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Apple Final Cut Server User Manual

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Chapter 12

Managing Devices

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The Configuration pane for a Contentbase device type contains the following items:

 Device Name: Enter a descriptive name for the device.
 Local Directory: Enter the root path for this device as it appears to the

Final Cut Server server. For example: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Final Cut Server/
Contentbase Device/.

 Macintosh edit-in-place URI: Enter the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for editing

media from a Macintosh client directly on the device, instead of downloading and
editing it on the client. The device must also be accessible as a mounted file system
from the client. The format is:

 file:///Volumes/volumename/optionalsubfolder/

An example is:

 file:///Volumes/MediaServer/Images/

Note: See “

About Edit-in-Place Devices

” on page 172 for more information about

edit-in-place devices.

 Windows edit-in-place URI: Enter the URI for editing media from a Windows client

directly on the device, instead of downloading and editing it on the client. The
device must also be accessible as a network share from the client. The format is:

 file:////hostname/path/

An example is:

 file:////MediaServer/Images/

 Archive Device: Select this checkbox to add this device to the list of archive locations

a user can choose from.