Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 82)

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.
See the Final Cut Server Setup Guide for more information about Xsan volumes.
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/
After you enter the URI, the path will be changed to:
• file://[localhost]/[volumename]/[optional subfolder]
An example is:
• file:///Volumes/MediaServer/Images/
After entering the example above, you will see:
• file://localhost/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/
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