14 DAY TRIAL // Upon releasing Final Cut Server 1.5.1 to the public yesterday, Apple instructed those who wanted to learn more about the update to use the application’s Help menu. There, Apple said, lie the full length release notes for the new version of the software. Later, the company decided to make those notes public as well, by posting a Support document online entitled “Final Cut Server 1.5.1: Release notes”.
The respective document contains release information about Final Cut Server 1.5.1. It lists what Apple refers to as “some improvements included in the Final Cut Server 1.5.1 update.” The Mac maker earlier mentioned that Final Cut Server 1.5.1 was a revision to Final Cut Server 1.5.
The notes have been reproduced below, in their entirety. Final Cut Server users should note that, in order to run the latest version of the software, Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) or Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) is required.
· Fixes possible slowdown in the check in and check out process. This improves the time taken to check in or check out Final Cut projects, particularly for projects containing lots of files. · Fixes status display in the Downloads & Uploads window. Category is now set to "[None]" by default rather than "Other" when performing an upload. · Corrects aspect ratio on thumbnails for anamorphic clips. Thumbnails for clips marked with an anamorphic flag are now displayed correctly and not with a default 4:3 aspect ratio. · Locked assets are now skipped in the archive process. This fixes an issue in which Final Cut Server would freeze when attempting to archive multiple locked files. Now locked files are not archived by an archive command. · Fixes archiving and restore for bundle assets. This fixes an issue that prevented archiving scripts from operating on bundle assets, and corrects an issue in which the filetype extension for non-folder-based bundle assets were lost after restoring from archive. This also ensures that restoring a bundle to a volume that has insufficient space will terminate without leaving a partially copied bundle behind. · Improves reliability of adding and removing archive devices. This corrects an issue with Final Cut Server archiving to an unmounted archive device whereby a local folder was created for the archive. Now the archive process does not complete and gives an alert indicating that the archive device is unmounted. · This release also contains a significant number of smaller fixes aimed at improving the overall stability of the application.
The Cupertino, California-based electronics maker encourages those who need even more information about Final Cut Server to visit its web site at www.apple.com/finalcutserver. Existing users can update to the latest version by using the download link below. Download Final Cut Server Update (Free)