A syntax of search is in final cut server

Is it possible as that in a search to set one more parameter? For example in the field of Status to choose not equals: done and fail ?

Yep. Just drag from the effects browser and drop onto your shot in your timeline. (type in "handheld" in your search bar in the effects browser and it'll pop right up.)

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Creating a Simple Excel Report from Final Cut Server

1. Modify the following Metadata Group (ASSETLISTVIEW) to contain the field you want to output in your report
2. Create Ruby file. In this example I named mine searchallassets.rb
Be sure to make the file executable, using the following command at the terminal sudo chmod 755 [file]
Copy and Paste this block of code into the searchallassets.rb
--Code Starts Here
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Created by Nicholas Stokes
# Copyright (c) 2009 XPlatform Consulting LLC
# All rights reserved
time_file = Time.now.strftime "%Y%m%d%I:%M%P"
FCSVRCLIENTCMD = "/Library/Application\\ Support/Final\\ Cut\\ Server/Final\\ Cut\\ Server.bundle/Contents/MacOS/fcsvr_client"
# What this will do:
# This will create a .csv file that contains all asset records from Final Cut Server database
# If you wish to modify the report further below is the command line syntax for searching the Final Cut Server database
# fcsvr_client search [ --verbose --noheader --mdonly --tabdelim --xml --limit <n> --depth <n> --xmlcrit --crit <str> --ctxaddr <addr> --dirs --linkparentaddr <address> --linkparentrecursive ] <address>
# Note, I am using the --tabdelim option to output the file as a tab delimited file. This will allow for easy importing into Excel or another database management system.
searchfor_allassets = "#{FCSVRCLIENTCMD} search --tabdelim /asset >"
output_file = "/Users/nicholasstokes/Desktop/DickClarkFCSvr_AllAssetsReport_#{timefile}.csv"
runsearch_for_all_export_ascsv = `#{searchfor_allassets} #{output_file}`
--Code Ends Here
Finally. Edit the searchallassets.rb to include the path that you wish to save the output file.
In FCSvr, setup a Script Response to call this.
Then either trigger the Script Response via a Subscription or Schedule.
Hope this helps.
Nicholas Stokes
XPlatform Consulting

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Red Footage and Final Cut Server

Aloha gang-
I am still testing FCS in our studio and enjoy many of the features in this product. I love being able to search for footage and pull it into my FCP project with no waiting (using edit-in-place). But I am looking for some advice and knowledge regarding Red Footage.
My scenerio is this:
We render all our red footage to offline files that we will use in the post production process. I want to tag all those files with appropriate metadata so our edit team can search and retrieve files as they need it. But with red there are 7 files (in our workflow) that correspond to the same thing. Basically there is the original R3D file which can not be used in FCP, there are the 4 quicktime proxies that the camera generates and live in the same folder as the R3D, and these are the files I want to get back to after the production is through and archived. There is the offline quicktime we generate to edit with which we need to tag. There is a log and transfer quicktime we can log and transfer all this data to FCS (but it doubles the data size so I am not looking to use this one and edit performance is okay at best), and finally there is the folder that the 4 proxies and original red file live in.
All of these files should be search able by the same metadata. Imagine the shot is of a blue bird. When I type blue bird I would want all of these files to show up (obviously I could limit my search so I only get the version I need for what I am doing i.e. offline, proxie, etc. I have made metadata lookups for this so this is not the challenge.)
The challenge is I only want to log 1 of these files and have the metadata applied to all of them. They all have almost identical names. The offline, R3D, and folder file have the exact same name. The proxies are identical but with _F, _H, _M, and _P behind them. For the catalog process I only want to transcode proxies for the _M (The _F, _H take way too long and the proxies look the same as _M and the _P is too small
I could make them a bundle but that does not help too much as the offline lives in a different place as the footage.
Any ideas would be greatful. My easiest solution is to tag the files twice, once for the production and once for the archive, but this seems like a waste of time that I could have a computer do instead
P.S. anyone successful in getting the metadata out of the red file, I see the red metadata set, and have it in place, but can not get it to show anything no matter which file I upload.
Any ideas, or help would be great
mahalo
scott

