User guide

Chapter 3 Using the Installer
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Proxy Media Location:  Enter the location to store the proxy les created for the media
assets. Keep in mind that you cannot easily change the proxy and production media
locations later. Although the proxy les are generally much smaller than the original
media les, this location contains the proxy les from all devices. Be sure to choose a
location with plenty of hard disk space.
Production media Location:
 Enter a location to store your production media. Keep in
mind that you cannot easily change the proxy and production media locations later.
The production media location can be a folder on this computer or a networked
device, such as an Xsan or Xserve RAID. You can add more locations for the storage of
media after the installer has nished.
The installer creates the following devices based on this location: Library, Watchers,
Media, Edit Proxies, and Version.
Although it is not typical or suggested, you can make the proxy and production
media locations the same place. Keep in mind that the production media location
can require a large amount of disk space.
It is strongly suggested that you do not store the production or proxy
Important:
media on the server computer’s startup disk. Using all of the available disk space on
the startup disk can cause serious issues.
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):  Enter the outgoing email server address. You can
change this in Final Cut Server System Preferences later.
Final Cut Server supports only Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Important:
servers that do not require authentication.
If left blank, this setting defaults to “localhost,” which you can use if this computer has
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server and is congured as an SMTP email server.