Searching for clips without proxies

Question

When I first installed my FCSvr I managed to jam it up several times with some impossible scans that froze it up in the middle of uploading projects. I had to restart the server several times until I realized what I was doing wrong. These projects now have lots of video assets that have no proxies, just a poster frame. I can select the asset and select "analyze" and FCSvr creates an edit proxy and all is well. Unfortunately you can only select one file at a time and do this. Is there a way to select a large number of assets and get them all to create proxies (great time to do this while the studio is empty for the holiday weekend). Is there a way to scan for assets with no proxy?

Answer 1

Actually, there are many ways, without having to go through the tedious process in the client GUI. Depending on what state your assets are in, the proxies may be "missing" or may not have ever been linked to the original asset.
If the proxies are missing, run this on the command line of your Final Cut Server box:
fcsvr_client search /asset | awk \/asset/\ '{ print "sudo fcsvr_client listparentlinks --linktype 4 "$1" | grep \"DESC_STATUS: missing\"| fcsvr_client analyze "$1 }' | sh
If proxies were not ever linked to the assets in the first place, you can modify the command above to work for this case also:
fcsvr_client search /asset | awk \/asset/\ '{ print "sudo fcsvr_client listparentlinks "$1" | grep \"Original\" | grep -v \"Proxy\" | fcsvr_client analyze "$1" "}' | sh
I hope that helps!
- James Heliker