RicM
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Q: Getting rid of EditProxies

As I have learned more about the workflow with FCSvr I realize that the whole process of creating Edit Proxies is, in many cases, a waste of time and resources for us. Because we shoot on HDV, the original media and the ProRes422(Proxy) edit proxies are roughly the same size and quality, therefore becoming a useless duplication. I would like to dump the previous editproxies from that bundle, but retain the links to the poster frame, and viewing proxy. I tried deleteing the specific file from the EditProxy.bundle but the other material now shows as "file missing". Any ideas?

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

Posted on Mar 29, 2011 10:30 AM

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Q: Getting rid of EditProxies

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  • by Lukas Eklund,

    Lukas Eklund Lukas Eklund Mar 29, 2011 12:15 PM in response to RicM
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    Mar 29, 2011 12:15 PM in response to RicM
    I've deleted proxies using the command line tool.

    1. use the search command to find the asset id
    2. use listparentlinks to get the id of the proxy
    3. use delete to delete the proxy

    example:

    [zaphod(~/bin)] fcsvr_client search --verbose --crit test42 --limit 1 /asset | grep Address
    Address: /asset/27019
    [zaphod(~/bin)] fcsvr_client listparentlinks /asset/27019
    Original Media(2): /dev/32/123864_test42.mov
     DESC_PATH: 
     DESC_SIZE: 779069299
     DESC_TYPE: Video - QuickTime
     DESC_TITLE: test42.mov
     DESC_DEVICE: Clips (contentbase)
     DESCDEVICEADDRESS: /dev/32
     DESC_STATUS: ok

    Thumbnail(5): /dev/1/123866_test42.jpg
     DESC_PATH: 
     DESC_SIZE: 14493
     DESC_TYPE: Image - JPEG
     DESC_TITLE: test42.jpg
     DESC_DEVICE: Proxies
     DESCDEVICEADDRESS: /dev/1
     DESC_STATUS: ok

    Poster Frame(6): /dev/1/123867_test42.jpg
     DESC_PATH: 
     DESC_SIZE: 74909
     DESC_TYPE: Image - JPEG
     DESC_TITLE: test42.jpg
     DESC_DEVICE: Proxies
     DESCDEVICEADDRESS: /dev/1
     DESC_STATUS: ok

    Proxy(4): /dev/1/123868_test42.mov
     DESC_PATH: 
     DESC_SIZE: 14851749
     DESC_TYPE: Video - QuickTime
     DESC_TITLE: test42.mov
     DESC_DEVICE: Proxies
     DESCDEVICEADDRESS: /dev/1
     DESC_STATUS: ok
    [zaphod(~/bin)] sudo ./fcsvr_client delete --confirm /dev/1/123868_test42.mov
    Deleted from the Final Cut Server catalog: 
    media object (1)


    This assumes some basic knowledge of the command line tool. I've also symlinked the binary to a local bin directory to save time.

    Lukas