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Advanced Command-Line Tasks
Now that you've looked at some of the basic features of fcsvr_client, let's look at some
of the more advanced things you can accomplish using fcsvr_client. Sometimes, an
automation can become “stuck” and thus prevent any other automations (watchers or
subscriptions) from working. This is because Final Cut Server queues these automation
events in the database, and they are fired off sequentially. So if one gets stuck, it blocks the
execution of others. To remedy this, you can run the following command: sudo fcsvr_client
flush_response_queue .
Note that if you have other events in the queue, they will be removed as well.
Lesson Review
1.
What happens when you select the Reset Production Metadata checkbox?
2.
What are two applications for mapping specific bits of a directory name into separate
metadata fields?
3.
What is the most important contributing factor to optimization of large databases?
4.
What is the advantage of using fcsvr_client binaries instead of the client application
when searching assets?
5.
How do you get access to all of the metadata for a given asset when working with
fcsvr_client?
Answers
1.
Existing productions are forced to have their metadata remapped and updated
accordingly the next time a production scan is run.
2.
It can be used as a building block for designing a naming convention, or as a founda-
tion for building out more complex regular expressions.
3.
Having adequate system RAM.
4.
Once you get the Asset ID for the asset you want you can output the metadata as
XML or parse it into another system.
5.
Export the information outputted as XML.
 
 
 
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