Apple Final Cut Server - Manual (Page 202)

202 Part II General Administration
This section contains the following settings:
 Scan Mode: Choose the type of scan operation to perform.
 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). The add only mode is generally used on scans scheduled to run often,
such as every 5 to 15 minutes.
 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. The Full mode
is generally used only on scans scheduled to run once a day or less frequently
because these scans are the most thorough and require the most time to perform.
 Purge Only: This performs a full scan, but only removes assets from the catalog if
they are no longer on the device—it does not add any new assets to the catalog.
Important: You should only schedule add only scan responses to devices that also
have a full scan response scheduled. Additionally, be sure that all settings for the add
only and full scan responses are identical.
 Recursion Limit: This defines the number of folder levels the scan will include. A value
of 0 means unlimited subfolders are scanned. A value of 1 means that only the folder
specified by the Scan Source pop-up menu is scanned.
 Background Analyze: Creates the proxy items for the assets as a background task.
Normally, assets are analyzed as a foreground task, one at a time. Analyzing in the
background allows multiple tasks to run concurrently, which may be useful but also
may result in resource issues with your computer. In general, it is recommended that
you do not select this option unless you are comfortable with monitoring your
computer’s resources.
 Always Update: This sets the scan to continuously attempt to make proxy files for
assets that do not currently have proxy files. This should not be selected unless you
had a known issue with a device and want to generate proxy files from its assets.
 Purge Unfiltered Assets: This sets the scan to purge assets from the catalog that don’t
match the Wildcard Include Filter and Wildcard Exclude Filter settings.
 Wildcard Include Filter: You can use this to define the types of files that the scan
processes. The default filter is the asterisk (*), which is the wildcard indication. A single
asterisk indicates that all files are processed. If you want the scan to process only JPEG
and QuickTime movie files, you can replace the asterisk with two items: *.jpg and
*.mov (which indicate that all files with .jpg and .mov file extensions are processed).
 Wildcard Exclude Filter: You can use this to define types of files that the scan should
not process. For example, if the folder that the scan is processing includes PDF
documents that you do not want to have processed and added as assets, you can
enter *.pdf (which indicates that all files with a .pdf extension are not processed).