site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Hi Ryan, 0 = Production Name 1 = PSDS etc Scan Source = Device Name Metadata Set = (Whatever you like) An then bang the response into a schedule and you should be good to go. Device Root / Client / Due Date / Production Name Good Luck! - Matt On Jul 15, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Ryan Gallagher wrote: FCSvr Device Directory -------------------------------- | | Production Name Production Name | | PSDS PSDS | | MOTION MOTION | | QUICKTIME QUICKTIME Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. thanks, Ryan _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/matt.m%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.ap... The main tip about Production Scans is that the directory structure count starts from 0. So in your case, you have the following structure: Device Root / Production Name / PSDS / MOTION / QUICKTIME (or maybe you have those last three directories at the same level). SoL As I understand it, you want to create a production for each 'Production Name' folder. And you want that directory to be the same of the title as well. So in the Production Scan you want the following settings: Production Metadata = (Whatever you like), and inside that: Title = [0] (this means that it will fill in the field from the directory at Level 0, which in this case is Production Name) Scan Metadata: Scan Mode = Add Only (you'll also want to make another identical response and make this Full and run it once a day or so) Production Depth = 0 (this means that it will create productions at Level 0, which in this case is Production Name) Recursion Limit = 0 (this means that it will recurse forever, put in a number if you want to limit it) Includes and Excludes = if you like Given the way it works, you can do some interesting things with mapping directory structures to names. Let's say I have a dir structure like this: I could generate productions from Level 2 (Production Name), and map Client, Due Date and Production Name into 3 different fields. And if you want to get fancy, the metadata substitutions also accept regular expression matching, so a directory like Producer Name_Production Title can be mapped into 2 separate fields. I apologize, but the Apple discussion boards are down right now, so I was unable to first check there for a possible answer to my quandary. I have a FCSvr Device and within which I have a specific directory hierarchy for every production: At a scheduled interval I want a "Production Scan" checking for any new or modified assets in the PSDS folder and then importing them into FCSvr and associating them with the appropriate production, which is the name the Parent Directory of each PSDS folder. Mathew Geller's book suggests this is as simple as creating a production scan response and using a number in brackets for the desired meta data fields such as production title. I have tried a number of combinations of different numbers in the brackets with a different number for the production depth field and every attempt thus far only results in the files being imported as assets, but they arn't associated with any productions. This email sent to matt.m@apple.com This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com