Final Cut server forgetting Admin password

I've been managing a Final Cut Server running on an Xserve for about 9 months now and awhile ago it developed a new bug. The computer itself forgets it's own admin password. All users are booted out and unable to log back in. I'm unable to use remote desktop to get either. If I'm already remoted in when this occurs I can't unlock any system preferences with the error that my password is wrong. Once we hard reboot the server the problem is gone and everything works as it should. This has occurs multiple times a day so you can imagine it is annoying and makes for grumpy end users. The server has been reformatted since this problem began but the final cut server database itself was just restored. Since we've reformatted the computer I assume the problem has to becoming from FCServer, which is why I'm posting here. Any ideas what could be causing this and how to solve it?

Nope, it OS X Server. FCSvr relies on the OS for all authentication. It doesn't do any itself. Never seen a system forget it's own Admin password. I'd have RAM and all hardware checked, even hard drives. Something is bad on the server, or you're being hacked.

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I just setup the Final Cut server and I also linked it to Active Directory so we could use the groups on it. I opened up the preferences and added a group to that from AD and then set them with admin. However, when I login with a user who is a member of that group it won't let me in. The only user I can get on with is the local admin. Does anyone know how I can use the members of the AD group so if their password changes or the group membership changes I don't always have to go and update it?

now when I run:
./adprincadd.pl -dc <fully qualified hostname of AD server> fcsvr/<fully qualified hostname of FCSVR machine>
I get:
No Kerberos TGT!
You must have kerberos ticket that allows writing to the computer record in AD. Use kinit to get a ticket
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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">
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</value>
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./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
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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.

Integrating Final Cut Server 1.5 with Active Directory

Following the directions in the Final Cut Server Setup Guide and I am running into errors. Fun with Final Cut Server. Fun with Kerberos.
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I dropped the ini files on the domain controllers, as directed by Apple KB (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3688) and I ran the commands directed in the setup guide.
The adprincadd command should be run literally, of course, but there's a mistake straight-away when it should read "./adprincadd.pl", the ".pl" is missing. Also it says "fcsvr/fqdn of fcsvr", so naturally I replaced the fqdn, but the "fcsvr" prefixed threw me off. It gave me errors until I opened Kerberos.app and notcied that the kerb ticket was in ldap/, then the command worked for me. At least no errors, until I checked the ticket and it said I had no permissions and that the keytab entry was invalid. Wheeee.
1. First I tried:
(some info redacted)
node09:sbin root# ./adprincadd.pl -dc dc01.example.com. fcs.example.com.
Getting kerberos principal for computer account
Kerberos principal is ---
Getting computer id...---
Getting AD Domain...---
Base DN is dc=example,dc=com
getting kerb ticket using [email protected] got ticket
SASL-bind to dc01.example.com. successful
Computer record is at CN=---,CN=Computers,DC=example,DC=com
Checking to see if ---.--.---. exists...000020B5: AtrErr: DSID-031529F7, #1:
0: 000020B5: DSID-031529F7, problem 1005 (CONSTRAINTATTTYPE), data 0, Att 90303 (servicePrincipalName)
at ./adprincadd.pl line 165
2. Then I noticed the /ldap in Kerberos.app and changed the adprinadd command:
Everything ran well, with no errors...
Finding kvno...2
Reading /etc/krb5.keytab...done.
Creating new keytab file...done.
Writing out temporary keytab...done.
Making backup of old keytab and moving new keytab into place...done.
Operation Completed. You can verify with "kinit <ad user>; kvno -k /etc/krb5.keytab ldap/---.example.com"
3. Verifying with kinit gave me the keytab errors:
kinit matx; kvno -k /etc/krb5.keytab ldap/fcs.example.com
Please enter the password for [email protected]:
ldap/[email protected]: kvno = 2, keytab entry invalid
kvno: Permission denied while decrypting ticket for 'ldap/[email protected]'
Thoughts?

Hello, I'm having issues with the client login after AD integration. I followed the steps from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3818 and the Terminal output reported a success.
I'm able to add AD groups in Final Cut Server Group Permissions. However, when I try logging in on the FCServer client using credentials associated with AD group I've added, I'm getting an error message from the client stating:
"Please re-enter the username and password or contact the server administrator. Please note that the username and password are case-sensitive."
The FQDN is correct in the Server field of the client.
I'm able to log into the client using locally created user accounts that I've created on the server so I know the client is communicating correctly.
The only thing I can find in the Console for the client machine is this:
11/25/09 10:50:12 AM /Users/*/Desktop/Final Cut Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Server[1773] Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
In the server Console, this is a suspect message: /Library/Application Support/Final Cut Server/Final Cut Server.bundle/Contents/MacOS/fcsvr_stored[77891] pps proxy error: dsDoDirNodeAuth = -14091
Not finding much info out there regarding this. Any guidance is appreciated.

Best practices for Edit Proxies in Final Cut Server?

