Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 79)

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The Watchers device is intended to be used for the automations created by the
installer. For example, you could add media to this folder or one of its subfolders and
an automation would notice the media and copy it to a different device, adding it to
the Final Cut Server catalog and transcoding it if needed. The default automations are
all configured to watch the folders within this device.
The Library and Media devices are intended to be used as general-purpose media
storage locations. The default automations are all configured to copy media to the
Library device.
Each of these devices has the following configurations:
Scan settings: Â These allow you to have Final Cut Server automatically check the
device for new, changed, or deleted assets at regular intervals. Only the Media device
can have scan settings configured by the installer using the “Catalog Media device
automatically” setting.
Transcode settings:
 These allow you to choose a format to convert an asset to when
it is uploaded or copied to the device. The Watchers device has no transcode settings
assigned to it because it is not intended to be used as a destination when uploading
or copying assets in Final Cut Server—it is intended to be the source device for upload
operations. The Library and Media devices have all of the transcode settings assigned
to them, making copying or uploading assets to those devices flexible and easy.
You can use Device Setup Assistant to modify these devices to include scan and
transcode settings. You can also use Device Setup Assistant to modify the scan and
transcode settings of these and other devices you add to Final Cut Server using Device
Setup Assistant or the client’s Administration window.