Thank you for your replies. I guess my question is not really answered because of the conundrum associated with red footage
But my workflow to get through this will be as follows: (In case anyone is interested)
Set a scan to bring in the offline quicktimes as they are rendered and have someone tag them with meaningful tags to help us search during the production. I will send those to archive when we are done.
After the project is completed and the files are removed from Final Cut Server I will set a scan to import all the _M files (they transcode faster and quality is not an issue since it is making proxies) and tag them as best I can for the long haul (archive) I can either leave the media on the drive or back it up, depending on the immediate use of the files. This works very well if the media is still there as I can just drag the _M into Clipfinder and render the shot I need as I need it.
I am storing these clips in folders labeled CC_LTOXXX (where XXX is the number for the LTO tape which increases by one for each tape I use. When I import them into Final Cut Server from the LTO folder I have a direct line to which LTO tape the file lives on. It's not easy to get the files back (so with files used frequently I will also keep a copy on an external drive I can just plug in) from an LTO, but it is doable.
If anyone has an easy way to pull a list of files from an LTO tape that would be great, and even better if it could be a list Final Cut Server made, or if Final Cut Server could just pull the files. My LTO is a network drive so I would have to access it through an IP address, but if I could do that I would be golden.
Anyway I know this will all evolve and this is just where I am right now, any ideas would be appreciated.
Mahalo
scott

Final Cut Server Info Window - Which Group Controls the information?

I have been searching the forums and have found similar postings but none that solve what i am seeing and wondering if it is my database (been configuring quite a bit and may have messed something up) or just an oversight of the wrong metadata group. I did notice that it happened when shortly after i needed to recover from a backed up version of the database.
Here is my issue. When you look at the main assets pane of final cut server you see all of the thumbnails which is great. Double clicking an asset bring up what i refer to as the info window for that asset. in configuration i have inadvertently removed the thumbnail representation of the asset and all of the data underneath from there, except for one custom metadata field. the productions still have the thumbnail, but have also lost a significant amount of data under the thumbnail.
I would like to put some of the info back but do not know which group to modify. I have looked inside the metadata groups from this post to see if it would help but no luck:
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9136299&#9136299>
thought it was the AssetTilesView that affected that window's info on that pane. I looked inside that group but many fields in are listed in that configuration list when brought up. like i mentioned above, only one is listed when viewed outside the configuration window what the client app would see.
The only group that i have been modifying as per my knowledge was the asset_search group to add custom fields i made to the search criteria.
hope this is clear. i am tired and a little exhausted from racking my brain. thanks in advance.

i figured it out. it was an error between the chair and the keybord..
for those that stumble on this...
aside from the order the groups show up in the list Asset, P2.. ect.
the display priority affects the layout of the variables on the info page. so if the window layout looks odd (no thumbnail, or missing metadata) check the display priority.

Final Cut Server

HI All, Hi..
Im just wondering how many sound designers looking forward to work with FC Pro Server
are there any here on list?
I work exclusively with Logic & Soundtrack Pro.. and I have several TB of audio..
Im just trying to find a way to gain quick search & access to my soundfiles, which are all named.
at the moment, I use iTunes to search, and then drag in the files into a project.
Which I hear FC Pro Server will manage Metadata quite well.
Im open to conversations and would like very much to find out who else is sound designing on-list.
Cheers - Ix

Well you might get more Sound Designers in the STP forum, but because you talking about Final Cut Server I just had to give this a bump.
TonyTony

Final Cut Server Petition

I have started the above pet it ion at: www.pet it ion online.com (no spaces)
Search for Final Cut Server or FCS. Please sign it, I would love to get this product back.

I'm finding the promotional material confusing. Apparently you do not have simultaneous read-write capabilities, you check out media dn then check it back in. But it can be located anywhere, on any machine, on any server.
Max, are you at NAB and seeing the demos?
This is from the marketing page:
Use Final Cut Server to automatically catalog your media in any format and in any location. Powerful layered search tools let you find any asset fast, whether you’re in the studio or on the road. Browse thumbnails, poster frames, and proxies generated by Final Cut Server in formats you specify.
Final Cut Server extracts and reports industry-standard metadata, including IPTC, XMP, and XML data types, so you won’t have to waste time reentering data. Final Cut Server is a seamless extension of the editing workflow in Final Cut Pro. Drag assets from Final Cut Server to any of the Final Cut Studio applications. Use Final Cut Server to organize Productions—including any combination of Final Cut Pro projects, rough cut sequences, media assets, and production documents. Or create a Final Cut Pro project in Final Cut Server and check it out to begin editing; when you check it back in, the catalog updates automatically.
It all sounds too good to be true.
We use Canto Cumulus to handle our digital still assets (and much more) but it is beyond "too good to be true." Cumulus is a chimera masquerading as a nightmare.
bogiesan

Final Cut Server (FCSvr) missing the Edit Proxies Device in the Advanced Administration Pane.

