Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 16)

Final Cut Server can be configured to send email notifications for a variety of reasons,
such as a set of assets being ready for review. See
About Email Responses for more
information.
• Max Running Jobs: Enter the maximum number of jobs that can run concurrently on
Final Cut Server. Most facilities will set this to no more than 20 jobs.
• Retry Count: Enter the maximum number of times to retry a failed job.
• Retry Timeout: Enter the period in seconds to wait before retrying a failed job.
• Default Video Frame Rate: Choose the frame rate to use for assets with undefined or
unrecognized timecode and for assembling image sequence proxy videos. Choosing
“Auto” will use an automatically generated frame rate gleaned from the media’s
metadata. If no frame rate information is available, the default frame rate that is specified
in the Global Preferences pane of the Administration window will be used.
Note: This setting provides a default frame rate for assets that meet one of the following
criteria: video files uploaded with no frame rate in their metadata, video files that
contain a frame rate that is not recognized by Final Cut Server, or the default clip proxy
video that is created for image sequence assets.
• Default Media Metadata Set: Choose the default metadata set to apply to Final Cut Pro
project media.
Compressor Preference Settings
The Compressor pane contains a pop-up menu that allows you to choose the cluster to
use for any transcoding operations. The choices available depend on your Compressor
configuration. See the Compressor documentation, available in the Compressor Help
menu, for information on configuring clusters. For information on creating a custom
QuickCluster for use with Final Cut Server, see the Final Cut Server Setup Guide.
Note: The Compressor Cluster Password field only activates if you choose a
password-protected cluster.
Important: In the Compressor Cluster Name pop-up menu, the This Computer item does
not actually refer to the computer the Final Cut Server client is using—it refers to the
computer Final Cut Server is installed on.
16 Chapter 1 General Settings and Preferences