User guide

Chapter 6 Using Device Setup Assistant

The Watchers device is intended to be used for the automations created by the

installer. For example, you could add media to this folder or one of its subfolders and

an automation would notice the media and copy it to a dierent device, adding it to

the Final Cut Server catalog and transcoding it if needed. The default automations are

all congured to watch the folders within this device.

The Library and Media devices are intended to be used as general-purpose media

storage locations. The default automations are all congured to copy media to the

Library device.

Each of these devices has the following congurations:

Scan settings:

 These allow you to have Final Cut Server automatically check the

device for new, changed, or deleted assets at regular intervals. Only the Media device

can have scan settings congured by the installer using the “Catalog Media device

automatically” setting.

Transcode settings:

 These allow you to choose a format to convert an asset to when

it is uploaded or copied to the device. The Watchers device has no transcode settings

assigned to it because it is not intended to be used as a destination when uploading

or copying assets in Final Cut Server—it is intended to be the source device for upload

operations. The Library and Media devices have all of the transcode settings assigned

to them, making copying or uploading assets to those devices exible and easy.

You can use Device Setup Assistant to modify these devices to include scan and

transcode settings. You can also use Device Setup Assistant to modify the scan and

transcode settings of these and other devices you add to Final Cut Server using Device

Setup Assistant or the client’s Administration window.