Final Cut Server Setup and Administration Guide
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1 Preface 7 7 8 10 Part I Contents Welcome to Final Cut Server Administration Welcome to Final Cut Server Resources for Learning About Final Cut Server Contacting AppleCare Support Installation and Configuration Chapter 1 13 13 15 16 17 Overview of Final Cut Server About Servers and Clients Building a Final Cut Server System Storage Device Strategy Basic Final Cut Server Administration Tasks Chapter 2 19 19 21 29 32 35 37 Using the Installer About Installing and Setting Up Final Cut Server Using
Chapter 4 47 47 49 53 56 57 Adding Users and Groups About Users and Groups Using the Accounts Pane of System Preferences Using Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager Adding Groups to Final Cut Server About the Permission Sets Chapter 5 59 59 60 61 62 68 73 74 Using Device Setup Assistant Introduction to Devices About Creating Devices About the Default Devices Adding a Device Device Type Configurations Editing an Existing Device Deleting an Existing Device Chapter 6 77 77 78 79 88 89 Using Automation S
Part II General Administration Chapter 9 107 107 113 115 121 122 124 General Settings and Preferences Final Cut Server Administration Overview Working with the Administration Window Preference Settings in the Final Cut Server Client Administration Window User-Configurable Preference Settings Administrator-Only Client Functions About Unicode Support Chapter 10 125 125 125 127 Groups and Permissions About Groups and Permissions Adding Groups to Final Cut Server Adding and Managing Permission Sets Chap
Chapter 14 193 193 195 196 212 215 217 Managing Automations About Final Cut Server Automation General Automation Tips Response Pane and Window Watcher Pane and Window Subscription Pane and Window Schedule Pane and Window Chapter 15 219 219 220 225 226 About Jobs and Logs Viewing Final Cut Server Status About Jobs and the Search All Jobs Window About the Log Pane About the Log Window Glossary 227 Index 233 Contents
Preface Welcome to Final Cut Server Administration This chapter covers the following: Â Welcome to Final Cut Server (p. 7) Â Resources for Learning About Final Cut Server (p. 8) Â Contacting AppleCare Support (p. 10) Welcome to Final Cut Server Final Cut Server is powerful media asset management and workflow automation software. Final Cut Server makes it easy to manage large collections of media files.
Resources for Learning About Final Cut Server There are a variety of resources for you to use when learning about your Final Cut Server system. Final Cut Server Printed Documentation This guide is one of two printed documents that are included with Final Cut Server. Â Final Cut Server Setup and Administration Guide: This guide describes how to install, configure, and administer most components of the Final Cut Server system.
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Contacting AppleCare Support Information about the support options available from Apple is included in your Final Cut Server box. Several levels of support are available. Whatever your issue, it’s a good idea to have the following information immediately available when you contact Apple for support. The more of this information you have to give to the support agents, the faster they will be able to address your issue.
Part I: Installation and Configuration I This part of the manual contains the information you need to install and configure Final Cut Server for a basic system.
1 Overview of Final Cut Server 1 This chapter covers the following: Â About Servers and Clients (p. 13) Â Building a Final Cut Server System (p. 15) Â Storage Device Strategy (p. 16) Â Basic Final Cut Server Administration Tasks (p. 17) This chapter provides a general overview of Final Cut Server, including information on storage strategies and basic administration tasks. About Servers and Clients Final Cut Server is based on a client/server model.
The computer used as the server for Final Cut Server needs to have Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard or later installed. This computer can be used to store your assets and productions, or it can be connected to a variety of external devices that contain the assets, such as media servers or an Apple Xsan volume.
I Building a Final Cut Server System A Final Cut Server system requires a Macintosh computer, such as an Intel-based Xserve or a Mac Pro computer, with Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard Server or later installed. In general, while Leopard provides sufficient administration tools for smaller Final Cut Server systems, Leopard Server is recommended for most installations. This is because it has many more administration tools and is better suited for providing for general server needs.
Storage Device Strategy Before you install Final Cut Server, you need to decide how you want to store your media. About Devices Final Cut Server uses the term devices to refer to media storage locations that you configure Final Cut Server to use. Devices can be folders on the computer’s boot hard disk, a second hard disk, a FireWire drive, or on a network-connected volume. When you install Final Cut Server, several default devices are created.
I A storage area network (SAN) allows multiple computers to connect to a storage device as if it was a locally connected device. This allows you to use the media on the storage device (typically a RAID) exactly as if it was on a local hard disk. Final Cut Server includes the ability to configure a storage device that is part of a SAN as an edit-in-place device.
 Managing metadata and metadata sets: A very powerful feature of Final Cut Server is its ability to use metadata to help manage a large collection of assets and productions. You can work with default metadata formats as well as add custom fields and create custom groups of metadata fields. See Chapter 11, “Managing Metadata,” on page 135 for more information.  Managing watch and respond behaviors: Final Cut Server includes a variety of features that help automate your workflow.
2 Using the Installer 2 This chapter covers the following: Â About Installing and Setting Up Final Cut Server (p. 19) Â Using the Final Cut Server Installer (p. 21) Â About the Customer Profiles (p. 29) Â About Final Cut Server and Compressor (p. 32) Â Updating Your License (p. 35) Â Registering Final Cut Server (p. 37) About Installing and Setting Up Final Cut Server The first step in installing Final Cut Server is to use the Final Cut Server installer.
You should also familiarize yourself with all of the chapters in this part (Part I) of the Final Cut Server Setup and Administration Guide. In general, you should install and set up Final Cut Server in the following order: Step 1: Use the installer This installs Final Cut Server on your system. It also configures Final Cut Server to match the customer profile you select.
I Step 4: Install Final Cut Server clients on other computers Once you have configured Final Cut Server System Preferences and added users and groups, you are ready to install the Final Cut Server client software on your users’ computers. You install the client across a network connection. See Chapter 8, “Installing Final Cut Server Clients,” on page 99 for more information.
To update Leopard or Leopard Server and QuickTime: 1 Choose Apple menu > Software Update. A dialog appears showing new or updated software available for your computer. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to update Leopard or Leopard Server and QuickTime to the latest versions. It is also a good idea to install and update Final Cut Studio and other applications if you intend to use them on the computer you are using as your Final Cut Server server.
I 3 To get the Web item to appear, click the Settings icon, open the Services pane, and select the Web item. Click the Settings icon. Click Services to display the Services pane. Select Web to configure web services. The Web item appears on the left side of the window. 4 Select the Web item, then click the Overview icon. Click the Overview icon. Click Web to configure the web service settings. Verify the Apache version. It should be version 2.2.
Starting the Final Cut Server Installer When you install Final Cut Server, it is installed and configured based on the customer profile you choose. Important: Refer to the Before You Install Final Cut Server document on the Final Cut Server installation disc for a list of minimum system requirements for Final Cut Server. Note: Before you can install the software, you need to log in to your computer with a computer administrator account, using an administrator password. See Mac Help for more information.
I 8 In the Serial Number field, enter the Final Cut Server serial number printed on the Software Serial Number label attached to the serial number sheet included in your Final Cut Server box, then click Continue. Following are some tips for entering your serial number correctly: Â Make sure you are copying the original serial number that is on the front of the serial number sheet. Â Make sure you enter the software serial number, not the Support ID number.
9 Select one of the customer profiles, then click Continue. See “About the Customer Profiles” on page 29 for details on the available customer profiles. The Settings for Profile pane appears. 10 Enter the following information, then click Continue when finished. Â Proxy Media Location: Enter the location to store the proxy files created for the media assets. While the proxy files are generally much smaller than the original media files, this location contains the proxy files from all devices.
I Â Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): Enter the outgoing email server address. You can change this in Final Cut Server System Preferences later. Note: If left blank, this setting defaults to “localhost,” which you can use if this computer has Mac OS X Server v10.5 and is configured as an SMTP email server. Â Enable Version Control: Select this checkbox to configure Final Cut Server to automatically enable version tracking of assets and Final Cut Pro projects uploaded to the Final Cut Server catalog.
The Standard Install pane appears. 11 Do one of the following: Â Click Install or Upgrade. This automatically installs Final Cut Server on the computer’s startup disk. Important: You may see the Upgrade option even on computers that do not have previous versions of Final Cut Server installed. This is because the installer has detected at least one file on your system in common with the files it installs; this is considered normal. Â Click Change Install Location.
I 12 A dialog appears requiring you to authenticate yourself by typing your name and password. Click OK when finished. The installer displays a progress bar to indicate its status. Once the installer finishes, a pane appears that confirms the installation was successful. 13 Click Close to close the installer. After you have finished the installation, you are ready to begin configuring Final Cut Server System Preferences. See Chapter 3, “Configuring System Preferences,” on page 39 for more information.
Following is a list of the five customer profiles to choose from, including a list of the production metadata sets used by each (see “About the Production Metadata Sets,” next, for more information about the production metadata sets): Â Television Station: This profile is graphics and video based. It includes provisions for format transcoding, review and approval, content delivery, and content cataloging.
I Package Production Metadata Set The Package production metadata set is available in all five customer profiles. It includes two metadata groups: Â Production (PA_GRP_CUST_PRODUCTION_PACKAGE) Â Rights (PA_GRP_CUST_PRODUCTION_RIGHTS) Show Production Metadata Set The Show production metadata set is available in the Television Station and Video Production customer profiles.
About Final Cut Server and Compressor Final Cut Server relies on Compressor for most of its transcoding needs. These include obvious jobs like converting a video file to a format with a smaller file size that is easier to review. However, these transcoding needs also include a variety of other jobs that happen in the background, such as creating the clip proxy files used to preview an asset.
