# Video in content folder not picked up

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125 "2015-11-03T09:42:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Tracey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Peter\_Tracey](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Tracey)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125/1 "2015-11-03T09:42:51Z")

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I have a video in the content folder, BornToBeWild\_New\_20minClip\_15\_to\_925.mpg

When I go to the proper streaming URL: [http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild\_New\_20minClip\_15\_to\_925/playlist.m3u8](http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925/playlist.m3u8) I get a 404 error.

In the logs I see:

```auto
MediaReaderH264.open[Movies/_definst_]: Not found: H:/Movies/SC - Movies/BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925.: java.io.FileNotFoundException: H:\Movies\SC - Movies\BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925 (The system cannot find the file specified)|at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method)|at java.io.RandomAccessFile.(Unknown Source)|at com.wowza.io.WowzaRandomAccessFile.(WowzaRandomAccessFile.java:12)|at com.wowza.io.DirectRandomAccessReader.open(DirectRandomAccessReader.java:236)|at com.wowza.wms.mediareader.h264.MediaReaderH264.open(MediaReaderH264.java:252)|

```

Other movies play fine, just the new ones added recently get the 404 errors.

Please help!

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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:** [November 3, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125/2 "2015-11-03T09:02:51Z")

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I see a couple issues. One, you need a append a .mp4 extension to the stream name. You have:

```auto
http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925/playlist.m3u8

```

It should be:

```auto
http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925[B].mp4[/B]/playlist.m3u8

```

Second, take a look at the specs page:

[http://wowza.com/specs.html](http://wowza.com/specs.html?_ga=1.10470837.1644708163.1412352598)

**.mpg** is not supported for VOD. Transcode to a quicktime container (.mp4, .m4v, .mov)

Regards,

Salvadore

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125/3 "2015-11-04T16:52:06Z")

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Thanks for the update and glad to hear you got this sorted.

Best,

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Tracey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Peter\_Tracey](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Tracey)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/video-in-content-folder-not-picked-up/46125/4 "2015-11-04T17:41:25Z")

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Thanks for the prompt reply. We got it working by converting to mp4 and adding the extension.

> I see a couple issues. One, you need a append a .mp4 extension to the stream name. You have:
> 
> ```auto
> http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925/playlist.m3u8
> 
> ```
> 
> It should be:
> 
> ```auto
> http://173.9.149.246:1935/Movies/mp4:BornToBeWild_New_20minClip_15_to_925[B].mp4[/B]/playlist.m3u8
> 
> ```
> 
> Second, take a look at the specs page:
> 
> [http://wowza.com/specs.html](http://wowza.com/specs.html?_ga=1.10470837.1644708163.1412352598)
> 
> **.mpg** is not supported for VOD. Transcode to a quicktime container (.mp4, .m4v, .mov)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Salvadore