Problems with FLV directories

Question

I am having some problems getting to the videos in my
AppsDir. I have been searching the forums and documents for an
answer, but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
In this file
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\conf\_defaultRoot_\_defaultVHost_\Vhost.xml
There is a line I modified:
<AppsDir>${VHOST.APPSDIR};E:\videos</AppsDir>
I just added the ";E:\videos" to the ${VHOST.APPSDIR} that
was already there. ${VHOST.APPSDIR} applies to the first directory
listed directly below
Picks up movies here
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\applications\Test1\streams\_definst_
and here
E:\videos\Test2\streams\_definst_
just fine
I can get to a movie called "C:\Program
Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\applications\Test1\streams\_definst_\testrt.flv" like:
<track>
<title>Rob hill climbing - SAN</title>
<location>rtmp://127.0.0.1/Test1</location>
<identifier>testrt</identifier>
<meta rel="type">rtmp</meta>
</track>
and I can get to a movie called
"E:\videos\Test2\streams\_definst_\testrt.flv":
<track>
<title>Rob hill climbing - SAN</title>
<location>rtmp://127.0.0.1/Test2</location>
<identifier>testrt</identifier>
<meta rel="type">rtmp</meta>
</track>
These both work just fine, however here is how my e:\videos
directory looks:
e:\videos\0212\VidArchive\JOESCHMOE\02\12\07
which is translated
e:\videos\[2 digit YEAR][2 digit
MONTH]\VidArchive\[AUTHOR]\[2 digit YEAR]\[2 digit MONTH]\[2 digit
DAY]
This is an idea of what the directories look like, they are
all different. The bottom line is how do you get rid of the
"streams\_definst_\" Is there a way around it?

Answer 1

instead of connecting to your application using the default
instance name (_definst_) try connecting using another instance
name, that will get rid of the "_definst_ "part.
for example if you use an instance name of instanceTest your
connection string should look like this:
rtmp://127.0.0.1/Test2/instanceTest
And to access your streams they should be placed in:
E:\videos\Test2\streams\instanceTest\
Now, if you wish to set up a streams directory straight to
E:\videos you have to go to
C:/../macromedia/fms/conf/_defaultRoot_/_defaultVHost_
Open the Vhost.xml file and look for the
<VirtualDirectory> section. In here you can add virtual
directories, as much as you like. To add a virtual directory add
tags like the following inside the VirtualDirectory section.
<Streams>streamsDir;E:\videos</Streams>
Now, place your videos in E:\videos. Now you can access them
from your flash client like this:
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect("rtmp://127.0.0.1/Test2/instanceTest");
ns=new NetStream(nc);
ns.play("streamsDir\VIDEO"); //to play VIDEO.flv
The code above is not tested but that basically it. Note that
each virtual dir required an id, in this case I used "streamsDir".
hope this helps