I Â The This Computer cluster requires you to log in: Since the This Computer cluster operates using the name of the current user that is logged in, it cannot be used until a user logs in. This means that if your server computer is restarted, for example, after a power interruption, Final Cut Server will not be able to use Compressor.
To create a custom QuickCluster: 1 Log in to the server computer using the same user account that was used to install Final Cut Server. Important: For this new QuickCluster to have the same permissions as Final Cut Server, it is important that you log in as the same user that installed Final Cut Server. 2 Open System Preferences, then click the Apple Qmaster icon, located in the Other section at the bottom of the window. The Apple Qmaster System Preferences pane appears. Select the Managed checkboxes.
I To choose the custom QuickCluster in Final Cut Server: 1 In a Final Cut Server client, choose Administration from the Server pop-up menu (the pop-up menu in the Final Cut Server main window that appears when you click the Server button) to open the Administration window. Important: You must be logged in as a user with administrator privileges for the Administration item to appear in the Server pop-up menu. 2 Click Preferences in the column on the left to open the Preferences pane.
To update your Final Cut Server license: 1 Open System Preferences on the computer with Final Cut Server installed. 2 Click the Final Cut Server item in the Other section. The Final Cut Server System Preferences pane appears. Click Update License to enter a new serial number. You must click the lock and authenticate yourself to make changes to any of these panes. 3 Select the General pane (if necessary). 4 Click the lock in the lower-left corner and authenticate yourself.
I Registering Final Cut Server Once you have installed Final Cut Server, you should register it. Registering your Final Cut Server installation is done through Final Cut Server System Preferences. To register your Final Cut Server installation: 1 Open System Preferences on the computer with Final Cut Server installed. 2 Click Final Cut Server in the Other section. The Final Cut Server System Preferences pane appears. Click Register to open the registration dialog.
3 Configuring System Preferences 3 This chapter covers the following: Â Introduction to Final Cut Server System Preferences (p. 39) Â General Pane Settings (p. 40) Â Group Permissions Pane Settings (p. 42) Â Devices Pane Settings (p. 43) Â Automations Pane Settings (p. 44) Â Backup Pane Settings (p. 45) Once you have installed Final Cut Server, you can continue its setup by configuring Final Cut Server System Preferences.
The top of the pane includes buttons to select which Final Cut Server panes to configure. The lower-right corner includes a question mark button that opens the onscreen version of this manual as a PDF file. The lower-left corner includes the lock that you use to authenticate yourself. You must do this before you can make any changes to the Final Cut Server settings. The Final Cut Server installer configures the settings in these panes to defaults that you may need to change.
I Following are the General pane settings: Â Stop/Start button: Click the Stop button to shut down Final Cut Server services. The button changes to Start, which you can click to start Final Cut Server services. Note: You cannot make any changes to Final Cut Server while its services are shut down. Â Image Sequence Video Frame Rate: Choose the frame rate to use when working with still-image sequences. Â Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): Enter the name of the outgoing SMTP server used to send all emails.
Group Permissions Pane Settings You use the Group Permissions pane to choose the Mac OS X groups that can access Final Cut Server. You also assign permission sets to each group, allowing you to control the areas of Final Cut Server to which each group has access. By default, the group of “admin” is added with the default “admin” permission set.
I Devices Pane Settings Devices are storage locations where Final Cut Server can interact with assets and productions. When you installed Final Cut Server, you entered a production media location. By default, Final Cut Server creates three devices at that location: Library, Watchers, and Media. The Devices pane of System Preferences includes a Device Setup Assistant that you can use to modify these default devices or add additional devices.
Automations Pane Settings The Automations pane allows you to create, edit, and enable watchers and subscriptions. Â Watchers are Final Cut Server items that you configure to monitor a device. When an event occurs that it is watching for, such as a media file being added to the device or removed from it, the watcher executes a response, such as copying the media file to another location or sending an email. Â Subscriptions are Final Cut Server items that you configure to monitor metadata changes.
I The installer creates default watchers and subscriptions based on the customer profile you selected. Following are two examples: Â Media to Library [Copy] watcher: This file system watcher monitors the Watchers device’s Media folder (created by the installer) and automatically copies any new assets in it to the Library device with no conversion.
4 Adding Users and Groups 4 This chapter covers the following: Â About Users and Groups (p. 47) Â Using the Accounts Pane of System Preferences (p. 49) Â Using Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager (p. 53) Â Adding Groups to Final Cut Server (p. 56) Â About the Permission Sets (p. 57) About Users and Groups To use Final Cut Server, you usually need to add at least one group with at least one user.
Final Cut Server supports both locally created groups and users and Open Directory-based groups and users. If you have a smaller facility, it is easiest to create one or more local groups and local users. If you have a larger facility already using the Mac OS X Server Open Directory architecture, Final Cut Server can easily use that as the basis for configuring users and groups. Important: If you use another computer as your Open Directory server, it must use Mac OS X Server v10.
I Step 5: Create custom permission sets for the groups (if necessary) Based on the profile selected during Final Cut Server installation, your system will already have several permission sets. These permission sets define a wide variety of permission settings, allowing you to control access to the Final Cut Server catalog. You can create additional permission sets if necessary. See “Adding and Managing Permission Sets” on page 127 for more information.
2 Click the Accounts button in the System category. The Accounts pane appears. Accounts list The account currently logged in Local user accounts Local groups Click the Add button to add local users and groups. Click the lock to authenticate yourself. Note: To make any changes to the Accounts pane, you must first authenticate yourself by clicking the lock and entering the name and password of a user with administration permissions.
I Creating Users Creating local users in the Accounts pane requires you to enter the user name and password and make a few basic choices about that user. To create a local user account: 1 Click the Add ( + ) button. 2 Choose the type of account to create from the New Account pop-up menu in the dialog that appears. Â Administrator: An administrator can create and delete accounts, install software, change system settings, and change the settings of other users. Â Standard: A regular user account.
3 Enter the name and password. The short name is automatically created; however, you can change it in this dialog if necessary. Note: You cannot change the short name once the account is created. 4 Set other attributes as needed. 5 Click Create Account. The new user appears in the accounts list. You can modify an existing user account by selecting it in the accounts list. Creating Groups and Setting Their Membership Creating local groups in the Accounts pane requires you to enter a group name.
I To set the members of a group: 1 Click the group’s name in the accounts list. 2 Select the checkboxes of all user accounts and groups that you want to be associated with this group. Change this group’s name (if necessary). Select the accounts and groups to make members of this group. Using Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager is located in the Applications/Server/ folder of Leopard Server.
Creating Users Creating local users in Workgroup Manager requires you to enter the user name and password and make a few basic choices about that user. To create a local user account: 1 Click the Accounts button in the Toolbar. 2 Click the globe, located below the Admin button in the Toolbar, to select the local directory domain. 3 Click the Users button, located above the accounts list. The accounts list shows all local users already on the server. 4 Click the New User button in the Toolbar.
I Adding Users to a Group Once you have created user and group accounts, you can add users to the groups. To add users to a group: 1 Select the group in the accounts list. Click the Groups button. Click Members. Click the Add button to add members to the group. Select a group. 2 Click the Members button. 3 Click the Add (+) button. A drawer opens with a list of user accounts. Click the globe to select a directory domain. You can click the drawer’s globe to select a different directory domain.
Adding Groups to Final Cut Server Once you have finished setting up your groups, you are ready to add the groups to Final Cut Server. You can add the groups using the server’s Final Cut Server System Preferences or you can use the client’s Administration window. Note: See “Adding Groups to Final Cut Server” on page 125 for information about using the client’s Administration window to manage permissions. See “Adding and Managing Permission Sets” on page 127 for more information about permission sets.
I 6 Choose the group to add from the pop-up menu that appears. Note: If the list is long, you can type the first few letters of its name to jump to its part of the list. The group is added to the Group list. The added group Click the group’s default permission set (admin) to choose a new permission set. 7 Click in the Permission Set area of the new group and choose a permission set from the pop-up menu. About the Permission Sets The Final Cut Server installer automatically creates six permission sets.
 reviewer: This permission set is unable to create, delete, catalog, or edit any of the assets within the Final Cut Server catalog. The reviewer permission set is only able to see assets that have a status of Approved, Ready for Review, Rejected, or Completed.  browser: This permission set is unable to create, delete, catalog, edit, edit details, or copy any of the assets within the Final Cut Server catalog. The browser permission set is only able to see assets that have a status of Approved.
5 Using Device Setup Assistant 5 This chapter covers the following: Â Introduction to Devices (p. 59) Â About Creating Devices (p. 60) Â About the Default Devices (p. 61) Â Adding a Device (p. 62) Â Device Type Configurations (p. 68) Â Editing an Existing Device (p. 73) Â Deleting an Existing Device (p. 74) Introduction to Devices Devices are simply file storage locations that have been configured for Final Cut Server to use to store and manage your assets and productions.
About Creating Devices There are two methods you can use to add and modify devices within Final Cut Server: using Device Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences and using the Devices pane of the client’s Administration window. About Creating Devices Using Device Setup Assistant Device Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences is simple to use and includes additional features, such as a scan and transcode settings configuration ability.
I About the Default Devices When you installed Final Cut Server, you entered a production media location. By default, Final Cut Server creates three devices at that location: Library, Watchers, and Media. The default Library, Watchers, and Media devices are actually just subfolders Final Cut Server created in the production media location. Users can use these devices as is; for example, they can add assets and productions to these devices.
