title: Access Azure Storage Blob as file system
body: <p>We have a Worker role on Windows Azure that runs ffmpeg to convert media files using <a href="http://www.mediasoftpro.com/media-handler-pro.html" rel="nofollow">MediaHandler Pro</a>. The files that we like to process is saved on a blob storage and the resulting files should also be stored there.</p>
  
  <p>Our problem is that ffmpeg works on local files and not on URIs from the blob storage. Is there any way to mount a blob storage container and access the files there directly as a file system?</p>
  
  <p>If this is not possible is it ok to download the files (they can be quite large, perhaps 1-2Gb) to the local file system*, process them there and then upload them. This sounds like redundant.</p>
  
  <p>*) We have set up a CloudDrive that downloads this blob to a virtual disc</p>