Folder location of pre-recorded flv file

I have a pre-recorded flv file that I've placed in a
sub-folder within the applications folder of Media Server. When I
run my Flash movie within Flash or on my localhost using IIS, the
Media Server Management Console shows my flv streaming. This only
seems to work, though, if I also have the flv file in the same
folder or sub-folder relative to my swf and html files and the
contentPath perimeter of the on-stage video component points to
this flv folder/sub-folder. Question: does the flv need to be in
both these locations? The documentation is not clear about
this.

quote:
This only seems to work, though, if I also have the flv file
in the same folder or sub-folder relative to my swf and html files
and the contentPath perimeter of the on-stage video component
points to this flv folder/sub-folder. Question: does the flv need
to be in both these locations? The documentation is not clear about
this.
This makes me suspect that you're not actually connecting to
FMS, but rather, just playing the progressive http video. If you
leave the flv in the http directory (and remove the file from the
fms directory) does it still play?
If you want to connect to an FMS stream, your content path
will be an rtmp location, not an http location. It will look
something like this:
rtmp://myfmsserver.com/myApplication/myVideo
I don't use the prefab media components, so I don't know if
it wants the .flv extension at the end of the url.

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