Automatic Asset Cataloging
Scanning support for:
Local file systems
AFP network shares
SMB/CIFS network shares
FTP servers
Xsan storage volumes
SAN storage volumes (when attached as local shares)
Full, purge, and add-only scans with include and exclude wildcards
Production scans to create Productions for each folder in a file system hierarchy
Automatic thumbnail, poster frame, and browse proxy creation
Resolution options for thumbnails, poster frames, and browse proxies
Preference setting to create ProRes 422 edit proxies for Final Cut Pro at the same time as browse proxies

Search Tools
Simple text search
Contains
Matches Word
Advanced keyword searching with Boolean - and + operators
Advanced metadata field searching
Text: Equals, Not Equals, Not Equal and Not Blank, Contains, Begins With, Ends With, Contains
Numbers: =, <, >, <=, >=, !=
Users: Me, User (specific), Others
Date: Last 2 Hours, Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, Last 31 Days, Before, After, All
Asset status: Approved, Completed, In Progress, New, Ready for Editing, Ready for Review, Rejected
Search All Jobs
Search Devices
Automatically populated Smart Search folders
Simple text or advanced (filtered) searches
Search assets or Productions

Access Controls
Open Directory or Local User group mapping
User-definable permission sets with:
Asset Filters
Production Filters
Device Permissions

Multiformat Delivery Through Compressor
Copy Compressor video in/out
Add graphics format support
Other file types (see “File Format Support”)
Save and name templates for Compressor batch processes
File Format Support (Scanning)
Final Cut Studio applications
Final Cut Pro projects (.fcp)
Soundtrack Pro project and audio files (.stap and .stmp)
Motion projects (.motn)
DVD Studio Pro projects (.dspproj)
iWork applications
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
Other document formats
Final Cut Server catalogs virtually any document type, including Microsoft Office files. It provides a generic icon in the catalog for document types it does not have default icons for.

Workflow Automation
Event subscriptions
Assets
Jobs
Productions
System Messages
Event responses
Check the disk space of the database volume
Clean Jobs
Clean Logs
Copy
Delete
Email
Log
Measure Database Size
Monitor Scan
Move to Archive
Purge Subscriptions
Read XML
Restore from Archive
Run an external script or command
Scan (assets)
Scan Productions
Search Expired (for scheduled events)
Set Asset Metadata
Set Production Metadata
Write XML
Scheduled events
Day
Week
Time of day
Periodically
Watchers (watched folders)
Poll
Subscription

Facility Workflow Templates
Television Station
Video Production
Film Post-Production
Education
Other

Input Video Formats (Compressor)
QuickTime
Apple ProRes 422
Animation
BMP
Video
Cinepak
DV
DVCPRO
DVCPRO HD
H.261
H.263
H.264
JPEG 2000
M-JPEG A
M-JPEG B
Photo JPEG
Planar RGB
PNG
Sorenson 2
Sorenson 3
TGA
Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit video
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
Elementary
Program
MPEG-4
Input Audio Formats (Compressor)
QuickTime
AIFF
Sound Designer
WAV
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
Soundtrack Pro STAP

Output Video Formats (Compressor)
AVI
QuickTime
Animation
Apple Pixlet
BMP
Video
Cinepak
DV
DVCPRO
H.261
H.263
H.264
JPEG 2000
M-JPEG A
M-JPEG B
Photo JPEG
Planar RGB
PNG
Sorenson 2
Sorenson 3
TGA
Video
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
Elementary
Transport
Program
MPEG-4
M4V
M4A
MP4
Sequential TIFF and TGA
3G (3GPP)

Output Audio Formats (Compressor)
QuickTime
AIFF (PCM)
AAC
Alaw 2:1
Dolby Digital Professional (DVD Studio Pro 4 and Final Cut Studio only)
IMA 4:1
Linear PCM
MACE 3:1
MACE 6:1 QDesign Music 2
Qualcomm PureVoice
uLAW 2:1
Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2.0 and 5.1 surround sound
MP3

Collaboration Features
Asset check-in and check-out
Final Cut Pro project check-in and check-out
Keep Media with Project option for Final Cut Pro project check-out (to store related media locally)
Prepare for Disconnected Use (for working while disconnected from the Final Cut Server network)
Network and Edit in Place devices
Track asset progress using Status metadata
Asset and project versioning with version comments (comment, author, date)
Clip Annotation tool with annotation, user, timestamp, and in/out points
Status notification emails
Configurable review and approval