We just bought Final Cut Server, and for the most part are pretty happy with the product. We are a small production facility, and primarily work with DVCPro HD footage at 720P. One feature we'd like to use would be the edit proxies feature in FCS, but they don't seem to be working for us.
_Hosting Computer_
We're using a mac mini server with snow leopard server and final cut server 1.5.
Problem
Whenever we specify in the Administrator Pane of FCS, Under Preferences and Analyze, we'd like to use a custom transcode setting for the edit proxies, keeping Frame Size, TC, and Frame rate the same, but changing the codec to h264 least quality, the effects are a different compression than expected. We tested out the compression settings using Compressor on the server, and we get the desired results:
Input: DVCPro HD 720P Quicktime 960X720 (1248 x 702) 23.98 fps
Output: H264 Quicktime 960X720 (1248 x 702) 23.98 fps
Also did the same outputs using Apple Prorez, Photo Jpeg and got the following outputs:
Output: Apple Prorez Quicktime 960X720 (1248 x 702) 23.98 fps
Output: Photo Jpeg Quicktime 960X720 (1248 x 702) 23.98 fps
(We also made new transcode settings for these compressor settings and we not able to control the compressions through FCS with these settings as well. Our target codec is H264.)
After connecting the new compression settings on the Mac Mini Server to a new transcode setting in the FCS Admin Pane, we restarted the Java Client, logged in to FCS as an FCSadmin, opened the Admin Pane, and under preferences/analyze change the edit proxy setting to the New H264 setting that worked perfectly when using Compressor. After uploading a final cut project, with one associated media file (DVCPro HD 720P Quicktime 960X720 (1248 x 702) 23.98 fps), the resulting edit proxy did not match the specification: 384 x 216, 23.98fps, TC matches source.
Also did not dynamically connect when checking out the project from FCS and selecting edit proxies and keep media with project and saving to the desktop.
Question 1:
Does anyone have any best practice transcode setting(s) to create for DVCPro HD 720P using edit proxies that dynamically connect and are smaller size than the original? H264? Photo Jpeg?
Question 2:
Why is Final Cut Server's Compressor giving a different output, when the same settings work well with just Compressor?
Question 3:
Does H264 work in creating dynamically linking edit proxies (ie, no need to reconnect)?
I can imagine this information to be very useful to the community, so any input or solutions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

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.

Final Cut Server: Cannot connect to Java Web Start with a web browser

I get this exact error http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1610, but their steps do not fix it.
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites/0000any_80.conf.default /etc/apache2/sites/0000any_80.conf
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Stopping Final Cut Server services ...
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launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.FinalCutServer.fcsvr_stored
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Initializing database ...
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Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.8820"?
connection failed, retrying (1) ...
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Settings plist already present, not overwriting.
Starting Final Cut Server services ...
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web:Modules:array_id:userdirmodule:enabled = yes
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web:Sites:array_id:*:80_:IfModule:_array_id:mod_rewrite.c:RewriteRule:_arrayindex:0 = ".* - [F]"
web:Sites:array_id:*:80_:IfModule:_array_id:mod_rewrite.c:RewriteRule:_arrayindex:1 = "^/FinalCutServer$ /~fcsvr/Sites/webstart/index.php [NC,L]"
service: This command still works, but it is deprecated. Please use launchctl(8) instead.
service: This command still works, but it is deprecated. Please use launchctl(8) instead.
Xserve:~ admin$
Help? I should point out this is my first experience with OSXserver and I am not exactly an advanced user.
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Hi, this dind't help.
I can resolve host name, so it looks like DNS works:
If I typed: <IP address> or localhost or localhostname.local or hostname I stiil get the default OS X web page with services, but no service is available not I can't connect to FCS web start page.
I didn't change DNS records - it is default as it was after installation of system and FCs.

Final Cut Server + Media Manager Best Practices

Is anyone using Final Cut Server to organize FCP Media Manager?
I don`t want MM and it`s individual contains cataloged by FCS, only a "bundle" from the directory of MM (that has the project and a sub-directory called Media with all medias from that project).
I`ve tried different solutions but always get stuck in some way.
1- Get the directory from MM and put on a Device being watched by a scan production. A production with the name from the directory is created and the project and medias are catalogued as well.
But I don`t want those medias and projects catalogued by FCS. I`ve tried to set the recursion limit to 0 or 1 but the production is not created, neither the bundle (from the directory) asset. Nevertheless you can`t archive productions (with MatrixStore you can), so a workaround would be to archive only the bundle inside the production (if you managed to get only the directory as a bundle inside the production). But to get worse, if you update the directory as a bundle (regardless if it`s inside a production or not) and your archive device is a FTP device it says "ERROR: E_NOTSUPP Sorry, copying a bundle to an ftp server is not supported".
2- Zip with "ditto" (because the 2GB problem with normal zip) the MM directory and put on a device being watched. This won`t be scanned by a scan production to create a production with the name of it contents because it`s not a directory it`s a zip file and even if I forget about productions and only uploads the zip files to get each MM directory created as a zip takes too long and much cpu power so it`s not possible with many MM directories (the case). And to get things worse (always murphy), before I`ve deleted those directories I checked the integrity of zip files and to my surprise some of them were ruined. So I don`t trust compressing anything for my backup. I`ve tried Tar, ditto, archive from finder (that`s the same as ditto) but it takes too long or break the file.
The bottom line: I just want a MM as directory bundle in FCS (preferentially inside a production automatically created) AND being able to archive it to a FTP device.
Thanks in advance