The Library and Media devices are intended to be used as general-purpose media storage locations. The default automations are all configured to copy media to the Library device. Each of these devices has the following configurations: Â Scan settings 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 configured by the installer using the “Catalog Media device automatically” setting.
I Scan settings define how often Final Cut Server examines the device to see if any content has changed. This is an optional setting. Note: Scan settings you configure using Device Setup Assistant create one or more schedules and one or more scan responses. These schedules and responses appear in the Final Cut Server client’s Administration window’s Schedule and Response panes.
3 Click the Add (+) button. Device Setup Assistant starts. 4 Select one of the three choices, then click Continue: Â Local: Select this when you are creating a device stored on a local drive. Â Network: Select this when you are creating a device stored on a networked device. Â Xsan: Select this when you are creating a device stored on an Xsan storage area network. Depending on which of the above you selected, a pane appears to configure the device.
I 6 Click the Enable as an Archive Drive checkbox if you intend this device to be used as an archive device. Archive devices are used for long-term storage of assets and productions. They are generally large or slow external disk drives or network connections that are connected to the computer only when needed. When you archive an asset or production, its media file is copied to the archive device and removed from its current device, freeing up disk space on that device.
8 Configure the scan settings. There are two types of scans you can configure: full and add only. Â Full scans examine the device for any changes, including any new, changed, or removed files. All of these changes are then made to the Final Cut Server catalog. Full scans are processor intensive and may require significant computer resources to run. For that reason, they are usually set to run once a day or once a week, and usually at an otherwise slow time, such as the default time of 12:00 AM.
I 10 Click Continue. The Transcode Settings pane appears. 11 Select one or more transcoding settings for this device to use whenever an asset has to be transcoded, then click Continue. The No Conversion item is selected by default. Note: You can manage the list of transcoding settings with the Transcode Settings pane in the client’s Administration window. See Chapter 13, “Managing Transcode Settings,” on page 187 for more information. The Conclusion pane appears.
Device Type Configurations Device Setup Assistant shows different panes depending on the device type you choose. See “Adding a Device” on page 62 for definitions of these device types. Local Devices Local devices include drives that are connected directly to the Final Cut Server computer. These can include additional internal hard disks as well as connected FireWire or USB drives. Directly connected Xserve RAIDs are especially useful.
I Network Devices There are four types of network devices you can add. The Network Device Type pane includes a Network Protocol pop-up menu for choosing the type of network drive to use. Important: All AFP, SMB, and FTP network devices created with Device Setup Assistant require you to use a password. You can create these devices without passwords using the Administration window of the Final Cut Server client.
SMB/CIFS devices have an additional setting: Â Workgroup: Enter the name of the workgroup. The Workgroup field appears when you choose the SMB/CIFS network protocol. NFS Networks The following pane appears with Network File System (NFS) protocol network-connected shares. Choose NFS. NFS network devices have the following settings: Â Device Name: Enter a name for the device. Â Network Protocol: Choose the type of network connection required for this device.
I FTP Networks The following pane appears with File Transfer Protocol (FTP) network-connected shares. Choose FTP. FTP network devices have the following settings in its pane: Â Device Name: Enter a name for the device. Â Network Protocol: Choose the type of network connection required for this device. In this case, choose FTP to match your network connection. Â File Server: Enter the hostname of the server. Â Absolute Path: Enter the path of the server to use as the root path.
Xsan Devices Apple Xsan storage area network (SAN) devices provide fast access to media files. Xsan devices are automatically configured with an edit-in-place path. This allows Final Cut Server clients with access to the same Xsan volume to have high performance file transfers. Clients without access to the Xsan volume will experience normal network performance for file transfers.
I Editing an Existing Device You can edit the location, scan, and transcode settings of any devices that you create with Device Setup Assistant. You can also edit the location and transcode settings and add scan settings to devices created with the client’s Administration window. Important: Not all device settings that are available in the client’s Administration window are editable with Device Setup Assistant. Those unique settings are left as they are by Device Setup Assistant.
Deleting an Existing Device You can delete any of the existing devices by using the Delete button ( - ) of the Final Cut Server System Preferences Devices pane. Important: If you have created devices using the client’s Administration window, they should appear in the Devices pane list (except for Contentbase devices). If any are missing, you can lock and then unlock the pane to refresh the list. To delete an existing device using System Preferences: 1 Select the device in the Devices pane.
I Â If you used the client’s Administration window to configure any schedules or responses for a device, only the scan and copy responses that reference that device are deleted when the device is deleted. You can use the client’s Administration window to manually delete any schedules that were created for the deleted device. Â Any watchers that reference the device being deleted are also deleted.
6 Using Automation Setup Assistant 6 This chapter covers the following: Â About Creating Automations (p. 77) Â About the Default Automations (p. 78) Â Creating Automations (p. 79) Â Editing an Existing Automation (p. 88) Â Deleting an Existing Automation (p. 89) About Creating Automations The Automations pane allows you to create, edit, and enable automated watchers and subscriptions. Â Watchers are Final Cut Server items that you configure to monitor a device.
Final Cut Server provides two methods for creating automations: using Automation Setup Assistant (described in this chapter) and using the client’s Administration window. About Creating Automations Using Automation Setup Assistant Automation Setup Assistant makes it easy to create the most commonly used automations. You can also modify any of the automations you create, including the default automations created by the Final Cut Server installer.
I Creating Automations There are two types of automations you can configure with Automation Setup Assistant: a file system watcher that responds to any file changes to a specified location and a metadata subscription that responds to specific metadata changes. In each case, the response of the automation can be to copy a file to another location, send an email to specified addresses, or archive a file. To create a new automation: 1 Unlock the Final Cut Server pane of System Preferences.
3 Click the Add (+) button to open Automation Setup Assistant. 4 Select either File System Watcher or Metadata Subscription, then click Continue. A pane appears for you to set up the selected automation type. See “File System Watcher Details” on page 82 and “Metadata Subscription Details” on page 83 for more information about these two choices. 5 Configure the selected automation type, then click Continue. The Responses pane appears. This pane is similar for both automation types.
I 6 Click the Add (+) button, then choose a response type to add to the automation: Â Copy Response: This response copies items from their current location to the location specified in this response. You can also choose to transcode the items during the copy. See “Copy Response Details” on page 85 for more information. Â Email Response: This response emails the addresses you enter. You add the email addresses, the subject, and the body text.
File System Watcher Details Configuring the settings for a file system watcher involves choosing the device to watch, entering a specific location on that device, and optionally adding media format extensions to specifically watch for. See “Creating Automations” on page 79 for information on opening Automation Setup Assistant and getting to this pane by selecting File System Watcher. To configure a file system watcher’s details: 1 Enter a name for the automation.
I Metadata Subscription Details Configuring the settings for a metadata subscription automation involves choosing whether to watch assets or productions and configuring specific rules to look for. See “Creating Automations” on page 79 for information on opening Automation Setup Assistant and getting to this pane by selecting Metadata Subscription. To configure a metadata subscription automation: 1 Enter a name for the automation.
Each line in the Metadata area contains at least two pop-up menus: Â The first pop-up menu in the line chooses the metadata field to watch. In general, you cannot add multiple lines that have the same metadata field selected. The exception is if one of the lines has its operator (the second pop-up menu) set to Changes. Â The second pop-up menu chooses the operator to use when monitoring the first pop-up menu’s metadata field.
I Copy Response Details You use a copy response when you want to copy the items identified by the automation to a different location. The settings for a copy response are as follows: Â Name: Enter the name of the response. This name will appear in the Responses pane of the Administration window. Â Destination Device: Choose a device to copy the items to. Â Destination Subfolder: Click this checkbox to use the Browse button to choose a Destination Device subfolder.
Email Response Details You use an email response when you want to send an email whenever the automation has detected whatever it has been configured to detect. The settings for an email response are as follows: Â Name: Enter the name of the response. This name will appear in the Responses pane of the Administration window. Â To: Enter the email addresses to send the email to. Use a comma to separate addresses; for example, rev1@apple.com,rev2@apple.com.
I Keep the following points in mind when using the Insert Metadata Field feature: Â You can add metadata fields to the To, Subject, and Body entries of the email. Â If the asset does not have any data for a metadata field added to the email, the email includes the bracketed field name in the email in place of the data. Â You can create custom metadata fields that appear in the Insert Metadata Field pop-up menu—all you have to do is add them to a metadata group using the Administration window.
Delete Response Details You use a delete response when you want to remove assets from the watch folder after they have been copied by a copy response. There are no settings for a delete response. Note: When used, delete responses must be the last item in the Responses pane. Editing an Existing Automation You can edit an existing watcher or subscription automation using Automation Setup Assistant.
I To edit an existing automation: 1 Authenticate yourself if necessary. 2 Do one of the following: Â Double-click an existing automation. Â Select an automation, then click the Edit button. The automation opens in Automation Setup Assistant, where you can make any needed changes. Note: You cannot change the automation type (file system watcher or metadata subscription).
The following are some things to keep in mind when deleting an automation: Â When you delete an automation created using Automation Setup Assistant, any responses created for that automation by Automation Setup Assistant are also deleted. Any responses that you created and manually added to the automation using the client’s Administration window are not deleted. Â When you delete an automation created using the client’s Administration window, no responses are deleted.
7 Backing Up Final Cut Server 7 This chapter covers the following: Â Introduction to Backing Up Your System (p. 91) Â Backup Strategies (p. 92) Â Backing Up Your Final Cut Server Catalog (p. 94) Â About the Backup Files (p. 95) Â Restoring Your Final Cut Server Catalog (p. 96) Introduction to Backing Up Your System Final Cut Server includes a backup feature that allows you to create a backup copy of the Final Cut Server catalog.