Final Cut Server (FCSvr) missing the Edit Proxies Device in the Advanced Administration Pane.
If for any reason an Admin has mistakenly or purposely deleted the Edit Proxies device
from the FCSvr Java Admin, and you'd like to restore connective to it following the instructions below.
Note verify these symptoms, open the FCSvr Java Admin, Go to Preferences and the Proxies Pane and inspect
If the field and drop down for Edit Proxies is missing please backup your FCSvr DB manually and following the steps below to restore connectivity.
1. From the Terminal from the following command
          cd /Library/Application\ Support/Final\ Cut\ Server/Final\ Cut\ Server.bundle/Contents/MacOS/
2. Next run the following command
           ./fcsvr_client getmd --xml /prefs/0 > ~/Desktop/prefs0.xml
This will output a XML file containing the Final Cut Server Global Preferences to the Desktop folder of the currently logged in user.
3. Using for favorite XML Text Editor (mine is TextMate) open the file that was output
4. Notice the XML element and attribute values between lines 29 and 31
<value id="PROXY_CLIP_EDIT_DEVICE">
   <address>/dev/3</address>
</value>
5. From the command line run the following command to determine the Device ID for you Edit Proxies device
./fcsvr_client search /dev
You should get an output similar to what's below.
Address        DEVICE_NAME                   DEVICE_TYPE
/dev/20        Edit Proxies                  contentbase
/dev/9         MEDIA                         filesystem
/dev/1         Proxies                       contentbase
/dev/2         Version                       contentbase
Record the new Device id for the Edit Proxies device.
6. Open up the file /Desktop/prefs0.xml and XML attribute in line 29
   <address>/dev/20</address>
to the value of the Edit Proxies from step 6.
7. Save the /Desktop/prefs0.xml
8. From the command line run the following command
sudo ./fcsvr_client setmd /prefs/0 --xml ~/Desktop/prefs0.xml
enter you admin password if prompted.
9. Close and reopen the FCSvr Java Admin, Go to Preferences and Proxies and inspect
The field and dropdown should reappear.
If for some reason this didn't work, feel free to contact me offline.
Nicholas Stokes
[email protected]

H.264 is a puzzling choice of codec for edit proxies. H.264 is not an edit-friendly codec since it is a complex long-GOP structure and will require a ton of rendering just to play back the timeline. ProRES 422 Proxy would be a much better choice for editing. I'm afraid I can't account for the differences between Compressor and FCServer in this case, but my gut tells me the non-I-frame codec you are trying to use for edit proxies might have something to do with it. Maybe for an edit-proxy workflow to operate properly on the server-side the codec must be I-frame? Is there any reason you do not want to use ProRES 422 Proxy? They are about 1/3 the footprint of 720p24 DVCPRO-HD, which is already very efficient. For that frame rate and frame size they would be roughly half the heft of good ol' DV25.
So my answer to all three questions would be to try ProRES 422 Proxy for your edit proxies and see if everything lines up.

Keyword order in Final Cut Server

Hi there,
I have a question about the order of keywords in Final Cut Server. It seems that I can only search and bring back results for clips if the keywords are in the same order that I search for.
For example, I have a clip with the keywords:
weights gym
So if I search
weights gym in the search box, the clip appears. But if I search
gym weights
the clip can't be found.
What am I doing wrong? Also, I'm not putting commas in between keywords, does this affect things at all?
Thanks for your help.

