Apple Final Cut Server - Manual (Page 172)

172 Part II General Administration
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.
Final Cut Server creates a hidden device named Export to store the transcode settings a
user can choose from when using the Export option. By default, the Export device has
only a few commonly used transcode settings. You can add transcode settings to the
Export device in the Administration window’s Transcode Settings pane. See “
Assigning
Transcode Settings to Devices ” on page 190 for more information.
There are no other device settings for the Export device.
About Edit-in-Place Devices
Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to take advantage of the
Final Cut Server edit-in-place feature, making using assets from the catalog easier
and faster.
Why Edit-in-Place?
In most cases when using a Final Cut Server client, you must have a local copy of any
assets you would like to work with on the client computer. For example, if you want to
add one of the Final Cut Server assets to a Final Cut Pro project you have on the client’s
computer, you need to create a copy of that asset from its device to your computer
before you can add it to the project.
Using Add to Local Cache in the main window makes a copy of the asset and places it
in the computer’s cache location (as specified in the Preferences window—see “
User-
Configurable Preference Settings ” on page 121). The asset’s thumbnail frame changes to
a lighter color once the asset has been copied to the client’s computer, and you can
then drag the asset from the main window to your Final Cut Pro project, desktop, or to
any other location you want to use it in.
In some cases, however, the computer you are running Final Cut Server client on may
have direct access to the device that has the asset you want. In that case, you can
configure the device so that you are able to directly use its assets without having to
make local copies of them first. A device that can be directly accessed by a
Final Cut Server client is an edit-in-place device.