Backup Strategies A Final Cut Server system is comprised of a lot of files stored on a variety of computers and devices. Backing up an entire Final Cut Server system can be challenging, especially when you consider the potentially large file sizes you may have to deal with. Backing Up Devices Backing up assets on your devices is straightforward. You can use any current backup system to make copies of the assets.
I The goal of backing up your Final Cut Server catalog is to be able to return to a known state should there be a catastrophic failure, such as a hard disk failure. Following is an example of the steps you could take to recover from a hard disk failure on your server computer. Step 1: Reinstall Mac OS X on the computer The first step toward recovering from a hard disk failure is to reinstall the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard operating system.
Backing Up Your Final Cut Server Catalog The backup feature is accessible through Final Cut Server System Preferences. You have two options for backing up your Final Cut Server catalog: backing it up immediately or scheduling regular backups. To back up your Final Cut Server catalog immediately: 1 Select the Backup pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences. 2 Click the Back Up Now button. A dialog appears in which you enter the filename and location for the backup file.
I To back up your Final Cut Server catalog using a schedule: 1 Select the Backup pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences. 2 Click the Add (+) button. This adds a scheduled backup using the default settings. 3 Select the backup entry in the Scheduled Backups list and configure the settings as follows: Â Click Browse to open a dialog to choose the location for the backup file.
Restoring Your Final Cut Server Catalog While restoring your Final Cut Server catalog is easy to do, there are a number of things to be aware of. About Restoring Your Catalog Restoring the catalog can actually be a destructive process. Â If you are restoring the catalog on a new Final Cut Server installation, there is no practical existing catalog, and you can restore with no danger. Â If you are restoring over an existing catalog, the existing catalog is completely deleted before the restore begins.
I Restoring Your Catalog Restoring your Final Cut Server catalog simply requires you to choose a backup file to restore from. To restore your catalog: 1 Select the Backup pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences. 2 Click the Restore button. A file selection dialog appears. 3 Select the backup file to restore from and click the Restore button. Important: Once you click the Restore button, you cannot cancel the process.
8 Installing Final Cut Server Clients 8 This chapter covers the following: Â Introduction to the Final Cut Server Client (p. 99) Â Using Java Web Start (p. 100) Â About the Java Web Start Client Files (p. 103) Introduction to the Final Cut Server Client The Final Cut Server client is what users use to interact with the Final Cut Server catalog.
Using Java Web Start Final Cut Server clients are installed using Java Web Start. Important: If multiple users use the computer on which you are installing the Final Cut Server client, each user will have to install his or her own copy of the client. Installing the Client Using Java Web Start To use the Java Web Start method, you must enter a URL in the computer’s browser.
I Note: Double-click the finalcutserver.jnlp file to manually open Java Web Start if it does not automatically open. 3 Click Trust to continue the client installation. ∏ Tip: You can set this computer to automatically trust this certificate by clicking the Show Certificate button, clicking the Trust Settings disclosure triangle, and choosing Always Trust from the “When using this certificate” pop-up menu. A dialog appears asking whether you want a desktop shortcut for the Final Cut Server client.
4 Do one of the following: Â To create shortcuts: Click Yes. A new dialog opens for you to enter a name and location for the shortcut. You can drag this shortcut to the Dock, making it easy to open the Final Cut Server client the next time. Â To continue the installation with no shortcuts: Click No. This means that you will have to use your browser or double-click the finalcutserver.jnlp file that is downloaded to open the Final Cut Server client the next time.
I About the Java Web Start Client Files When you install the Final Cut Server client using the Java Web Start method, one or two files end up on your system: Â finalcutserver.jnlp: This file is automatically copied to your download destination or the browser’s temporary folder. This file then leads to the creation of the Final Cut Server.app file. You can double-click the finalcutserver.jnlp file to open the Final Cut Server client if you chose not to create Final Cut Server shortcuts.
Part II: General Administration This part of the manual covers all of the details for customizing Final Cut Server to suit your needs.
9 General Settings and Preferences 9 This chapter covers the following: Â Final Cut Server Administration Overview (p. 107) Â Working with the Administration Window (p. 113) Â Preference Settings in the Final Cut Server Client Administration Window (p. 115) Â User-Configurable Preference Settings (p. 121) Â Administrator-Only Client Functions (p. 122) Â About Unicode Support (p.
Accounts Pane of System Preferences The Accounts pane of System Preferences on the computer on which you installed Final Cut Server can be used to manage local user accounts and groups. Once you have added users and formed groups in the Accounts pane, you can then add the groups to Final Cut Server and assign their permissions using either Final Cut Server System Preferences or the client’s Administration window.
II Final Cut Server System Preferences Final Cut Server System Preferences is where you configure the most common Final Cut Server settings. Several of the panes include setup assistants to help you add devices and watchers. Important: It is strongly recommended that you use the settings in Final Cut Server System Preferences as much as possible for your administration tasks.
 Group Permissions: The Group Permissions settings include the ability to choose which Mac OS X groups Final Cut Server should use. See Chapter 4, “Adding Users and Groups,” on page 47 for information about configuring groups.  Devices: The Devices settings include the ability to add and configure devices using Device Setup Assistant. See Chapter 5, “Using Device Setup Assistant,” on page 59 and Chapter 12, “Managing Devices,” on page 163 for information about working with devices.
II Â Automations: The Automations settings include the ability to add and configure watch and respond behaviors using Automation Setup Assistant. See Chapter 6, “Using Automation Setup Assistant,” on page 77 and Chapter 14, “Managing Automations,” on page 193 for information about Final Cut Server automation. Â Backup: The Backup settings include the ability to add and configure automatic backup operations for the Final Cut Server catalog.
Final Cut Server Client Administration Window The Administration window of the Final Cut Server client contains extremely detailed settings and configurations covering all aspects of Final Cut Server. You should only need to access this window for advanced configurations.
II Working with the Administration Window The Administration window contains a variety of panes that you can use to configure your Final Cut Server system. Most of the panes have this Create button to add items to the pane. You can use the search field and controls to list specific items. Use these page view controls when working with long lists. Select a pane to configure from this list.
 Subscription: Click to define subscription rules, used to tailor the workflow in Final Cut Server.  Schedule: Click to define scheduled events.  Response: Click to define Final Cut Server responses to scheduled events, subscriptions, and watchers.  Preferences: Click to define Final Cut Server administration preference settings. While some panes will have only a few items, others will have many items.
II Note: The user preference settings define how many items are found when you perform a search, as well as how many items appear on each page. You can increase these settings to show more items, which is especially useful when working with metadata fields and groups. See “User-Configurable Preference Settings” on page 121 for more information. Important: Some changes you make in the Administration window do not immediately appear in the Final Cut Server client.
Global Preferences Settings The Global Preferences pane contains the most common settings. Many of these are duplicates of the settings in the General pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences. Following are the Global Preferences pane settings: Â SMTP Server: Enter the name of the outgoing SMTP server used to send all emails. This setting is also configured during the Final Cut Server installation process.
II Compressor Preference Settings The Compressor pane contains a pop-up menu that allows you to choose the cluster to use for any transcoding operations. The choices available depend on your Compressor configuration. See the Compressor documentation, available in the Compressor Help menu, for information on configuring clusters. Also see “About Final Cut Server and Compressor” on page 32 for information on creating a custom QuickCluster for use with Final Cut Server.
Following are the Proxies pane settings: Â Proxy Device: Choose a device from the pop-up menu for the storage of normal proxy files (Contentbase devices only). Â Enable Edit Proxies: Select this checkbox to have Final Cut Server automatically create Apple ProRes 422 codec proxy files (in addition to the normal proxy files) whenever you upload a Final Cut Pro project to the Final Cut Server catalog.
II About the Edit Proxy Device The default Edit Proxy device is named Edit Proxies and is at the location specified with the installer’s Production Media Location entry. Each time you upload a Final Cut Pro project, you can have Final Cut Server create proxies using the Apple ProRes 422 codec video format (this is controlled by the Enable Edit Proxies checkbox). These proxy files are stored in the Edit Proxies device.
Analyze Preference Settings The Analyze pane is where you configure the various proxy formats created when an asset is added to the catalog. For each item in the list, you can choose a format to use for that representation of an asset. There are two media types: image and video clip. Following are the Analyze pane settings: Â Thumbnails: These are the small images that appear in the Thumbnail view of the client’s main window.
II User-Configurable Preference Settings In addition to Final Cut Server System Preferences and the Preferences pane of the client’s Administration window, there is a third set of preferences that are intended to be used by users to customize how Final Cut Server works for them. These preferences only affect a user when using a particular client on a particular computer. (If the user logs in to a client on a different computer, the user’s preference settings do not follow.
Local Media Storage Settings The Local Cache settings allow a user to choose a disk location to use for cache operations: Â Save cached files to: Click the Choose button to choose a location to use for storing your caches. The default locations are /username/Library/Caches/ when running the client on a Macintosh computer and the \username\AppData\Roaming/ com.apple.FinalCutServer/cache directory on a Windows computer.
II To manually analyze an asset: 1 In the client’s main window, select the asset to analyze. 2 Control-click the asset, then choose Analyze from the shortcut menu. The asset is analyzed and new proxy files are created for it. See “Analyze Preference Settings” on page 120 for more information on the Analyze Preferences pane. Cancel Any Asset Checkout or Lock When a user checks out an asset, generally only that user can check the asset back in or cancel the checkout.
