Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 103)

An exception is when you and everyone who might want to access a reference QuickTime
file are on a SAN, such as an Xsan system. In this case, when a user checks out or exports
a reference media file, the file will have access to the media files that the reference file
needs.
About Final Cut Pro Projects
Final Cut Pro project files include the file paths to the project’s media. Final Cut Server
locates the project’s media using the file paths stored in the Final Cut Pro project file.
An issue can occur if the Final Cut Pro project and its media have been moved from their
original location to a device that has a scan or copy response configured to automatically
upload new files to the Final Cut Server catalog. In this case, the file paths stored in the
Final Cut Pro project no longer match where the media actually is located. You can correct
this by opening the project in Final Cut Pro after it has been moved, reconnecting the
media files (this may not be necessary; in some cases Final Cut Pro may be able to resolve
the file paths on its own), and saving the project before using an automation to add the
files to the Final Cut Server catalog.
About Uploading Folders
When you manually upload a folder containing media files to the Final Cut Server catalog,
you are given three options for how Final Cut Server should treat the folder:
• Upload the folder as a bundle: This means the folder and all of its contents are treated
as a single asset, and you do not have access to the individual assets within the folder.
• Upload the folder’s contents as individual assets: This means that each of the media files
within the folder are uploaded as individual assets, and the fact that they were all in a
folder when uploaded is not tracked.
• Upload the folder’s contents as an image sequence: This means that the images will be
identified as an image sequence, and a proxy video will be created at either the default
frame rate or the frame rate provided at upload.
If you choose to upload the folder and its contents as a bundle or an image sequence
asset onto a device that has an automation, such as a scan response, configured to watch
for new media files, the folder’s media files can end up being added to the Final Cut Server
catalog as both a bundle or image sequence asset and as individual assets.
If you do not want the individual media files to be added to the catalog, be sure to upload
the bundle or image sequence to a device that is not automatically being scanned for
new assets. It is recommended that one or more unique devices be created to hold image
sequences, and that any scans associated with those devices be image sequence-specific
scans.
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