Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 Bedienungsanleitung

Final Cut ServerSetup Guide

211About Building a Final Cut Server SystemThis chapter provides a general overview of the pieces you need to install and congure to build your Fina

12Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server SystemThe following illustration shows one way you can set up Final Cut Server.FireWiredeviceClient1C

Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server System13Building a Final Cut Server SystemA Final Cut Server system requires a Mac computer with Mac OS

14Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server SystemStorage Device StrategyBefore you install Final Cut Server, you need to decide how you want to

Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server System15About RAIDs and SANsAlthough Final Cut Server can use a wide variety of local and network volum

16Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server SystemSAN-connected devices are not the only ones that can be congured as edit-in-place devices. How

Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server System17Managing metadata and metadata sets:  A very powerful feature of Final Cut Server is its abi

319Using the InstallerThis chapter explains how to prepare for and run the Final Cut Server Installer.It also gives an overview of how to congure Fin

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20Chapter 3 Using the InstallerDuring the installation process, you must select a customer prole that best describes your intended use of Final Cu

Chapter 3 Using the Installer21Adding Additional Devices and AutomationsStage 4: Final Cut Server sets up several devices and automations by defaul

22Chapter 3 Using the InstallerUpdating Mac OS X and Mac OS X ServerBefore you install Final Cut Server, you must make sure you have the latest ver

Chapter 3 Using the Installer23ToverifyandupgradeApacheonaLeopardServercomputer:Open the Server Admin application.1 Click the disclosure t

24Chapter 3 Using the InstallerSelect the Web item, then click the Overview icon.4 First click Web to configure the web service settings.Verify the

Chapter 3 Using the Installer25Using the Final Cut Server InstallerYou must install Final Cut Server directly on the computer you are using as its

26Chapter 3 Using the InstallerIn the User Information pane, enter the following information, then click Continue 7 when nished:Enter your rst an

Chapter 3 Using the Installer27In the Customer Prole Selection pane that appears, select one of the customer proles, 8 then click Continue when 

28Chapter 3 Using the InstallerFilm Post Production:  This prole is video and still sequence based. It includes provisions for asset creation,

Chapter 3 Using the Installer29Proxy Media Location:  Enter the location to store the proxy les created for the media assets. Keep in mind tha

Contents3 7 Chapter 1: Welcome to Final Cut Server 7 About Final Cut Server 8 About the Final Cut Server Documentation 11 Chapter 2: About Bui

30Chapter 3 Using the InstallerEnable Version Control:  Select this checkbox to congure Final Cut Server to automatically enable version tracki

Chapter 3 Using the Installer31If you are installing Final Cut Server as part of a recovery process in Important: which you will restore the system

32Chapter 3 Using the InstallerRegistering Final Cut ServerAfter you have installed Final Cut Server, you should register it. Registering your Fina

Chapter 3 Using the Installer33Click the Register button.5 The Registration Information dialog opens.Enter your name, organization, address, and em

34Chapter 3 Using the InstallerProductionMetadataSetDetailsFollowing are the details of the production metadata sets installed on Final Cut Ser

Chapter 3 Using the Installer35CommercialProductionMetadataSetThe Commercial production metadata set is used by the Television Station, Educatio

36Chapter 3 Using the InstallerAbout Final Cut Server and CompressorFinal Cut Server relies on Compressor for most of its transcoding needs. These

Chapter 3 Using the Installer37About the This Computer ClusterThe This Computer cluster that Compressor creates when it is installed is used by def

38Chapter 3 Using the InstallerThe This Computer name can be confusing:  You actually choose the cluster to use with Final Cut Server in the Com

Chapter 3 Using the Installer39In the Apple Qmaster System Preferences pane that appears, do the following:3 To make sure that the cluster services

4Contents 43 Chapter4: ConguringSystemPreferences 43 Introduction to Final Cut Server System Preferences 45 General Pane Settings 47 Grou

40Chapter 3 Using the InstallerThe custom QuickCluster is now available in the Compressor Preferences pane of the Final Cut Server client’s Adminis