About Unicode Support Final Cut Server can store textual metadata as Unicode using UTF-8 encoding. This means it can support a wide range of multi-byte character sets including a range of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. Unicode metadata can be stored, modified, and searched through the Final Cut Server user interface. Further, the Final Cut Server client can use the local settings of the operating system on which it is installed.
10 Groups and Permissions 10 This chapter covers the following: Â About Groups and Permissions (p. 125) Â Adding Groups to Final Cut Server (p. 125) Â Adding and Managing Permission Sets (p. 127) About Groups and Permissions To be able to use Final Cut Server, you must add at least one group with at least one user. In most cases, you will create several groups, each configured with different permissions, and then add the appropriate users to each group.
To add a group to Final Cut Server using the Administration window: 1 Open a Final Cut Server client and log in as a user with administrator privileges. 2 Choose Administration from the Server pop-up menu (the pop-up menu in the Final Cut Server main window that appears when you click the Server button). Click the Server button and choose Administration from the pop-up menu. The Administration window appears. 3 Click Group Permissions in the column on the left to open the Group Permissions pane.
II 5 Choose the group to add using the Name pop-up menu. 6 Choose a permission set from the Permission Set pop-up menu. 7 Click Save Changes. The Group Permissions window closes. To see the new group in the Group Permissions pane, click the Search button. Adding and Managing Permission Sets Each group has a permission set applied to it. A permission set defines a wide variety of permission settings, including asset and production filtering.
Working with Permission Sets Permission sets are created and configured from a Final Cut Server client’s Administration window. To see the existing permission sets: 1 In a Final Cut Server client, choose Administration from the Server pop-up menu to open the Administration window. Important: You must be logged in as a user with administrator privileges for the Administration item to appear in the Server pop-up menu. 2 Click Permission Set in the column on the left to open the Permission Set pane.
II To add a new permission set: 1 Click the Create button. The Permission Set window appears. 2 In the column on the left, click Create, Asset Filter, and Production Filter to open and configure their panes. See “Permission Set Settings” on page 130 for details on the settings in these panes. 3 Select the All Permissions checkbox to set this permission set to have the same permissions as “admin,” but without access to the Administration window. This is often the best way to create a permission set.
To edit an existing permission set: 1 Double-click an existing permission set in the Permission Set pane. The Permission Set window appears. 2 Click Metadata, Trait Permissions, and Device Permissions to configure each group of settings. See “Permission Set Settings,” next, for details on the settings in these panes. 3 Click Save Changes. This window closes and the permission set appears in the Permission Set pane with the changes you made.
II Asset Filter Select Asset Filter to define a metadata filter applied to all asset searches performed by members of the group. For example, you can create a filter for the Newsroom group so that members of the group only see assets with a Completed status. Click Asset Filter to configure asset search settings for this permission set. Production Filter Select Production Filter to define a metadata filter applied to all production searches performed by members of the group.
Trait Permissions Settings Click the Trait Permissions button to configure access to a variety of areas within Final Cut Server, including assets, productions, jobs, users, and so on. See “Setting Trait and Device Permissions” on page 133 for more information. Important: Most of the settings in the Trait Permissions pane are highly specialized and should not be changed unless you have specific needs and are willing to spend time testing the changes to make sure unintended side effects do not occur.
II Device Permissions Settings Click the Device Permissions button to configure a group’s ability to perform an action on the selected device. Permissions applied to the group apply to all group members. See “Setting Trait and Device Permissions,” next, for more information. Setting Trait and Device Permissions The Trait Permissions and Device Permissions panes list traits or devices in rows and actions in columns.
The following table lists all of the action columns and their relationships with trait and device permissions. 134 Column Trait permissions Device permissions Visible Display tabs in the user interface, or control access to certain types of assets or productions. Select device when searching. View details View selected item details. View item details on device. Create Create items with this trait; for example, users, assets of type Commercial, or productions of type Promotion.
11 Managing Metadata 11 This chapter covers the following: Â Introduction to Metadata (p. 135) Â Metadata Fields (p. 138) Â Metadata Groups (p. 143) Â Metadata Mapping (p. 148) Â Metadata Lookups (p. 151) Â Managing Metadata Sets (p. 154) Â Metadata Synchronization Policy (p. 156) Â Using Metadata to Configure the User Interface (p. 158) Â About QuickTime Metadata (p. 160) Introduction to Metadata Metadata is the heart of Final Cut Server.
Metadata is used to describe, find, use, and repurpose content.
II The relationships between the various metadata items for assets and productions are as follows: Assets Productions One metadata set is assigned to each asset or production. Media assets Media metadata sets Metadata sets Production assets Production metadata sets One or more metadata groups are added to each metadata set. Metadata groups One or more metadata fields are added to each metadata group. Metadata maps Data from one metadata field can be mapped to a different metadata field.
 Metadata Map pane: This is where you can relate one metadata field to another, making it easier to extract metadata information from a wide variety of formats. See “Metadata Mapping” on page 148 for more information.  Metadata Set pane: This is where you assign metadata groups to metadata sets. When you add assets or productions to Final Cut Server, you choose a metadata set to assign to them, which in turn applies the metadata group and its fields.
II The Metadata Field pane of the Final Cut Server client’s Administration window lists the existing metadata fields. Click the Create button to add a new field. Click Metadata Field to see the Metadata Field pane. The Metadata Field pane shows the following columns: Â Name: This is the name entered when the metadata field was created. Â Field ID: This is the automatically generated field name. It is for internal use only. Â Category: This is the automatically assigned metadata field’s family.
Adding or Editing Metadata Fields You can add or edit custom metadata fields. To add a custom metadata field: 1 Click the Create button in the Metadata Field pane of the client’s Administration window. The Metadata Field window appears. 2 Configure the settings for the metadata field. See “Settings for Metadata Fields” on page 141 for more information on the settings. 3 Click Save Changes to save the custom metadata field. The new metadata field appears in the Metadata Field pane.
II Settings for Metadata Fields Each metadata field has a variety of settings. The actual settings a field has are affected by the Data Type setting. The settings are listed below as the common settings (those that are available in all metadata fields) and specialized settings (those that are available only for certain data types). The Metadata Field window contains the following settings. Common Settings The following settings apply to all metadata fields: Â Name: Enter the name of the metadata field.
 Category: Choose the category of the field from the pop-up menu. Choices include:  None  Name  Date  Number  Filename  Filesize  TypeSelect  Order Attach  Restriction The None setting is used for almost all custom metadata, with the remaining settings reserved for internal use.  Suffix: Enter any suffix that should be displayed after the field. For example, you could enter “per hour.”  Display hints: Enter a width value (in pixels) that defines how wide this field should be.
II Data Types for Metadata Fields Following is a list of the available data types. The data type defines the type of metadata information (for example, text, numbers only, or a date) that a user can enter in a metadata field. For almost all metadata fields you create, you should use the Unicode String data type because it provides good flexibility as well as compatibility with a wide variety of multi-byte languages.
The following screen shot shows the Metadata Group pane. Click the Create button to add a new group. Click Metadata Group to see the Metadata Group pane. The Metadata Group pane shows the following columns: Â Name: This shows the name of the metadata group. Â Metadata Group ID: This is an automatically generated name for the group. This is for internal use only. Â Category: This is the automatically assigned metadata group’s family. All metadata groups you create are in the Custom Metadata family.
II Adding or Editing Metadata Groups You can add or edit custom metadata groups. To add a custom metadata group: 1 In the Metadata Group pane of the Administration window, click the Create button. The Metadata Group window appears. 2 Configure the settings for the metadata group. See “Settings for Metadata Groups” on page 146 for more information on the settings. 3 Click Save Changes to save the custom metadata group. The new metadata group appears in the Metadata Group pane.
Settings for Metadata Groups Each metadata group has a variety of settings in addition to having metadata fields that you assign to the group. The Metadata Group window contains the following settings: Â Category: An automatically generated category for the group. This appears only if you are editing an existing metadata group. Â Metadata Group ID: An automatically generated name for the group. This appears only if you are editing an existing metadata group and is for internal use only.
II Â Actions: This lists the actions for which the metadata group will be used. For example, add the Create action to this metadata group if you want this group’s metadata fields to be available when creating a new asset. (This requires that this metadata group be part of the metadata set you assign to the asset you are creating.) Â Selected: Lists the actions for which this group will be used. Â Available: Lists the available actions. Use the Add and Remove buttons to change the actions.
Field Properties For each metadata field in the group, you can override the field’s data type properties. Click a metadata field in the Selected list to see its properties. Click a metadata field to open the Field Properties section. Note: You cannot change the data type assigned to the metadata field, only its settings. The actual properties that appear vary depending on the metadata field’s data type.
II Many standard metadata mappings are included with Final Cut Server. Additional mappings or changes can be defined using the Metadata Map pane. Click the Create button to add a new metadata map. The Metadata Map pane includes the following columns: Â From Field: Shows the metadata field being mapped from. Â To Field: Shows the metadata field being mapped to. Â Priority: Shows the mapping priority with a range that normally goes from 1 to 3.
3 Click Save Changes to save the custom metadata map. The new metadata map appears in the Metadata Map pane. You can also open the Metadata Map window and edit existing metadata maps. Note: You are not allowed to edit the required metadata maps. To edit an existing metadata map: 1 Double-click the metadata map in the Metadata Map pane. The Metadata Map window appears, showing the settings for that map. 2 Make any necessary changes and click Save Changes. The Metadata Map window closes.
