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• Metadata Sync Policy: From this pop-up menu, choose the policy by which metadata
is synchronized between Final Cut Server and the device. See
for more information.
• Generate Thumbnails: Select this checkbox to generate thumbnails of images when
using Search Devices from the Server pop-up menu (the pop-up menu in the
Final Cut Server main window that appears when you click the Server button). The
thumbnail images appear when you view an image’s details, by either double-clicking
its filename or Control-clicking the filename and choosing View Details from the shortcut
menu. This allows you to see the image without having to create an asset for it in the
Final Cut Server catalog. See
for more information on using the
Search Devices feature.
• Max Connections: Enter the maximum number of connections from Final Cut Server to
the device. Leave this field at the default setting of zero (0) or blank, permitting unlimited
connections, unless there is a particular reason to restrict connections.
• 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
Note: See
for more information about edit-in-place devices.
• 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/
An example is:
• file:////MediaServer/Images/
• Analyze Mode: Analysis creates different proxies for still and clip files. Choose an option
from the pop-up menu to determine how Final Cut Server handles files that are not
known to be still images or movie clips; for example, files missing extensions.
• [None]: Do not analyze files or create proxies for files with missing or unknown file
extensions. Guess the file type by its extension (default).
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Chapter 5
Managing Devices