Chapter 3 Using the Installer41About Updating Your LicenseUpdating your Final Cut Server license is done through Final Cut Server System Preference

42Chapter 3 Using the InstallerClick the Update License button.4 Click Update License to enter a new serial number.A pane appears for you to enter

443ConguringSystemPreferencesAfter you have installed Final Cut Server, you can continue its setup by conguring Final Cut Server System Preference

44Chapter 4 Conguring System PreferencesTovieworchangeFinalCutServerSystemPreferences:Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.1 In the O

Chapter 4 Conguring System Preferences45General Pane SettingsThe General pane includes a variety of basic Final Cut Server settings. Most of these

46Chapter 4 Conguring System PreferencesOutgoing Mail Server (SMTP):  Enter the name of the outgoing SMTP server used to send all emails. Final

Chapter 4 Conguring System Preferences47Group Permissions Pane SettingsYou use the Group Permissions pane to choose the Mac OS X groups that can a

48Chapter 4 Conguring System PreferencesTo add a group and assign a permission set to it:Click the Add (+) button.1 If necessary, click the lock i

Chapter 4 Conguring System Preferences49Devices Pane SettingsDevices are storage locations where Final Cut Server can interact with assets and pro

Contents5 97 Chapter 7: Using Automation Setup Assistant 97 About Creating Automations 98 About the Default Automations 99 Creating Automatio

50Chapter 4 Conguring System PreferencesAutomations Pane SettingsThe Automations pane allows you to create, edit, and enable watchers and subscrip

Chapter 4 Conguring System Preferences51There are two types of automations you can congure with the Automation pane’s Automation Setup Assistant:

52Chapter 4 Conguring System PreferencesThe installer creates default watchers and subscriptions based on the customer prole you selected. Follow

Chapter 4 Conguring System Preferences53Backup Pane SettingsThe Backup pane allows you to create backup les for the Final Cut Server database con

555Adding Users and GroupsThis chapter explains the dierent ways you can add users and groups to Final Cut Server.This chapter covers the most commo

56Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsThe actual creation of the groups and users can be done on a separate server computer using Mac OS X Open Direct

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups57General Workow for Creating Users and GroupsCreating groups and users for Final Cut Server involves these steps

58Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsCreating Users in the Accounts Pane of System PreferencesThe Accounts pane of System Preferences contains all th

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups59The Accounts pane appears. To make any changes to the Accounts pane, you must rst authenticate yourself by clic

60Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsCreating UsersCreating local users in the Accounts pane requires you to enter the user name and password and mak

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups61Administrator:  An administrator can create and delete accounts, install software, change system settings, an

62Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsCreating Groups and Setting Their MembershipCreating local groups in the Accounts pane requires you to enter a g

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups63Tosetthemembersofagroup:Click the group’s name in the accounts list.1 Select the checkboxes of all user ac

64Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsCreating Users with the Mac OS X Server Workgroup ManagerMac OS X Server Workgroup Manager is located in the App

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups65Creating UsersCreating local users in Workgroup Manager requires you to enter the user name and password and mak

66Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsSet other attributes as needed.7 Click Save.8 The new user appears in the accounts list. You can modify an exist

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups67Adding Users to a GroupAfter you have created user and group accounts, you can add users to the groups.To add us

68Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsClick the Add (+) button.4 A drawer opens with a list of user accounts.You can click the drawer’s globe to selec

Chapter 5 Adding Users and Groups69TomodifytheFinalCutServerSettingspreferencele:Log in as the root user.1 In the Terminal application, ru

17Welcome to Final Cut ServerFinal Cut Server is extremely exible and congurable. It is also designed to become fully functional quickly, allowing y

70Chapter 5 Adding Users and GroupsClick Stop to shut down Final Cut Server.7 Click Start to start Final Cut Server.8 You can now add the Windows A

8Chapter 1 Welcome to Final Cut ServerAbout the Final Cut Server DocumentationFinal Cut Server comes with various documentation that will help you

Chapter 1 Welcome to Final Cut Server9Additional ResourcesAlong with the documentation that comes with Final Cut Server, there are a variety of oth