Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 User Manual
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Note: Scan responses created using the client’s Administration window have version
control set based on how the Final Cut Server Installer was configured. However, all
scan responses created using Device Setup Assistant have version control disabled,
regardless of how the Final Cut Server Installer was configured. This means that all
assets and Final Cut Pro projects added to the Final Cut Server catalog by a scan response
will, by default, not track versions. You can verify and change version control for a scan
response by choosing the Versioning metadata group (in the pop-up menu just below
the Metadata Set pop-up menu) and selecting the Version checkbox. See
for more information about the installer’s version control setting.
Scan Metadata Section
• 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.
• Entity Type: Choose the type of entity to scan for:
• File: This is the default setting. It sets the scan to look for all files except image
sequences.
• Image Sequence: This sets the scan to look for a folder containing a series of numbered
image files.
• Video Frame Rate: This defines the number of frames per second that will be used to
produce an image sequence asset’s proxy video.
• [Auto]: Choose Auto to use an automatically generated frame rate gleaned from the
media’s metadata. If no frame rate information is available, the default frame rate
that is specified in the Global Preferences pane of the Administration window will
be used.
• Listed Frame Rates: The frame rates provided in this pop-up menu are supplied by
Compressor. Choose one of the provided frame rates to define the frame rate that
will be used to create the proxy video for every scanned image sequence.
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Chapter 7
Managing Automations