Hi Oliver,
This documentation might help you out:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutserver/usermanual/index.html#chapter=4 %26section=2%26tasks=true
~D

Applescript in Final Cut Server

Hi all,
I am trying to get an applescript running from the final cut server. I wrote a script to replace all underscores and spaces in the filenames of a specific folder.
I've tested it local and it works like a charm. But when I attached the script to the folder via the final cut server host it wasn't working anymore.
Then I tried to link the script via the administrator panel in the Final Cut Server software. Response > Run an external script or command.
I'm not really that much of a scripter so now I'm having trouble finding the right command parameters. What should be defined in that line?
This is the script:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
          repeat with theFile in these_items
                    tell application "Finder"
                              set theFileName to name of theFile
                    end tell
                    set theFileName to my replace_chars(theFileName, "_", "-")
                    set theFileName to my replace_chars(theFileName, " ", "-")
                    tell application "Finder"
                              set name of theFile to theFileName
                    end tell
display dialog theFileName
          end repeat
end adding folder items to
on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
          set the item_list to every text item of this_text
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
          set this_text to the item_list as string
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
          return this_text
end replace_chars
I would like to run this script to a folder on our SAN storage with the following path:
NCRV_XSan > FCS > Production > Afkijk_Gijs
What I would like to know now is how I specify the parameters for navigating to the above location.
All input is appreciated since I'm kind of a noob with scripting..
thanks in advance,
best regards,
Jan-David

Hi
First of all I would recommend to upgrade to version 1.1. You will then be able to delete assets without deleting the media files itself (the primary representation).
Just to make sure.., did you double click the FCP project icon?. My workflow consists of making productions for FCP projects. When uploading FCP projects into a production, you have to double click the FCP icon in order to get to the assets.
On the other hand, in the assets pane the assets (videoclips, audiofiles) show up as soon as the project is uploaded or updated.
Are you sure that there is nothing flagged in any search fields that rules out the assets your are looking for?

Importing Metadata to Final Cut Server from Excel

I'm getting ready to implement Final Cut Sever on an extremely asset-heavy media project, and I'm in need of a way to batch-import custom metadata from an excel spreadsheet.
Does anyone know if Final Cut Server has way to do this out of the box?
Specifically, if I have a an excel doc where column A = file name (of all media files) and columns b-??? = custom metadata, how can bring that information into FCS so that I can search my assets by the custom metadata?
DL

Yes it can be done but with the help of scripts.
If I have to do it today I would try to save those excel into a comma separated plain text files. Then I would build an script to read those columns of data from the text file (easy with awk command) and then write those fields to the FCS metadata. The tricky part is to link the file to the right asset inside final (you need to get the asset ID from the asset to be able to "setmd") The best way for me to do this (without accesing the database itself) is to have the name of the file (the plain text file) to be the same as the filename of the asset. This way you can then perform a "Write XML" from Final and you get an filename.xml where the Asset ID is located. After this is easy to build a custom XML file to fill with the excel metadata and perform a "setmd" to write back to FCS.
Hope this help

Do I need Final Cut Server?

Hi All,
For my video work, I have a Mac Pro 8 core with FCP 7, and an assistant I work with uses a 27" iMac and FCP 7. He opens projects on my computer and works with them over our gigabit network. AT the same time I open other projects and edit them. Seems to work well technically, but we do run into issues when we need to work on the same project at the same time. We are also shooting lots of general b-roll the we use in the projects, and the right clip can be tough to find sometimes.
While I think Final Cut Server can help with some of the organizational issues, I wonder can the Server machine also be a client? Basically I want all the functionality of the Final Cut server software, but I don't want to lose my Mac Pro as an editing machine. Do I need one dedicated server, and then two editing (client) machines?
Thanks!
Dave

I am very new to FCS but let me say it adds to your work in some very constructive ways. The organization and search functions alone make more B-roll available so I find myself using it more. I have been uploading lot's of stills as well as all rights stock footage and music we have purchased in the past. When it come time to add cutaways the search function will sometimes kick out footage and still images with corresponding keywords that I would never have thought of using. We are using 3 iMacs on Gigabit Ethernet and a Dual 2.8Gig Quad core Xenon Tower (that used to be my edit station) as the server. Checking out a large project the first time takes a few minutes, but if you have your cache on a large external HD and don't clear it, the proxies stay resident most of the time, so you are just checking out the FCP project and any new material added. I am pretty pleased with the performance overall.

