User Guide

60 Chapter 3 Organizing and Searching the Final Cut Server Catalog
About Metadata Sets
Final Cut Server comes with several metadata sets. Metadata sets sort the many
metadata fields an asset can contain, including asset project and status metadata. You
can use the various metadata within a metadata set to search, sort, and identify assets
in Final Cut Server.
Each of the metadata sets in Final Cut Server contains specific metadata fields. At
upload, file metadata that is readable by Final Cut Server is copied and entered in any
matching metadata fields in the metadata set that you chose for the asset.
It’s important to understand that metadata sets do not include all of the metadata that
a media file might include. The metadata set picked for the asset at upload and the
method by which the metadata was added to the file are two factors that influence
what metadata is shown in the asset. Thus, an asset can contain metadata that is not
shown in the metadata set, or not shown in Final Cut Server.
If you need to add metadata to Final Cut Server that is not currently being imported
with a file at upload, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.
Note: If you’ve added metadata to a QuickTime file using the default QuickTime
annotation fields, that metadata appears in the QuickTime metadata group of the
Media metadata set. You must assign the asset’s metadata set to Media to view the
QuickTime annotation information; if you apply any other metadata set, the QuickTime
metadata is not visible in the Final Cut Server asset.
Searching in Final Cut Server
You can search the Assets and Productions panes in Final Cut Server. You can also
search available devices and search for jobs performed by Final Cut Server.
After configuring a search, you can save the search, making it available to you with one
click of your mouse.
Note: After entering a search term, the search field remembers the term you last
entered. This makes it simple for you to repeat the search you entered previously.