Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 25)

The Smart Search is no longer listed under the Smart Searches heading.
Important: After deleting a Smart Search, you must instruct every client user to quit and
restart their Final Cut Server client.
Manually Analyzing Assets and Regenerate All Proxies
When assets are added to the Final Cut Server catalog, they are automatically analyzed.
This process extracts a variety of metadata from the asset and then creates the asset’s
proxy files. As an administrator, you can also manually analyze assets using one of two
commands, depending on your needs.
For example, you may choose to change the change the transcode setting for Clip Edit
Proxies from the default setting, Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), to Apple ProRes 422 (LT). After
making the change in the Administrator window’s Analyze Preferences pane, you can
manually create any new proxy files for an asset (based on the new transcode setting),
or you can manually delete and re-create all the proxy files for an asset.
To manually create missing proxy files for one or more assets
1 In the client’s main window, select one or more assets.
2 Control-click the asset or assets, then choose Analyze from the shortcut menu.
The assets are analyzed, and any missing proxy files are created.
To delete and regenerate all of the proxy files for one or more assets
1 In the Final Cut Server main window, select one or more assets that you want to regenerate
proxy files for.
2 Control-click the assets. then choose Regenerate All Proxies from the shortcut menu.
The asset’s proxy files are analyzed and new proxy files are created for the asset.
Cancel Any Asset Checkout or Lock
When a user checks out an asset, generally only that user can check the asset back in or
cancel the checkout. Similarly, if a user manually locks an asset, only that user can unlock
it.
The exception is if the logged-in user has administration privileges; in that case, the user
can override the checkout or lock if necessary.
To override a checkout or lock on an asset
1 Double-click the asset to open its detail window.
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