Apple Final Cut Server User Manual
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Chapter 12
Managing Devices
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Does Your System Support Edit-in-Place?
There are two common system configurations where edit-in-place devices work
especially well: when the client computer is connected to an Xsan using a Fibre
Channel network, and when the device is actually a hard disk directly connected to the
client computer. In both cases, you should have sufficient bandwidth to be able to
work in real time on the assets with no dropped frames or other low-bandwidth issues.
Important:
In general, devices connected to the client’s computer using standard
Ethernet or wireless connections are not suitable for use as edit-in-place devices since
they may not have sufficient bandwidth to support working directly on video files.
Additionally, you should never configure the startup disk of the computer you installed
Final Cut Server on as an edit-in-place device.
Creating Edit-in-Place Devices
There are two methods you can use to add devices to your Final Cut Server system: using
Device Setup Assistant and using the Final Cut Server client’s Administration window.
Most devices created with Device Setup Assistant do not have their edit-in-place
settings configured. The exception is the Xsan device, which automatically configures
its edit-in-place settings.
The only way to manually create an edit-in-place device is to create the device in the
Administration window. When you create a device using the Administration window,
you can configure several settings related to edit-in-place.
 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/
 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/
See “
” on page 16 for more information about Xsan volumes.