# Linking NAS videos

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [April 10, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102 "2025-04-10T10:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Godber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/godber/32/26521_2.png) [@Godber](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Godber)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102/1 "2025-04-10T10:09:37Z")

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is there a way to link my videos on my Nas.  
just play…I can get them to download but would rather just play so I dont have to put them in resources

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102/2 "2025-04-10T10:53:56Z")

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No, and I wouldn’t recommend trying to do that. As soon as your NAS is offline or unavailable the assets in your project would be unavailable/broken and you’d be unable to publish.

A better option would be to do the following:

Manually upload the videos to your FTP server, and use the remote resource feature to link to them. This avoids having to store large files inside of the project.

Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![Godber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/godber/32/26521_2.png) [@Godber](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Godber)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102/3 "2025-04-10T10:57:17Z")

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cheers..ill give it a whirl  
do I just create a folder on the server and just call it videos or the like?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102/4 "2025-04-10T11:53:24Z")

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Yes, that’d work. Just remember to make sure all your [file names are web safe](https://www.mtu.edu/umc/services/websites/writing/characters-avoid/).

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**Author:** ![Godber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/godber/32/26521_2.png) [@Godber](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Godber)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/linking-nas-videos/47102/5 "2025-04-10T11:54:32Z")

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thanks