Web Server Software

[browser]

What I mean is to upload media to my server so that I will be able to stream it for example. I think that for that I need to have an address for the media like http://mysubdomain.DNShost.com/filename.mpg

[shn]

Originally posted by browser@15 March 2004 - 14:25
What I mean is to upload media to my server so that I will be able to stream it for example. I think that for that I need to have an address for the media like http://mysubdomain.DNShost.com/filename.mpg

Yes.

And if the media is in a "directory" that is in your htdocs directory then it would be.

http://mysubdomain.DNShost.com/pathtomedia/filename.mpg

[browser]

I tried that. How much of the path do I need? C:/something/something/something/htdocs/filename? or just /htdocs/filename or what? I tried all of them and they didn't seem to work. I would have thought you need to upload by FTP or something, no? Basically, I have the webserver on my computer and now I want to tryto stream media (i know haxor said i couldn't on my connection but i want to just try it (never mind the quality).

[shn]

Originally posted by browser@15 March 2004 - 17:33
I tried that. How much of the path do I need? C:/something/something/something/htdocs/filename? or just /htdocs/filename or what? I tried all of them and they didn't seem to work. I would have thought you need to upload by FTP or something, no? Basically, I have the webserver on my computer and now I want to tryto stream media (i know haxor said i couldn't on my connection but i want to just try it (never mind the quality).

There is no need to upload something that is already on your box. If it's is to be stored on another host then that's a diffrent story.

You must edit your httpd.conf file accordingly. If your docs directory is set to htdocs then that diretcory should be implicated in your conf file. It's htdocs default in Apache v 2.xx and up (win32) I think.

Start out by placing the media in your htdocs directory and then try to go to http://localhost/filename.mpg or whatever. If it works then create a seperate folder and placed the media in that. Then http://localhost/mediafolder/filename.mpg