Cancel Checkout

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Cancel Checkout

I checked out a project, did extensive work on it and then tried to check it back in. I get this message:
"Unmodified Project
JHWVote2.fcp has not changed since it was checked out.
To proceed, either select the "Cancel Check Out" option or review the project in Final Cut Pro 6.0.4 or later"

I cannot find a "Cancel Checkout" command anywhere and a search of the documentation came up with nothing under that phrase.

dual 2.8 Gig Quad Core Xenon, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 7:10 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2010 5:32 PM in response to RicM

The Cancel Checkout command is available from the shortcut menu on items you have checked out.

Did you save your changes? To the same place you checked the project out to?

If not, copy the file you were editing to the place FCSvr thinks it should be and try to check it in again.

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Answer 2

RicM Author

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Oct 22, 2010 7:42 PM in response to John F. Whitehead

Yes indeedy I did find a second copy of he project file in a different location. When I saved the altered project over that second one it checked back in as expected. This leads me to the great mystery of FCS, which is the directory structure of where, exactly it puts things, and how I should manage them on my clients. It seems that FCS was designed to be run by an "all knowing" administrator, and based, maybe, just guessing here, on a convention of server/client protocol that I am not fluent in. That's where I need help.

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Answer 3

Oct 22, 2010 8:43 PM in response to RicM

Although some parts of Final Cut Server require administrator guidance, the checkout procedure is controlled by the client.

By default (with each new session) Final Cut Server tries to check out the project file to the user's home directory. At that time the user can change the destination location to anywhere they want, and Final Cut Server will remember this location for when it needs to check the file back in.

Then when the user tries to check in the file, Final Cut Server will look in that original checkout location. If you have copied it somewhere and edited the copy, the original won't have changed, which is what happened to you. If you have moved it from that original location, it will give a file not found error.

It is best to check it out to where you will edit it--don't copy or move it. Many people use the Desktop as the destination so they won't lose track of it.

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RicM Author

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Oct 23, 2010 5:13 AM in response to John F. Whitehead

Thank you John. I moved the whole project from the "user" directory to an external hard drive because I was told that it was a good idea to have the media on a different drive than the FCP application somewhere along the line.

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Answer 5

Oct 24, 2010 8:55 PM in response to RicM

Where the project file is doesn't matter performance-wise.

Performance is indeed better if the media is on a second internal drive rather than on the system (OS/apps) drive.

But having the media on an external drive via FireWire may very well be slower than having it all on a single internal drive, depending on your drive & project characteristics.

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