If you want to export each asset’s metadata from Final Cut Server, the easiest way to do that looks like this:
- Open the FCSvr Admin panel and create a new device, on which we will copy the exported XML files (click to enlarge):
Export asset metadata from Final Cut Server using builtin tools only
Migrating from Final Cut Server
Many of us have been using Apple’s Media Asset Management solution Final Cut Server (FCSvr).
Despite its shortcomings like missing rough cut editor, no native tape support for archives, lack of decent UTF-8 level 3 support when importing and exporting XML files, even today, almost two years after its last update and more than six months after Apple has dropped it, Final Cut Server seems to be the best asset management and workflow automation system for FCP7 clients.
Edit remote files using your local BBEdit app and a secure ssh connection
I need to edit text files sitting on remote machines all the time, and usually the only fast and secure connection I got is an ssh connection.
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