title: Absolute path for Flash Netstream works in IDE but not on IIS webserver
body: <p>I have a Flash player application that plays movies and, if I give it a relative URL, it works fine in the IDE (Flash Pro CC) and on the webserver.  The problem is that I need to play a movie that is on the webserver, but in a folder outside of the website (outside of root).</p>
  
  <p>I tried passing the filename as such:  "file://C:/Users/MyName/Desktop/Movies/mymovie.mp4".  This works fine in the IDE - I can press Ctrl+Enter and the demo works.  It also works fine if I test it in a browser (Ctrl+Alt+Enter).  But via my IIS server (which is on the same laptop as the IDE), given the same filename, the same application won't play (although, it will play if given a relative URL to a file within the website).  Any ideas why not, or what's going on?</p>
  
  <p>These work as they should, in IDE or browser:
  netStream.Play("Movies/mymovie.mp4");
  netStream.Play("<a href="http://localhost/Movies/mymovie.mp4" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/Movies/mymovie.mp4</a>");</p>
  
  <p>This works, only in IDE, not in browser:
  netStream.Play("file://C:/Users/MyName/Desktop/Movies/mymovie.mp4");</p>
  
  <p>I see now, though, that the Flash SWF is on the client browser, and that's the problem.  Is there a way to reference a file back on the server, but that sits outside of the website?  Maybe something similar to this method: <a href="https://forums.adobe.com/thread/838338" rel="nofollow">https://forums.adobe.com/thread/838338</a>, but that works for .mp4 files?</p>