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Apple Final Cut Server User Manual

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Part II

General Administration

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Click Devices in the column on the left to open the Devices pane.

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:

 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. An advantage of
Contentbase is that you can add files to it without any chance of a filename conflict
(which can be useful when you have many graphics files that share filenames). The
disadvantages are that you cannot create a folder structure and the renamed files
can be difficult to work with outside of Final Cut Server.

Important:

The Proxies, Edit Proxies, and Version devices must use the Contentbase file

system. Additionally, Contentbase devices cannot be watched by a watcher automation.

 FTP Server: This device type uses FTP to transfer media to and from it.
 Filesystem: This is the traditional file system used by most computers. It supports

subfolders and normal filenames.

Click the Create button
to add a new device.