Ftp time out

Question

when transfering a file to an ftp site, it appears final cut server first touches a new file on a remote ftp site, then encodes the source file, then starts uploading. this causes the connection to the ftp server to time out if the encoding takes a long time.
unfortunately, i cannot change the timeout setting on the remote ftp server (not my server). anyone know how to prevent this? anyone know what fcs is using to upload via ftp? is there maybe a config file in the os where i can set a "keep alive" value?
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Answer 1

No, but I can give you a workaround:
Instead of having a copy response encode to the FTP device, create a local watcher that you can set as the destination for your transcoding copy response. Be sure to wildcard exclude "fcsvr*" so that the watcher does not grab the file before it has been given its final name. On the watcher, apply a copy response with no transcode option followed by a delete response.
If you are triggering a subscription on an existing asset to get this whole ball rolling, I also recommend adding a script response to the subscription stack after the transcode copy response. Make it do this:
Command path = mv
Parameters = "/<path to local watcher>/\[Title].mov" "/<path to local watcher>/\[Asset ID].mov"
Include the quotes when you set the parameters, they are important. This response will rename your transcoded movie with a unique integer instead of the potentially FTP-unfriendly asset title value that is the default for copy responses. Of course, if your transcode makes something other than a .mov, adjust the parameters above for the file type suffix your transcode produces.