User Guide

162 Glossary
client The user interacts with the Final Cut Server catalog by using a Final Cut Server
client. Final Cut Server clients are Java-based applications that can run on computers
using Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Windows Vista operating systems.
Clip Proxy At upload, Final Cut Server automatically creates a lower resolution Clip
Proxy file for video assets. The Clip Proxy is used in place of the actual video file when
viewing the asset in Final Cut Server. See proxy.
device Devices are storage locations. They can be folders in a local volume on the
server computer, network volumes, or folders from an Xsan volume.
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 because they support a high enough data bandwidth for video data to be
transferred in real time. See Xsan.
Edit Proxy At upload, an Edit Proxy file can be created for video files that are uploaded
to Final Cut Server as part of a Final Cut Pro project. Edit Proxy files are intended to be
used when checking out a Final Cut Pro project. Note that Edit Proxy files are not
created automatically; the Final Cut Server administrator must turn on the Edit Proxy
feature to generate Edit Proxy files. See proxy.
element Final Cut Pro project assets contain a list of media assets that are linked to the
Final Cut Pro project file. Final Cut Pro project elements can include media files and
Final Cut Pro sequences.
jobs Any action that Final Cut Server performs on an asset is a job. These actions can
include uploading, downloading, copying, and transcoding an asset.
managed file When you check out an asset, Final Cut Server creates a managed copy
of the file. The managed file can be edited and checked back in to update the original
asset. See unmanaged file.
metadata Metadata is information about a file. In Final Cut Server, metadata is used to
describe the asset’s primary representation file and to describe the asset itself.
metadata set Final Cut Server organizes metadata into metadata sets. Metadata sets
contain groups of metadata; metadata groups contain metadata fields.