Metadata Mapping from QT? or FCP

Hi all,
Has anyone been able to add a Description (or custom field) to a QT.mov and have it show up in FCSvr? then be able to Map it to other Fields in FCSvr?
My situation is - I have some text that I need to either add to QT files or FCP (Description, Log Note, Comment 1 etc) and have it show up in FCSvr in a custom field (or any field to be honest!). I am trying to avoid having to manually enter it for every clip when adding to FCSvr.
Any ideas?
If the text is in Log Note (FCP) and I add that FCP Project to FCSvr with logNote (Dynamic) mapped to MyText (Custom) should that work? But I would like to know of any success mapping from QT files too.
Cheers

We are experiencing the same issue. We log in Pilotware which allows us to export to FC Pro fine. All metadata comes across including description...all this info will show up in the bin. When we move the same project to FC Server the project shows up---if you open the project all of the logged clips are there as well - HOWEVER - if you search for one of the clips OUTSIDE the project and open it up it doesn't contain the same metadata that is carried when the clip is opened within the project. Now if you delete the project and keep the clips all the metadata goes away.
The problem with the description metadata being associated with the project is that if you do a search for something it is possible you will get as a result multiple projects. THEN you have to search EACH project individually with the same criteria to find you clips. Not a very good way to search.
We have also been unsuccessful with getting the FIAN CUT PRO LOGGING metadata group to list with a scanned asset (not asccociated with a project) as that has the info we want - INCLUDING REEL.
We also see that the REEL metadata must be embedded within the QT file from FCP because I can drag the QT file from the Mac into the FCP browser and reveal the REEL number. this will happen for a new or old project whereas the description field will only show up in the project that it was created in.
We have not been able to figure how map metadata from the reel name to a useable field in FC Server.

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