System requirements:

Server software
A Mac computer with a 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor (Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor recommended)
2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
Mac OS X v10.5 or later
QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
A CD drive for installation
500MB of available disk space
Client software for Mac computers
A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
1GB of RAM
A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
Java for Mac OS X v10.4 Release 6 or later
Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 or later for Final Cut Pro integration
20MB of available disk space

Client software for Windows-based computers

• A PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
  
• 1GB of RAM
  
• AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
  
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
  
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
  
• Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 4 or later
  
• 20MB of available disk space

Video, audio, and graphics file formats

Animation NTSC
Animation NTSC Alpha
Animation PAL
Animation PAL Alpha
Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)
Apple ProRes 422
Apple ProRes 422 Clip Edit Proxy
Apple ProRes 422 for Interlaced Material
Apple ProRes 422 for Interlaced Material (High Quality)
Apple ProRes 422 for Progressive Material
Apple ProRes 422 for Progressive Material (High Quality)
BMP
Dolby Digital Professional (Auto)
Dolby Digital Professional 2.0
Dolby Digital Professional 5.1
DV NTSC
DV NTSC 4:3
DV NTSC Anamorphic
DV PAL
DV PAL 4:3
DV PAL Anamorphic
DVCPRO HD 1080i50
DVCPRO HD 1080i50 with audio pass-through
DVCPRO HD 1080i60
DVCPRO HD 1080i60 with audio pass-through
DVCPRO HD 720p60
DVCPRO HD 720p60 with audio pass-through
DVCPRO HD NTSC
DVCPRO NTSC Anamorphic
DVCPRO HD PAL
DVCPRO PAL Anamorphic
Elementary Stream
H.264
H.264 Webcasting
H.264 10.3 Mbps
H.264 100 Kbps
H.264 100 Kbps Streaming
H.264 300 Kbps
H.264 300 Kbps Streaming
H.264 40 Kbps
H.264 40 Kbps Streaming
H.264 6.75 Mbps
H.264 800 Kbps
H.264 800 Kbps Streaming
H.264 for Apple TV
H.264 for iPod Video and iPhone 320x240 (QVGA)
H.264 for iPod Video and iPhone 640x480
H.264 for Video Podcasting
H.264 LAN
H.264 LAN Streaming
HD MPEG-2 19.0 Mbps
HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080i50
HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080i60
HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080p24
HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080i50
HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080i60
HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080p24
HDV 1080i50
HDV 1080i60
HDV 720p30
JPEG
JPEG 100 NTSC
JPEG 100 PAL
JPEG 75 NTSC
JPEG 75 PAL
JPEG Frame Proxy
JPEG Thumbnail Proxy
MP3 for Audio Podcasting
MPEG-1
MPEG-1 DVD 1.85 Mbps
MPEG-1 for DVD
MPEG-2 3.7 Mbps 1-pass
MPEG-2 3.7 Mbps 2-pass
MPEG-2 5.0 Mbps 1-pass
MPEG-2 5.0 Mbps 2-pass
MPEG-2 6.4 Mbps 1-pass
MPEG-2 6.2 Mbps 2-pass
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 Webcasting
MPEG-4 800 Kbps
MPEG-4 800 Kbps Streaming
MPEG-4 Clip Proxy
MPEG-4 LAN
MPEG-4 LAN Streaming
Photo JPEG 100 NTSC
Photo JPEG 100 PAL
Photo JPEG 75 NTSC
Photo JPEG 75 PAL
Photoshop
Pixlet NTSC
Pixlet PAL
PNG
Program Stream
QuickTime H.264 Clip Proxy
QuickTime Offline RT Clip Proxy
QuickTime Surround 5.1
SD 10-bit Uncompressed NTSC
SD 10-bit Uncompressed PAL
SD 8-bit Uncompressed NTSC
SD 8-bit Uncompressed PAL
Targa
TIFF
Transport Stream
Uncompressed 10-bit
Uncompressed 8-bit
XDCAM HD 1080i50
XDCAM HD 1080i60
XDCAM HD 1080p24
XDCAM HD 1080p25
XDCAM HD 1080p30

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