Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 78)

Setting Up the Edit Proxies Device
Each Final Cut Server installation has one Edit Proxies device. Each time you upload a
Final Cut Pro project to the Final Cut Server catalog, you can create a set edit proxy files
created with the Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) codec (default) or other available codec of
your choice. These edit proxies are created in addition to the set of low-resolution files
stored on the Proxies device. The edit proxy files can be used in place of the original
assets when you export or check out a Final Cut Pro project.
The Edit Proxies device is created at the location you specify when you install
Final Cut Server. See the Final Cut Server Setup Guide for more information. See
Proxies
Preference Settings for information on choosing an edit proxy device.
The Edit Proxies device is a Contentbase device type.
Setting Up the Version Device
When working with Final Cut Server assets, you may find that you need to track multiple
versions of the same asset. For example, you may have several versions of a graphic that
use different font settings. Final Cut Server includes a version-tracking feature, making it
easy to work with multiple versions of an asset.
The Final Cut Server Installer automatically creates a Version device at the location specified
for production media. For most installations, this device works well for storing your asset
and production versions. You may find, however, that you need to create a device with
more space to store your versions, especially if you choose to retain more than three or
four versions of your assets and those assets are large video files.
If you need to manually create a Version device, the device must use the Contentbase
device type. It also should not be used for any other purposes.
You specify the device used for storing the different asset and production versions in the
Administration window’s Preferences pane.
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