II Metadata Lookups Lookups are pop-up menus with lists of values that a user uses to enter a metadata field’s data. Examples include:  A list of categories  A list of productions  A list of priorities The values depend on the data type and can include text, dates, numbers, or timecode values. The following chart shows a few examples: Lookup name Data type Name entry Value entry Audio Sample Rate Integer 32 kHz 44.
The Lookup pane contains the following columns:  Name: The name of the lookup, as entered when it was created  Lookup ID: An automatically generated name for the lookup that is for internal use only  Data Type: The data type chosen for the lookup Note: The data type of the lookup must match the data type of the metadata field you want to use it with. Adding or Editing Lookups You can add or edit custom lookups.
II Settings for Lookups The Lookup window provides controls to edit an existing lookup or to define a new lookup. The Lookup window contains the following settings: Â Name: Enter the name of the lookup. Â Data Type: Choose the type of lookup from the pop-up menu. The type of lookup values you can add to a lookup varies based on the data type you choose. See “Data Types for Lookups,” next, for more information about the data types. Â Options: Enter the name and corresponding value for each lookup value.
Managing Metadata Sets There are different types of assets and productions you use with Final Cut Server. Metadata sets (which contain one or more metadata groups, each with its own metadata fields) allow you to assign different metadata groups to each type of asset or production. For example, you may want to store different metadata for still graphics than you would for HD video files, or for promotions and commercials.
II Adding or Editing Metadata Sets You can add or edit custom metadata sets. To add a custom metadata set: 1 In the Metadata Set pane of the Administration window, click the Create button. The Metadata Set window appears. 2 Configure the settings for the metadata set. See the next section, “Settings for Metadata Sets,” for more information on the settings. 3 Click Save Changes to save the custom metadata set. The new metadata set appears in the Metadata Set pane.
Settings for Metadata Sets The Metadata Set window contains the following settings: Â Name: Enter the name of the metadata set. Â Trait ID: This is an automatically generated name for the metadata set that is for internal use only. Â Class: Choose either Media Asset or Production from this pop-up menu. Note: You cannot change this setting when editing an existing metadata set. Â Md Groups: You choose the metadata groups that this set contains. Â Selected: Lists the metadata groups in the set.
II Choosing the synchronization policy to use generally depends on who is thought of as “owning” or being in charge of the device: Â If Final Cut Server owns the device, you should use the “Final Cut Server is master” or “Two way” synchronization policy. Â If another department owns the device and Final Cut Server is just being granted access to its content, you should use the “Device is master” synchronization policy.
Using Metadata to Configure the User Interface Final Cut Server uses a variety of metadata groups to define many aspects of the Final Cut Server client’s user interface. For example, you can add metadata fields to the Thumbnails metadata group to control which fields appear when you are using the Thumbnails view. Following are details on the most common areas you may want to customize. Important: Any changes you make affect all clients connected to the server.
II Customizing Advanced Searches There are several areas in the Final Cut Server client where you can choose to configure advanced search options to fine-tune your search results. By modifying selected metadata groups, you can add and remove metadata fields as well as rearrange the order in which they appear. For example, you might want to add the Required reviewers metadata field to your asset searches.
 Tiles metadata group, PROJECT_INFO_VIEW group ID: This metadata group defines what fields appear in the main window’s Information pane when viewing productions.  Tiles metadata group, ASSET_TILES_VIEW group ID: This metadata group defines what fields appear in the info window that appears when you double-click an asset or a Final Cut Pro project in the main window.
II To see a QuickTime movie’s metadata: 1 Choose Search Devices from the client’s Server pop-up menu. Click to open the Server pop-up menu. The Search Devices window opens. 2 Choose the device that contains the movie from the Device pop-up menu, then click the Search button. 3 Double-click the QuickTime media file that contains the metadata you want to view. A window opens showing the details of the file. 4 Click Dynamic Metadata in the column on the left. The metadata details for the file are displayed.
12 Managing Devices 12 This chapter covers the following: Â About Devices (p. 163) Â Adding a Device Using the Administration Window (p. 164) Â Editing a Device Using the Administration Window (p. 167) Â Deleting an Existing Device Using the Administration Window (p. 168) Â About Specialized Devices (p. 169) Â Device Type Details (p. 174) Â Searching Devices (p. 182) About Devices Final Cut Server uses devices to store and manage your assets and productions.
About Creating Devices Using Device Setup Assistant Device Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences is simple to use and includes additional features, such as a scan and transcode settings configuration ability. Manually configuring similar features would require you to use multiple Administration window panes. Device Setup Assistant also makes it much easier to install certain kinds of devices, such as network devices and Xsan volumes, by simplifying the number of settings.
II Â You do not directly add scan settings to the device in the Devices pane. You instead must create the scan settings by using the Response and Schedule panes. See Chapter 14, “Managing Automations,” on page 193 for more information. Â You have many more options and settings. Manually configuring a device allows you more flexibility. Â You are not able to easily add some device types, such as Xsan, NFS, or SMB/CIFS. These are much easier to add with Device Setup Assistant.
3 Click Devices in the column on the left to open the Devices pane. Click the Create button to add a new device. 4 Click the Create button to add a new device. The Devices window appears. 5 Choose the device type to add from the Device Type pop-up menu: Â Contentbase: A file system unique to Final Cut Server that renames each asset and places it in a folder that also contains a file with the original name.
II The Devices window changes to reflect the device type you chose. You can choose a different device type if necessary. You can choose other device types to see their settings. 6 Configure the device type’s settings, then click Save Changes. Editing a Device Using the Administration Window The Administration window can only edit devices created using it or Device Setup Assistant. See “Editing an Existing Device” on page 73 for more information on editing devices using Device Setup Assistant.
Deleting an Existing Device Using the Administration Window You can delete any of the existing devices from the Devices pane. To delete an existing device using the Administration window: 1 Select the device in the Devices pane. 2 Control-click the device, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu. A confirmation dialog appears. 3 Click Delete. The device is removed from the device list. Some things to keep in mind when deleting a device: Â You cannot undo a device deletion.
II About Specialized Devices There are a number of specialized devices that Final Cut Server can use. Some of these, such as the Proxies and Version devices, are configured during the Final Cut Server installation. Others, such as an archive device, are configured manually. Setting Up the Proxies Device Each Final Cut Server installation has one Proxies device. Each time you upload an asset to the Final Cut Server catalog, a set of low-resolution files is created.
Setting Up the Version Device When working with Final Cut Server assets, you may find that you need to track multiple versions of the same asset. For example, you may have several versions of a graphic that use different font settings. Final Cut Server includes a version-tracking feature, making it easy to work with multiple versions of an asset. The Final Cut Server installer automatically creates a Version device at the location specified for production media.
II Setting Up an Archive Device Archiving an asset makes it possible to take the asset offline but still retain a link to it should it be required later. This is most useful when you have large video files that are not currently being used but are taking up disk space on a device. Archiving the asset allows you to copy it to a different device; for example, a FireWire drive or a large but slow hard disk that you can take offline.
About the Export Device A user can choose to export an asset from the Final Cut Server catalog to his or her local computer. When the user Control-clicks an asset in a Final Cut Server client, an Export option appears in the shortcut menu. Choosing the Export option opens the Export dialog where the user sets the filename, destination, and optionally chooses a transcode setting, allowing the conversion of the asset to a different codec as it downloads.
II Does Your System Support Edit-in-Place? There are two common system configurations where edit-in-place devices work especially well: when the client computer is connected to an Xsan using a Fibre Channel network, and when the device is actually a hard disk directly connected to the client computer. In both cases, you should have sufficient bandwidth to be able to work in real time on the assets with no dropped frames or other low-bandwidth issues.
Device Type Details Devices supported by Final Cut Server are listed and described below: Â Contentbase: See “Contentbase,” next. Â FTP Server: See “FTP Server” on page 176. Â Filesystem (including local, Xsan, NFS, AFP, and SMB/CIFS): See “Filesystem” on page 179. Contentbase Contentbase is a Final Cut Server–managed file storage system on or connected to the Final Cut Server server itself. Media is stored on a file system such as network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) storage.
II The Configuration pane for a Contentbase device type contains the following items: Â Device Name: Enter a descriptive name for the device. Â Local Directory: Enter the root path for this device as it appears to the Final Cut Server server. For example: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Final Cut Server/ Contentbase Device/. Â Macintosh edit-in-place URI: Enter the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for editing media from a Macintosh client directly on the device, instead of downloading and editing it on the client.
FTP Server Final Cut Server supports access to any server running standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) such as a Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX host. Other devices can be set up in this way; for example, Macintosh file server, Windows NT or Windows 2000 file server, and UNIX file server. To access the FTP Server device settings: 1 Click the Create button in the Administration window’s Devices pane to create a new device. 2 Choose FTP Server from the Device Type pop-up menu. Choose FTP Server.
II Â ls -a: Select this checkbox to include files whose names start with a period when listing the server’s files. Important: Do not select this option unless specifically required. Â Search Cache Time: The time in minutes for which search results are cached in Final Cut Server. The range is from 0 (not cached) to 7 (results cached for 7 minutes). The Final Cut Server cache is searched until the specified period has elapsed, after which the device is polled again.
 Generate Thumbnails: Select this checkbox to generate thumbnails of images when using Search Devices from the Server pop-up menu (the pop-up menu in the Final Cut Server main window that appears when you click the Server button). The thumbnail images appear when you view an image’s details, by either doubleclicking its filename or Control-clicking the filename and choosing View Details from the shortcut menu.
