, the default is used:

/conf/Application.xml

That’s how SimpleVideoStreaming example works.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Francois\_Reinert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Francois\_Reinert](https://community.wowza.com/u/Francois_Reinert)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/13 "2009-08-27T09:31:16Z")

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Hi,

this works all fine, but what will be when i have Appinstances? This doesn’t work for me.

In install dir:

mkdir conf/customer1

mkdir conf/customer1/ondemand

mkdir application/customer1

mkdir application/customer1/ondemand

change StorageDir to InstallDir/content in Apllication.xml in conf/customer1/ondemand/

test.flv in content/customer1/ondemand/

Using jwplayer:

rtmp://myserver/customer1/_definst_/ondemand/&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv does not work and

rtmp://myserver/customer1/ondemand/&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

is not working, too. Is there a Problem with Appinstances?

kindest regards

Francois

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**Author:** ![Francois\_Reinert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Francois\_Reinert](https://community.wowza.com/u/Francois_Reinert)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/14 "2009-08-27T10:58:49Z")

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Hi,

thanks for your support, but if you can see in my last answer i always tried this and doesn’t work. I use the 2.0.0 preview6.

Francois

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/15 "2009-08-27T12:10:44Z")

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I already have the streamer, but it doesn’t work.

Its not the Storage Dir which make problems, its the Application path.

If my Application path is InstallDir/application/customer1/Application.xml

i can play the vid with:

rtmp://myserver/customer1/&file=/customer1/ondemand/test.flv

But not if i would handle this via an AppInstance in a Subfolder of my Application.

Francois

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**Author:** ![Francois\_Reinert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Francois\_Reinert](https://community.wowza.com/u/Francois_Reinert)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/16 "2009-08-27T12:32:13Z")

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Yes i know now that this is working. Is it a bug to do it for sorting in appinstances? Normaly it have to work, or?

thanks for your attention…

kindest regards

francois

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/17 "2009-08-27T13:08:28Z")

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Only to sort, a tv station is our customer and i want to sort his ondemand tv shows with different Application.xmls and his live feeds.

So i got

conf/costumer/live1/

conf/customer/live2/ (live is working in this subdirs)

conf/customer/ondemand/tvshow1/

conf/customer/ondemand/tvshow2/

conf/customer/ondemand/tvshow3/

and so on…

But you’re right, i think its enough to have only one Application.xml for all OnDemand stuff on this customer in conf/customer/

Right now i cannot find any reason without sorting to do this in subdirs.

Thanks a lot

Francois

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/18 "2009-08-27T13:18:29Z")

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hate this, sorry. Why i have to restart the server sometimes to get this. Now after restarting Server it works, don’t know why.

francois

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/19 "2009-08-28T00:02:07Z")

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Hello Richard,

that was completely new for me. In the past i always use wowza like this scheme:

conf/Application/ApplicationInstance

this works for our sorting scheme quit good. Is this a Problem to use wowza like this? This is for a quite better Overwiew i already thought.

> There is only one Application.xml per application.
> 
> There are no use for subfolders below /conf/[applicationName]

How can i handle more than one Stream types in an Application.xml like ondemand, live and liverecord? Because of that we made also this subfolders for each customer.

kindest regards

francois

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/subfolders-in-application-content-folder/226/20 "2009-08-28T04:47:02Z")

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Thanks a lot Richard…

is it possible that it works because i have no Application.xml in conf/customer1/

only in my subdirs?

conf/customer1/live/

conf/customer1/ondemand/

Maybe for wowza this will be 2 different applications?

Greets

Francois