FINAL CUT SERVER Help or Suggestions plz

Recently when I add clips to server and then pull them out to work on in Final Cut, they come out wobbly and interlaced, but my field dominance for these and for the sequence I work in is set to none... it didn't always do this, and if I add them to final cut from my local they are totally perfect but sure enough as as soon as I add to server they are useless, so what's changed?

Are you working with edit proxies or the original media?

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    Running OSX 10.6.8, and I received a Software Update notification this morning stating that Java has a security update available. So, being the dilligent updater that I am, I updated to Java SE 6 1.6.0_33. Now Final Cut Server will not launch, stating "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system"
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  • Final Cut Server Make Link Not working. And I could almost swear this wrkd

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  • Has anyone migrated existing file libraries into Final Cut Server?

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  • Red Footage and Final Cut Server

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    Thank you for your replies. I guess my question is not really answered because of the conundrum associated with red footage
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  • Creating a Simple Excel Report from Final Cut Server

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