Apple says Final Cut Server shipping after lengthy delay

Apple on Tuesday announced that Final Cut Server, its new software solution for media asset management and workflow automation announced last year, is finally shipping to customers. Introduced last April at the 2007 National Association of Broadca...

Final Cut Server Released

Section: Apple, Apple News, Software + Apps, Video, Operating Systems, OS-X, WindowsAfter its many delays, Final Cut Server is finally here. Apple’s online store had a short downtime today, and resulted in Final Cut Server being released. After its announcement at the NAB 2007, Final Cut Server is now available from Apple’s online store and Apple retail stores for $999 (10-client), and $1999 (unlimited client licenses). For those that don’t know what I’m talking about, Final Cut Server is “a scaleable server application...allows searching across multiple disks and SAN volumes and enables viewing, annotation and approval of content from anywhere using a PC or Mac®.” The system requirements are as follows: Server: 1.8 G5 PowerPC or an Intel Core Duo, Core 2 Duo or Xeon (Intel recommended) OS X 10.5 or later 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended) AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors—if you need to run a mobile production server, you need to be on a MacBook Pro) 500 MB of disk space Mac Client: 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor 1GB of RAM AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors) A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later QuickTime 7.4.1 or later Java for Mac OS X v10.4 Release 6 or later Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 or later for Final Cut Pro integration 20MB of available disk space Windows Client: A PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Vista 1GB of RAM AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors) A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher QuickTime 7.4.1 or later Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 4 or later 20MB of available disk space The system requirements clearly state that Intel integrated graphics (e.g. GMA 950 or X3100) are not compatible with Final Cut Server. Which is not surprising, considering that Intel’s integrated graphics are not capable of much video rendering or gaming. Most professionals are most likely to be using Mac Pros and MacBook Pros, anyway - so there should be no problems there. Via [TUAW] Full Story » | Written by Stephen Chinnadorai for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Final Cut Server released

After countless delays and the cancellation of Apple's booth at NAB 2008 (which starts next week), many of us assumed Final Cut Server would never materialize. However, today's store-closing Tuesday update changed all of that, and the product is out and available immediately. It's nearly a year late (it was announced at NAB 2007), but we'll take it!Apple's press release describes Final Cut Server as, "a scaleable server application...allows searching across multiple disks and SAN volumes and enables viewing, annotation and approval of content from anywhere using a PC or Mac(R)."The cross-platform nature of the client software is a huge win for production houses that are not fully Mac-ified. Even if your whole production suite is Mac, being able to login from a PC to search media clips or access media from a PC in your Final Cut workflow has great potential.Read on for the rundown of the specs and system requirements for the server and client software.Continue reading Final Cut Server releasedRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Hell freezes over: Final Cut Server now shipping

Well, better extremely late than never… Apple today announced that Final Cut Server, a powerful software solution for media asset management and workflow automation, is now shipping. A scaleable server application, Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets, allows searching across multiple disks and SAN volumes and enables viewing, annotation and approval of [...]

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Final Cut Server Now Shipping

CUPERTINO, California—April 8, 2008—Apple