Hi, I have installed FMS2 on a computer with limited storage capacity. However,
all my videos and media content is stored on another computer which I have
access to with an internal IP (file://192.168.x.x/c$/media)

So I wonder if there is any way of changing my apps streams/_definst_
directory to point to this remote computer's directory instead? Or is there an
other method of streaming these files via my FMS?

Trond

Yes, that's possible and it's a very common requirement, especially when there
is a lot of media content.
This setting is made in the vhost.xml, so you could have different application
root directories for different vhosts. You'll find the vhost.xml in
FMS_ROOT\conf\_defaultRoot_\_defaultVHost_
In there find this entry in line 26:
<AppsDir>${VHOST.APPSDIR}</AppsDir>

${VHOST.APPSDIR} means that the value of VHOST.APPSDIR in the fms.ini is being
taken. If you run only one VHOST it doesn't matter where you make the change -
in fms.ini you probably find it easier next time you look for it

Instead of having
VHOST.APPSDIR = C:\PathToFMS\applications
in there, you could also specify a network share:
VHOST.APPSDIR = N:\applications

Please note that you can't point it directory to a network share, it should
contain a subdirectory. Also, you may face some security issues that you'll
have to solve as the FMS process may not be allowed to access this network
share. If this is the case, go to the control panel and bring up services. Find
the entry for "Flash Media Server (FMS)" and right-click on it, then chose
properties. In the popup window, select the 2nd tab, i.e. Log On. The easy way
is to make sure the check box "Allow service to interact with desktop" is
checked. Instead, you may specify an account that has the necessary access
rights to run Flash Media Server AND access this network share.

Keep checking the logs (FMS logs and Windows event logs) and I am sure you'll
figure it out quickly


I hope this helps!

I understand what you try to do here, but this solution did not work in my
system.

I have an additional question: I just started browsing through my vhost.xml
and tried to alter the virtual directory and stream tags.
If I set an alias to point to a local drive everything works fine
(<streams>myVideo;c:/videos</streams>)
However, if i set a virtual directory to point to another machine I can not
connect to the stream (actually I get a Netstream.play.start, but the stream
itself does not start). Is there a way to point a virtual directory to a
network share like \\Srv15\Videos and get the videos to stream. If I could do
this it would solve my problem.

I've tried setting the myVideo to both \\Srv15\Videos and 192.168.x.x/Videos
without any luck.