Comments on: Exporting Assets from Final Cut Server http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:53:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Urs http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/#comment-49 Urs Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:40:20 +0000 http://blog.controlgroup.com/?p=66#comment-49 Sounds good :-) do you develop the sidecar application with ruby on rails? Will your solution be available (open source) or is it something like a proprietary tool? I've installed Apple's Rails web app integration example and it's pretty cool. But a detailed documentation from the side of apple how to modifiy and extend the app would have been nice. Anyway... it's a good reason to start developing with RoR. Sounds good :-) do you develop the sidecar application with ruby on rails? Will your solution be available (open source) or is it something like a proprietary tool?
I’ve installed Apple’s Rails web app integration example and it’s pretty cool. But a detailed documentation from the side of apple how to modifiy and extend the app would have been nice. Anyway… it’s a good reason to start developing with RoR.

]]> By: Charlie Miller http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/#comment-48 Charlie Miller Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:24:40 +0000 http://blog.controlgroup.com/?p=66#comment-48 Urs, we are working with similar limitations of FCSVR... right now, we are working on a project for which we're building a lightweight sidecar application for asset ingest. It integrates with FCSVR via the Read/Write XML responses and the Run External Script Response. It uses its own external database to hold an asset so that metadata can be attached on ingest. Then the asset is ingested into FCSVR, and once the unique asset ID exists, it can be communicated back to the sidecar app, and the related metadata gets attached to the asset in FCSVR. It's a lot of back and forth, but it works. Have you tried Apple's Rails web app integration example? http://images.apple.com/finalcutserver/docs/FinalCutServerIntegrationSample.zip Urs, we are working with similar limitations of FCSVR… right now, we are working on a project for which we’re building a lightweight sidecar application for asset ingest. It integrates with FCSVR via the Read/Write XML responses and the Run External Script Response. It uses its own external database to hold an asset so that metadata can be attached on ingest. Then the asset is ingested into FCSVR, and once the unique asset ID exists, it can be communicated back to the sidecar app, and the related metadata gets attached to the asset in FCSVR. It’s a lot of back and forth, but it works.

Have you tried Apple’s Rails web app integration example?
http://images.apple.com/finalcutserver/docs/FinalCutServerIntegrationSample.zip

]]> By: Urs http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/#comment-47 Urs Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:49:37 +0000 http://blog.controlgroup.com/?p=66#comment-47 what if you wanted to automatically apply metadata to an asset on ingest? I use a website form where users can upload movies (user generated content). In the end, I get 2 files within the watchfolder (1x movie, 1x metadata as xml [user name, user email, ...]). Do you know if there is a way to do this? ...I'm struggling with a .plist solution (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9236116&#9236116) but it seems to be not that easy. what if you wanted to automatically apply metadata to an asset on ingest?
I use a website form where users can upload movies (user generated content). In the end, I get 2 files within the watchfolder (1x movie, 1x metadata as xml [user name, user email, ...]).
Do you know if there is a way to do this?
…I’m struggling with a .plist solution (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9236116&#9236116) but it seems to be not that easy.

]]> By: Charlie Miller http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/#comment-13 Charlie Miller Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:23:04 +0000 http://blog.controlgroup.com/?p=66#comment-13 LS, right now there's no way to get a reimported file to become a representation of an existing asset. It's a software limitation. Could be possible by diving into the underlying PostgreSQL database, but this is not supported (and actively discouraged) by Apple. Hopefully will be possible in a future update! LS, right now there’s no way to get a reimported file to become a representation of an existing asset. It’s a software limitation. Could be possible by diving into the underlying PostgreSQL database, but this is not supported (and actively discouraged) by Apple. Hopefully will be possible in a future update!

]]> By: Last Slice http://blog.controlgroup.com/2009/04/09/exporting-assets-from-final-cut-server/#comment-12 Last Slice Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:53:39 +0000 http://blog.controlgroup.com/?p=66#comment-12 Interesting integration with episode engine. - With the 'watch folder' and reimporting, is there a software limitation with having it appear as a representation of the original asset, or could this be done with a custom script? -LS Interesting integration with episode engine. – With the ‘watch folder’ and reimporting, is there a software limitation with having it appear as a representation of the original asset, or could this be done with a custom script?
-LS

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