Dear wowza community,
I am not shure about the meaning of the “definst” in links to media files and I hope you can help me:
I set up a video on demand application called “vod”. If I open a media file, e.g:
rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/_definst_/mp4:subfolder/subsubfolder/sample.mp4
the file will be played.
If I change the link to e.g.:
rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/video123/mp4:subfolder/subsubfolder/sample.mp4
the file will also be played. If I remove “definst”, the file will not be played, e.g.:
rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/mp4:subfolder/subsubfolder/sample.mp4
My questions are:
What happens if I use “video123”, “audio123” or any other string instead of "definst? Is there any side effect (eg video could not be played in some players or on some devices?) Are there any limitations to the name of the string?
Is der any possibility to remove “definst”?
So, the link will be
rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/mp4:subfolder/subsubfolder/sample.mp4
thank you & best regards,
Anton