Well it sounds like you have two problems: getting a successful scan production to work and archiving. I think I can help with the first one.
When you set up your device make sure that it is one directory level up from each folder you want turned into a production. So for example - XSAN/Show1/MM/ - if you make XSAN the device and set the recursion limit to 0, Show1 will become a production and Show2, Show3, etc for example. Set the recursion limit to 1 and MM becomes a production - Show2/MM/ and Show3/MM, etc for example.
Here's what I would do. Device 1 = XSAN/Show1 with recursion = 0. In the production info section of the scan production response set the title = Show1_[0]. The [0] will automatically fill in the name of the directory, ie - MM. This way each folder within Show1 becomes a production and the name is preceded by Show1 for easy sorting. This way you can isolate your MM folder and treat it differently.
That should get your productions scanning correctly. I'm not sure about archiving to an FTP device, zipping bundles, or automatically adding bundled assets to productions with a scan. As far as I know, the only way to add a bundled asset is to manually upload a folder. I might be wrong about this though.
Hope this helps even a little.
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Our company has purchased a number of Elgato h264 encoders and we're loving them. They reduce our h264 compression times on average from 15-20 mins down to 2-3 mins. It usually compresses our videos faster than real time. Which as a news organization is great for us. These encoders work great on all our Macbook Pros & Mac Pro systems. I've now installed one onto our final cut server and set up a custom compressor setting. Under the 'encoder' tab the file format had to be set to "Quicktime Export Components" instead of "Quicktime Movie" to use the Elgato. And it works great when I send a single file threw compressor. BUT I can't get this custom preset to show up or work inside Final Cut Server. I have other custom settings that do show up and work (but they are all "Quicktime Movie" file formats). I've rebooted multiple times and looked under multiple Responses transcode settings, but the new one I've created to use the Elgato never shows up.
Is it possible to use Quicktime Export Components in Final Cut Server?
I couldn't find any mention of this in the FCS admin manual or any other posts in the forums regarding this.

I have seen on MediaSilo.com a tip to get Elgato H.264 working with Compressor, but I can't seem to be able to find it. Basically, the trick was to create a duplicate setting in Compressor that Final Cut Server is able to read ( not as Quicktime Export Component), associate it with a Final Cut Server's compression setting and later reassign that setting in Compressor to Elgato.
I will keep diggin' for this tip, it was actually a screen recording.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3688
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Not sure about this one. We have a user that is trying to export a clip through quick time via Final Cut Server, but they are getting error -8961.
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Two: Does anyone have any insight as to which system is better/more dependable?
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Maybe if I share the considerations I used to chose between the two it will help:
I chose Xsan/StorNext because I knew I wanted to take advantage of its ability to span disk and tape. LTO is still unmatched for price and performance for nearline storage. Disk is catching up, but you can't take a disk out of an array and put it in a vault like you can with an LTO. The reason I was so focused on having tape as well as disk is because I knew that eventually we'd fill our disk and still want to keep mot or all of the data somehow. You can't just add disk forever, so having a tape tier to migrate data onto is key. Bandwidth is also very good for the disk side of Xsan, but you still need to make sure you have enough disk aggregated to support however many editors cutting however many streams of whatever format. An Apple sales engineer can help you figure that. Fibrechannel storage like Xsan is unmatched for video editing due to its extremely low latency and high bandwidth.
The downside of Xsan/StorNext when you start using Storage Manager for backup and tiered storage is the support requirements. You simply must have a good admin on staff. The system is like a racecar- it is very sophisticated and finely tuned so it needs constant attention from the mechanics. But look how fast it goes!
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hello ben,
thanks for taking your time to help me with the issue i am seeing here. I will do my best to read into what you said and explain.
1. Network User Permissions Problems.
maybe you can explain, but i have not authenticated against anything at this point, just went to the normal.. "http://FQDN/finalcutserver"... the normal fcserver webpage comes up but when i click download it does not give me the ability to download the java applet or run a script that maybe delivers the java applet.
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File does not exist:/Library/WebServer/Documents/FinalCutServer, referer: http://FQDN/~localadmin/webstart/content.php
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hope the above information helps. thanks in advance for helping troubleshoot.

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Hey!
Would someone tell me the steps to get FCS to run a downconversion from an uncompressed 16:9 HD file to uncompressed 4:3 SD?
I know there's some involvement with Compressor, just can't remember the steps.
Thanks!

Ryan:
First and foremost, create the Compressor setting/preset on the Xserve that Final Cut Server (FCSvr) is install on. i.e. 16:9 HD to 4:3 SD
Second, test that this Compressor preset indeed does the transcoding and conversion that you're seeking.
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You can then create a subscription that fired off a copy response that using this transcode setting or just manually export the asset to the device that has the transcode setting assigned to it.
Let me know if this helps.
Nicholas Stokes
XPlatform Consulting

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