II Filesystem This type of device is used for any storage that is on the Final Cut Server server or can be mounted from it. This is used for AFP, Xsan, NFS, and SMB/CIFS file systems. Note: Although all of the fields appear, the file system determines which fields are actually used. To access the Filesystem device settings: 1 Click the Create button in the Administration window’s Devices pane to create a new device. 2 Choose Filesystem from the Device Type pop-up menu. Choose Filesystem.
 Server Path: Enter the path that the server exports for use as the root path. This applies only to nonlocal devices.  User: Enter your user name in this field to log in automatically to the server on every attempted server access, such as searching and copying.  Password: Enter the password that goes with the above User entry. Leave this field blank if the User field is blank.  Verify: Retype the password entered above.
II Note: See “About Edit-in-Place Devices” on page 172 for more information about edit-in-place devices. Â Windows edit-in-place URI: Enter the URI for editing media from a Windows client directly on the device, instead of downloading and editing it on the client. The device must also be accessible as a network share from the client. The format is: Â file:////hostname/path/ An example is: Â Â Â Â Â file:////MediaServer/Images/ Analyze Mode: Analysis creates different proxies for still and clip files.
Searching Devices Final Cut Server includes the ability to search any connected device. This allows you to examine the contents of a device, including items that have not been added to the Final Cut Server catalog. Opening the Search Devices Window You open the Search Devices window from the Final Cut Server client’s Server pop-up menu.
II Searching a Device You can search any of the Final Cut Server devices. To search a device’s contents: 1 Choose the device to search from the Device pop-up menu. 2 Click Search. By default, clicking the Search button searches from the device’s root level. You can enter text to search for in the search field. Important: Be sure to enter entire words in the search field.
This dialog shows the folders at the root level of the device. You can double-click a folder to show its contents. Once you are showing the folder you want to search, click Open to close this dialog and return to the Search Devices window. You can also use the buttons along the top edge to manage this dialog. Click to jump to the device’s root level. Click to navigate up one folder level. Click to add a folder to the current level. Click to show folders in List view or Details view.
II About the Shortcut Menu You can Control-click an item to open a shortcut menu with several options. While many of these options look similar to the options you see when you Control-click an asset in the Assets pane, they can function differently. Â Catalog asset: This adds the item to the Final Cut Server catalog, exactly as the Catalog button does. Â Get Info: This opens a window that lists information about the selected item.
13 Managing Transcode Settings 13 This chapter covers the following: Â About Transcode Settings (p. 187) Â Adding Transcode Settings (p. 188) Â Assigning Transcode Settings to Devices (p. 190) About Transcode Settings Transcode settings streamline copying media between different systems by hiding complex audio and video codec details from most users.
The Transcode Settings pane of the Final Cut Server client’s Administration window lists the current transcode settings. Click the Create button to add a new transcode setting. Adding Transcode Settings Final Cut Server includes a large variety of transcode settings. All clip transcode settings are based on Compressor settings, and most image transcode settings are based on internal Final Cut Server settings.
II 3 Click Parameters in the column on the left. 4 Choose the type of transcode setting to create from the Media Type pop-up menu. This setting controls the items available in the Compressor Settings pop-up menu. Â If you choose Video Clip: Only video-related items appear in the Compressor Settings pop-up menu. Â If you choose Audio Clip: Only audio-related items appear in the Compressor Settings pop-up menu. Â If you choose Image: The window changes to include a variety of still-image formats.
Assigning Transcode Settings to Devices There are two methods you can use to assign transcode settings to a device: using Device Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences, or using the Transcode Settings window. You can use either method; however, the most efficient method to use depends on what you are trying to do: Â If you want to add multiple transcode settings to a single device, it is faster to edit the device using Device Setup Assistant.
II 2 Click Modify in the column on the left. The Available column lists all the available devices. The Selected column lists the devices that have this transcode setting assigned to them. 3 Select devices in the Available list and click the Add button to move them to the Selected list. 4 Enter a number in the Priority field to control the order in which the transcode settings appear in the pop-up menu when assigning them to a device’s asset. Smaller numbers appear above larger numbers.
14 Managing Automations 14 This chapter contains the following: Â About Final Cut Server Automation (p. 193) Â General Automation Tips (p. 195) Â Response Pane and Window (p. 196) Â Watcher Pane and Window (p. 212) Â Subscription Pane and Window (p. 215) Â Schedule Pane and Window (p. 217) About Final Cut Server Automation Configuring the Final Cut Server automation features can help your workflow in many ways.
Creating Automations Using the Panes of the Administration Window Using the automation panes of the Administration window provides you the greatest flexibility and the most power when setting up your automations. This flexibility and power does add to the complexity of the process though. Note: In most cases, you will find that using Automation Setup Assistant is easier and provides the types of automation you need.
II General Automation Tips The automations you can configure for Final Cut Server can be very simple or very complex. In either case, there are situations you should be aware of that could lead to unexpected results. About Reference QuickTime Files Reference QuickTime files are media files that do not actually contain all of the media and instead include references to the actual media files.
About Uploading Folders When you manually upload a folder containing media files to the Final Cut Server catalog, you are given two options for how Final Cut Server should treat the folder: Â Upload the folder as a bundle. This means the folder and all of its contents are treated as a single asset, and you do not have access to the individual assets within the folder. Â Upload the folder’s contents as individual assets.
II The Response pane lists the existing responses. Click the Duplicate button to add a copy of the currently selected response. Click the Create button to add a response. Click Response to show the Response pane.
Response Actions What you choose from the Response Action pop-up menu defines the response’s basic purpose. Some response actions have additional settings that can be configured in a second pane that gets added to the column on the left. Response action 198 Triggered by Description Check the disk space Schedule of the database volume Defines the minimum disk space before a warning is issued that the database is about to run out of room.
II Response action Triggered by Description Restore from Archive Asset subscription No additional options. Restores items from an archive device. Run an external script or command Poll watcher or asset, production, or job subscription Executes a script or other external command. You can also define special parameters to apply to the script or command. Scan Schedule Scans a specified Final Cut Server device.
About Scan Responses Scan responses are one of the most commonly used custom responses. To access the scan response settings: 1 Click the Create button in the Administration window’s Responses pane to create a new response. 2 Choose Scan from the Response Action pop-up menu. Choose Scan. Click Scan to show the Scan pane.
II Metadata Set Section This is where you choose the metadata set to apply to any new assets found by the scan. The settings below the Metadata Set pop-up menu allow you to enter default descriptions, keywords, and so on to apply to the new assets. Note: Scan responses created using the client’s Administration window have version control set based on how the Final Cut Server installer was configured.
This section contains the following settings: Â Scan Mode: Choose the type of scan operation to perform. Â Add Only: This performs a scan that locates only new and changed files with a created or modified date between the last time this scan ran and the current time (it will not see new files with created or modified dates older than when this scan last ran; for example, files that you dragged to the device from the Finder).
II Scan Responses Created by Device Setup Assistant One or two scan responses are created when you configure the scan settings for a device with Device Setup Assistant in Final Cut Server System Preferences: Â Device Scan [Full Scan]: This is created when you configure a full scan in Device Setup Assistant. This response uses the Purge setting from the Scan Mode pop-up menu with a Recursion Limit setting of 0 (unlimited subfolder access).
Scan Source Section This is where you choose the device to scan and set the folder within that device to scan. Metadata Set Section This is where you choose the metadata set to apply to any new assets found by the scan. The settings below the Metadata Set pop-up menu allow you to enter default descriptions, keywords, and so on to apply to the new assets. Note: By default, all scan production responses have version control set based on how the Final Cut Server installer was configured.
II The Title metadata setting that is part of the metadata set you choose can be used two different ways: Â To enter a specific name for the production to use. If the production already exists, the new assets are added to it. If the production does not exist, it is created and the assets are added to it. Â To use the scanned folder’s name as the production name.
This section contains the following settings: Â Scan Mode: Choose the type of scan operation to perform. Â Add Only: This performs a scan that adds new assets to the catalog and updates the catalog if there are modified assets. The Add Only mode is generally used on scans scheduled to run often, such as every 15 minutes. Â Full: This performs a full scan that, in addition to adding new assets to the catalog, removes assets from the catalog if they are no longer on the device.
II About Copy Responses Copy responses are one of the most commonly used custom responses. Important: If the destination device already contains a file with the same name as the one being copied, copy responses by default will not overwrite that file, and instead, will add a numbered extension to the new file’s name. You can optionally use the Overwrite setting to overwrite an existing file with the same name.
Destination Metadata Settings These settings define the metadata applied to the copied asset: Â Job Priority: Choose the priority of the copy job from the pop-up menu. Â Copy Metadata: Select the “Run in parallel” checkbox to allow this response to run at the same time as other copy responses in a watcher or subscription. When this is not selected, the response runs serially, based on its order in the watcher or subscription.
II About Email Responses Email responses are commonly used with metadata watchers that look for an asset’s status to change to a specific state, such as Ready for Review. To access the email response settings: 1 Click the Create button in the Administration window’s Responses pane to create a new response. 2 Choose Email from the Response Action pop-up menu. Choose Email. Click Email to show the Email pane. The Email pane of the Response window contains the settings for configuring the email.
About Running External Scripts and Commands Responses External scripts and commands responses are useful when you need to have a response that performs actions beyond those that Final Cut Server provides. For example, you could create a script that adds a new folder to a device whenever a new production is created. You could even specify parameters that would name the folder the same as the title of the production.
II About Check the Disk Space of the Database Volume Responses Check the disk space of the database volume responses are useful to make sure that you are warned if your Final Cut Server catalog database is in danger of running out of disk space. Important: This only applies to the catalog’s database file and does not apply to the assets stored on the various devices.
