Setup and Administration Guide

166 Part II General Administration
3 Click Devices in the column on the left to open the Devices pane.
4 Click the Create button to add a new device.
The Devices window appears.
5 Choose the device type to add from the Device Type pop-up menu:
 Contentbase: A file system unique to Final Cut Server that renames each asset and
places it in a folder that also contains a file with the original name. An advantage of
Contentbase is that you can add files to it without any chance of a filename conflict
(which can be useful when you have many graphics files that share filenames). The
disadvantages are that you cannot create a folder structure and the renamed files
can be difficult to work with outside of Final Cut Server.
Important: The Proxies, Edit Proxies, and Version devices must use the Contentbase file
system. Additionally, Contentbase devices cannot be watched by a watcher automation.
 FTP Server: This device type uses FTP to transfer media to and from it.
 Filesystem: This is the traditional file system used by most computers. It supports
subfolders and normal filenames.
Click the Create button
to add a new device.