Help - How to repair crashed Final Cut Server

I was working on adding a field to the ASSET_SEARCH group to enable a new advanced search. When I was done, all usual advanced search fields were gone and replaced by all fields of the metadata set of the field I just added. Something definitely wrong here!
Then my FCS client got frozen and I haven't been able to connect to final cut server anymore from any client.
What can I do? Re-install?
Thanks

Thanks, Well this is exactly what I learned: DO YOUR BACK-UPS!
Just before you start changing configurations etc. it is very wise to backup first. And while you are programming as well.
My automatic backups stopped for unknown reasons, so I was left out with just some older backups; tried to restore - couldn't do it.
Then I was fed up and I'm now recreating my devices, watchers & automations.
It's a bummer, but good practice..
Henk

Final Cut Server Investment Inquiry

Dear Forum-
I am the new campus videographer/editor for Bradley University, and we are considering investing in a *Final Cut Server* system to help catalogue, search, and archive future media assets. As of now, I am just editing off my MacBook Pro laptop on FCP using an AVCHD workflow.
From reading Apple's online materials, forums, and other resources I understand that FCSvr is ideal for an multi-editor Xsan environment, however, it can be downscaled to a single machine operation. My question is this: Without the complexities of an Xsan over our network, would a *single MacPro tower* with a large capacity RAID drives that is located on the network be sufficient to be the host, and myself (and possible other colleges) on MacBook Pro laptop work as FCP clients? What are the positives and negatives of going without an Xsan and just run FCSvr off a single machine?
If so, would FCSvr work in the following scenarios:
- Catalogue and search through an existing photo archive on a separate server or would I have to move those assets to the FCSvr MacPro?
- Would potential colleagues (Mac and PC) be able to access and edit footage on my FCSvr from various parts of campus and even remotely from home?
- Is FCSvr able serve AVID clients on the network?
Lastly, does any know of a company/institution that is running a FCSvr operation in the Peoria, IL area for me to visit?
Sincerely,
Jon

Jon Greenhoe wrote:
- Catalogue and search through an existing photo archive on a separate server or would I have to move those assets to the FCSvr MacPro?
Yes, provided the photo archive is accessible via FTP, AFP, SMB, or NFS.
Jon Greenhoe wrote:
- Would potential colleagues (Mac and PC) be able to access and edit footage on my FCSvr from various parts of campus and even remotely from home?
As long as they have IP access to the FCSvr host, yes. Best practice for offsite users is to connect via VPN. This gets you access to proxies. Any editing would need to take place after checking out a project and downloading its edit proxies.
Jon Greenhoe wrote:
- Is FCSvr able serve AVID clients on the network?
Not sure what you are asking. They could load the client and search like anyone else, but not much else.

Final Cut Server - Roundtripping to Motion Projects stopped working

I Checked Out a Final Cut Pro project from FC Server. Selected a clip on the Timeline and chose Send To Motion Project. I save that Motion Project in Device folder.
FC Server creates an Asset out of the Motion Project. I used to be able to Check Out that Motion Project from FCServer but now the Check Out Option is greyed out.
Any help?
Thank in advance!

Here is what worked for me:
I searched for anything Final Cut (including sys files). I then found an old file called:
Final Cut Express 3.5 Prefs.fcset
This is an old file from 3.5.0 and although I did try to start 3.5 under Leopard just to see what it did, I never actually opened it. But I guess it was enough to initiate the file being created.
Anyway, when I deleted this file, everything opened fine. I think that 3.5.1 was reading the old 3.5 pref file and since 3.5 won't work under Leopard it was preventing FCE from opening.
That is what I THINK. I can't prove it. But I can prove that once I deleted this file, FCE opened fine.
This is the only file I changed.
Hope this helps someone!

Final Cut Server and iPad !!!???

Is there a new to use FCS Client on an iPad !???

Actually - there is. We here at factorial are just finishing developing one.
It is called ClipTouch and it is a native iPad application that connects to an unmodified Final Cut Server (requires the latest version). It is designed as a review and approval tool for video clips. It allows searching of assets, viewing of proxies (supporting real timecode), changing of standard metadata (including status), browsing and adding timecode annotations, and archive and restore.
We are currently in beta testing and are still looking for some testers.
If you are interested, please get in touch with us via: [email protected]
Please also include a brief description about where this application would be used/tested by you and what your interest in it is.
Thanks!

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