Category Archives: Video
Connect CatDV to PresSTORE and archive media on tape
I am sure you have already heard that Apple discontinued Final Cut Server this week.
As long as you work with FCP 7 and not FCP X, you can still use FCSvr as one of the best DAMs/MAMs available for FCP environments.
Replace Xsan MDC with StorNext MDC
Attention: I don’t grant any liability for the text below. If you try any of the steps described here, on your own, I can’t guarantee that it works for you. So better do this in a test environment. If you do this in a production environment, make sure you got a recent backup of all your data and a time window big enough to recreate your setup incl. the restore of your data.
Use file path and file name elements as searchable FCSvr metadata
Imagine you have hundred thousands of videos and graphics sorted into folders and subfolders and want to move these data into Final Cut Server (FCSvr).
If you create a FCSvr device and copy all these assets onto this device while preserving the folder structure you are used to, and let FCSvr scan this device, then each asset will store its relative path on this device in its metadata.