Final Cut Server metadata
by Jethro Wright
on
Jun 4, 2009 at 1:42:20 pm
Hi there
I just wanted to ask about the metadata side of FCS
Is it possible to edit the FCS metadata library using an external application?
OR
Is there a way to run an API that will communicate with FCS metadata library so if you have a web platform you can add metadata to it and paralled update your FCS library?
Re: Final Cut Server metadata by Nicholas Stokes on Jun 7, 2009 at 6:13:33 pm
Currently the only Apple support mechanisms for updating the metadata of an asset catalogued and managed by Final Cut Server is to use FCSvr's WriteXML response.
If you have FCSvr execute a WriteXML response, which inturn outputs a XML file describing the asset, you can have a web application parse this information and extract any metadata stored about this asset.
Want to update metadata for an asset from an external application, execute Final Cut Server's ReadXML response. This will append / update the metadata of asset.
There are other ways to view, edit, and create metadata by either interacting directly with Final Cut Server's Postgres DB, and/or reverse engineering the Final Cut Server command line tools, but all of the later approach are completely unsupported by Apple and could cause serious damage to a live production DB unless you know actually what you're doing and what the effects are to changes that you make.