Watcher Pane and Window Final Cut Server provides a watch folder infrastructure that detects and processes new content according to configured rules. The most common response types to use with watchers are copy, delete, email, and read XML. The Watcher pane lists the existing watchers. Click the Create button to add a watcher. Click Watcher to show the Watcher pane. The Watcher pane includes the following columns: Â Name: This is the name of the watcher as entered when it was created.
II The Watcher window appears if you click the Create button. The items that appear in the area on the left depend on the Watcher Type you choose. The choices include poll and subscription. Â A poll watcher checks the device at timed intervals. This is the most common type of watcher. Â A subscription watcher is for internal usage only. Note: If you edit an existing watcher by double-clicking it in the Watcher pane, you cannot change its Watcher Type setting.
Poll Watcher Settings When you choose the poll watcher type, a Poll Watcher item appears in the column on the left side of the window. Click Poll Watcher to access the poll settings. The settings include the following items: Â Listing frequency: Enter a time, in seconds, at which the folder is watched. Â Listing multiple: Enter the number of times a file must be detected with the same timestamp and file size before being considered a new file ready to be acted on.
II Subscription Pane and Window Final Cut Server has a powerful engine for modifying behavior to suit the individual needs of customers. Administrators can create and modify subscription rules. A subscription rule consists of an event, such as an asset’s status changing, and one or more responses that are run as a result of that event. The most common response types to use with subscriptions are the copy, delete, email, log, move to archive, restore from archive, set metadata, and write XML responses.
The Subscription window appears if you click the Create button. The items that appear in the area on the left depend on the “Subscribe to” setting. The options include: Â Asset: This allows you to define a subscription that detects one or more metadata fields associated with an asset.
II Schedule Pane and Window Events can be scheduled; for example, scanning the still store in a control room every 5 minutes to ensure that the Final Cut Server catalog is up to date. A schedule is normally used to scan or catalog a device. The most common responses to use with a schedule are clean jobs, clean logs, measure catalog size, purge subscriptions, scan (all types), and search expired. The Schedule pane lists the existing schedules. Click the Create button to add a schedule.
 Hour: This is the hour of the day (using a 24-hour clock) the schedule runs on when using the hourly or daily periods. For example, 15 in the Hour column means the response executes at 3 p.m.  Minute: The meaning of this number depends on the schedule’s period selection:  For weekly, daily, and hourly periods, this is the minute of the hour the schedule runs on. For example, 30 in the Minute column means the response runs on the 30th minute of the hour.
15 About Jobs and Logs 15 This chapter covers the following: Â Viewing Final Cut Server Status (p. 219) Â About Jobs and the Search All Jobs Window (p. 220) Â About the Log Pane (p. 225) Â About the Log Window (p. 226) Viewing Final Cut Server Status Final Cut Server includes two ways to see its status as it performs tasks: the Search All Jobs window and the Log pane. The Search All Jobs window is accessible by all users from the Server pop-up menu in the Final Cut Server main window.
About Jobs and the Search All Jobs Window Final Cut Server runs jobs for every task it performs. The number of jobs that run depends on the type of operation being performed. Some examples of jobs include: Â Copying a file from one location to another runs one job. Â Creating a new asset runs jobs to perform the initial copy, create the asset with metadata, and then create thumbnail, poster frame, and clip proxies. Â Analyzing runs several jobs to create the thumbnail, poster frame, and browse proxies.
II The Search All Jobs window appears. Following are the possible Progress and Status definitions: Progress Status Description Full-width green bar DONE Job is successfully completed (note that some completed jobs are made of several steps; for example, uploading multiple files). Expanding green bar RUN Job is in progress. Blank field or text RUN Job is in progress. Blank field WAIT Job is waiting for user input or for a turn in the job queue.
Searching for Jobs The search function in the Search All Jobs window works similarly to the other search functions in Final Cut Server: you can search by name, or you can open the disclosure triangle and search by the advanced search parameters.
II Using the Search All Jobs Window to Diagnose Problems Besides using the Search All Jobs window to track jobs being performed by Final Cut Server, you can use the Search All Jobs window to view details of each step in a job and diagnose problems. To diagnose a problem using the Search All Jobs window: 1 Double-click the failed or idle job that you want to diagnose in the Search All Jobs window.
3 Click Job Copy Params in the column on the left. The Job Copy Params pane displays parameters specific to copying. Note: No parameters are listed if the job was a copy without any transcoding. 4 Click Logs along the top of the window. The Logs pane displays details of each step in the job, exactly as step details appear in the Log pane of the Administration window. The ERROR message in the Detail column explains why the job failed.
II Retrying Failed Jobs When a job fails for a reason that is not permanent, it is automatically retried. You can define how many times a failed job is retried and how long to wait between retries in the General pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences and in the Preferences pane of the Administration window. See “General Pane Settings” on page 40 and “Preference Settings in the Final Cut Server Client Administration Window” on page 115 for more information. You can also manually retry the job.
Important: Final Cut Server includes a schedule, named Scheduled Maintenance, that clears the Log pane once each day. You can modify that schedule as needed to better fit your needs. Click Log to see the Log pane. The Log pane contains the following columns: Â Timestamp: Shows the date and time that the entry was logged. Â Summary: Shows a summary of the log entry. Â Detail: Shows the details of the log entry. Â Username: Shows the user logged in when the entry was created.
Glossary Glossary Administration window The Administration window, available in the Final Cut Server client to users with admin permissions, provides access to a wide variety of aspects of your Final Cut Server system. It includes panes that allow you to configure preference, automation, device, and metadata settings. You can also use the metadata settings in the Administration window to customize the options and information your users see when using Final Cut Server.
automation Final Cut Server supports a wide variety of automation features, making it possible to configure Final Cut Server to automatically perform many tasks. There are three types of automations: watchers, subscriptions, and schedules. Each of these automations issues responses when an event occurs. See also watcher; subscription; schedule; response. Automation Setup Assistant Final Cut Server System Preferences include an Automation pane for managing the most common automations you will use.
edit-in-place Generally, in order to use an asset from the Final Cut Server catalog on a client’s computer, the computer must have a local copy of the asset. An exception is if the device that contains the asset is configured as an edit-in-place device and the client computer has it mounted as a volume. The most common example of this is an Xsan system since they support a high enough data bandwidth for video data to be transferred in real time. See also storage area network (SAN); Xsan.
network file system (NFS) NFS is a file system protocol commonly used to allow a client to access files across a network. permission sets Permission sets are used to define how a group of users are allowed to interact with the Final Cut Server catalog. For example, you can create a group of users that review assets and apply a permission set that prevents them from deleting any assets. primary representation This is the original media file that was uploaded to Final Cut Server.
transcode settings Final Cut Server uses transcode settings to convert an asset from its current codec to a different one. Most often you use transcode settings to convert an asset into one that is smaller or easier to play. The transcode settings for video and audio assets are from Compressor (which is installed on the server computer). The transcode settings for images are internal to Final Cut Server.
A Accounts pane about using to create users and groups 49–53 creating groups 52 creating users 51 add only scans 66 administration administrator-only client functions 122–123 introduction 17 overview 107–112 Administration window adding groups 126 asterisks 115 client restarting 115 opening 112 Permission Set pane 127–134 Preferences pane 115–120 searching 114 working with 113–115 AFP device about 62 Device Setup Assistant settings 69 aliases 122 alias preferences 122 analyze assets manually 122 Analyze Pre
C cache about 228 default locations 122 preferences 122 cancel checkout or lock 123 catalog about backing up 92 backing up 94 checking disk space 211 restoring 97 clients about 13 codecs 99 files created 103 installing 99–103 introduction to 99 Java Web Start 100 Windows computers 99 Compressor adding transcoding settings to Final Cut Server 188 cluster configuration 32–35 cluster passwords 117 creating QuickCluster 33 installing with Final Cut Server 7, 32–35 Preferences pane settings 117 This Computer clu
E edit-in-place 17, 172–173 edit proxies enabling in the Administration window 118 enabling in the installer 27 when to use 27 Edit Proxies device about 119 changing 118 setting up 169 email response about 209 Automation Setup Assistant details 86 inserting metadata fields 86 Export device 172 F file aliases 122 file extensions and automations 196 Filesystem devices 179 Final Cut Pro projects and automations 195 Final Cut Server backing up 91 clients introduction 99 configuring user interface 158–160 custo
J Java Web Start 100 files created 103 trusting 101 jobs progress and status definitions 221 retrying failed 225 L Library device 62 local device about 62 Device Setup Assistant settings 68 lock, cancel 123 Log pane 225–226 Log window 226 Lookup pane 152 lookups 151–153 adding or editing 152 data types 153 settings 153 M mail server 41 Media device about 62 installer configuration 27 metadata about 229 configuring user interface 158–160 fields, about 138–143 fields, adding or editing 140 groups, about 143
Q QuickTime metadata 160 QuickTime reference files 195 R redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 16 Response pane and window 196–211 responses about 194 actions 198 checking database disk space 211 copy, about 207 email, about 209 running external scripts and commands 210 scan, about 200 scan productions, about 203 scan responses created by Device Setup Assistant 203 running external scripts and commands 210 S scan productions response 203 scan response about 200 different types (modes) 202 QuickTime
V version control 27 Version Control pane settings 119 Version device, setting up 170 W Watcher pane and window about 212 poll watcher settings 214 watchers about 77, 194 created by installer 78 238 Index creating with Automation Setup Assistant 79–81 Watchers device 61 websites 9 Workgroup Manager 53–55 adding users to groups 55 creating groups 54 creating users 54 X Xsan device about 62 Device Setup Assistant settings 72
