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- CatDV Server 7.1 Manual
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- CatDV Worker 5 Manual
- CatDV Worker 6 Manual
- Getting Started
- Configuring the Worker
- Configuring the Worker
- Work Sets and Watch Actions
- File Triggered Tasks
- Pre-Processing
- Importing Media Files
- Automatically keeping catalogs in sync with a disk or folder
- CatDV XML batch files (v1)
- New CatDV XML files (v2)
- Metadata Extraction Rules
- Exporting watch definitions
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- Specifying a Root Folder
- Job Definitions
- Variable expressions
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- Naming Files
- Transcoding
- Exporting Stills
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- Amazon Plug In
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- Adobe Premiere Integration
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- Live HTML Publisher
- Installing Live HTML Publisher
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- Introduction
- Installation on Apache Tomcat
- Installation under Oracle OC4J
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- Upgrading Live HTML Publisher
- Troubleshooting
- Overview
- Customising JSPs
- CatDV Tag Library
- Displaying Objects and Lists
- Configuring Live HTML Publisher
- Live Capture Plus
- Tricaster Plug-in
- CatDV ADA Archive Additions
- CatDV StorNext Archive Additons
- CATDV TUTORIALS
- Video Tutorials
- Tutorials
- Media Formats
- Ingest
- Transcoding
- Getting Organized
- Getting started with CatDV
- Benefits of CatDV catalogs
- Setting up Custom Metadata
- Ensuring Consistency: Picklists
- Customising Catalog Display
- Customising Event Markers
- Customising Metadata Display
- Verbatim Logging with CatDV
- Customising Clip Previews
- Managing Thumbnails
- Adding OSX colour tags to files using a Worker action
- Consumer Digital Photo Workflow
- The Bulk Edit Tool
- CatDV Pegasus
- Editing and Finishing
- Collaborative Workflow
- Media Delivery
- Archiving
- Technical Topics
- Using the Server Control Panel
- Setting Proxy Paths
- Desktop Streaming Proxies
- Migration to CatDV
- Large Metadata fields
- Printing CatDV Preferences
- CatDV Web Access via a DMZ
- Guidance on Filenames
- Optimizing Tables in MySQL
- Fixing Worker Command Failures
- Guidance on running CatDV Server in a VMware virtual environment
- Resilience & Housekeeping
- Technical Support
- FAQs
- All FAQs
- Catdv on Windows with apple QuickTime
- Server 7 Upgrade Procedure
- Server 7 Web Proxy Path Mappings
- Server 7 Upgrade Procedure
- Adobe Premiere Panel Plug-in Manual Installation Guide
- Removing CatDV Server from OSX
- Auto-starting MySQL on Yosemite
- MySQL Permissions Fix
- MPEG2 Playback Disabled
- Limitations when using CatDV Clients inside Virtual Machines
- CatDV on Yosemite (OSX 10.10)
- Shellshocker bash vulnerability
- Send to Adobe CC 2014 not working
- CatDV and Heartbleed
- Can’t find Quicktime for Java
- XDCAM/AVC playback problems
- CatDV on OSX 10.9 Mavericks
- Dates prior to 1970
- Cache-A “Failed to Get Drive List”
- Proxy Path Searching
- Location of Log Files
- Clip Viewer plays black video
- Worker Tips
- Java Security Issues
- Exporting Logs to Support
- Failed to Get Clips: 500
- Working with AVCHD .mts files
- CatDV on a PowerPC Mac’
- playing RED .r3d files
- Troubleshooting Web Client Proxies
- Worker Repeating Actions
- Unknown Type 49
- Pink and Green Stripes
- Problems with Cache-A
- Third Party Codec Crashes
- Remote Installation
- Slow Database Startup
- CatDV Pro is damaged …
- Client
- Catdv on Windows with apple QuickTime
- MPEG2 Playback Disabled
- Limitations when using CatDV Clients inside Virtual Machines
- CatDV on Yosemite (OSX 10.10)
- Shellshocker bash vulnerability
- Send to Adobe CC 2014 not working
- CatDV and Heartbleed
- Can’t find Quicktime for Java
- XDCAM/AVC playback problems
- CatDV on OSX 10.9 Mavericks
- Dates prior to 1970
- Cache-A “Failed to Get Drive List”
- Proxy Path Searching
- Location of Log Files
- Exporting Logs to Support
- Working with AVCHD .mts files
- CatDV on a PowerPC Mac’
- playing RED .r3d files
- Unknown Type 49
- Pink and Green Stripes
- Problems with Cache-A
- Third Party Codec Crashes
- CatDV Pro is damaged …
- Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit Will Not Install
- Server
- Server 7 Upgrade Procedure
- Server 7 Web Proxy Path Mappings
- Adobe Premiere Panel Plug-in Manual Installation Guide
- Removing CatDV Server from OSX
- Auto-starting MySQL on Yosemite
- MySQL Permissions Fix
- Limitations when using CatDV Clients inside Virtual Machines
- CatDV on Yosemite (OSX 10.10)
- Shellshocker bash vulnerability
- Send to Adobe CC 2014 not working
- CatDV and Heartbleed
- Exporting Logs to Support
- Remote Installation
- Slow Database Startup
- Glacier Vault
- Worker
- Limitations when using CatDV Clients inside Virtual Machines
- CatDV on Yosemite (OSX 10.10)
- Shellshocker bash vulnerability
- Send to Adobe CC 2014 not working
- CatDV and Heartbleed
- Proxy Path Searching
- Location of Log Files
- Worker Tips
- Exporting Logs to Support
- Worker Repeating Actions
- Unknown Type 49
- Problems with Cache-A
- Third Party Codec Crashes
- Worker Backup Plugin
- Web
- Server 7 Upgrade Procedure
- Server 7 Web Proxy Path Mappings
- Limitations when using CatDV Clients inside Virtual Machines
- CatDV on Yosemite (OSX 10.10)
- Shellshocker bash vulnerability
- Send to Adobe CC 2014 not working
- CatDV and Heartbleed
- Exporting Logs to Support
- Failed to Get Clips: 500
- Troubleshooting Web Client Proxies
- Web Proxy Support Page
- All FAQs
Proxy files are low res copies of the media imported into CatDV. The benefit of using proxy files instead of the full res media is they do not require a high speed network in order to play back the files. Allowing all users to access and playback clips not just edit stations connected to the high res media. Via fibre or high speed networks.
You can also copy the proxy files to a small firewire drive or your desktop allowing you to continue logging on location while the rushes are sent back to the edit suites for ingest and backup.
These proxy files are stored in a different location to the Hi Res files, this separate location can be anywhere on a drive or network. You decide the proxy folder location. However we need to tell CatDV where this proxy folder is located in order for CatDV to access the proxy files to playback.
Create a folder in the desired location, name it ‘CatDV Proxies’. Leave the contents of this file empty. Do not create this folder within your Hi Res media folder it must be located outside preferably at Root level to the storage system and give all users read/write access.
Within CatDV locate the preferences menu and select Media Search Paths.
Path- based proxies is where you select the location of your ‘CatDV Proxies” folder. Click the + icon and in the Original Location box press Choose and navigate to the location of the Hi Res Media folder (The folder containing all your Hi Res Media).
In the lower box called Proxy path navigate to the ‘CatDV Proxies’ Folder and select choose to select this folder.
In the Original full-res media option press the + icon and in the lower box navigate to the current location of your Hi Res Media files directory and press choose.
CatDV will automatically create a dynamic link between the folder structure of your Hi Res files and place this inside the ‘CatDV Proxies’ folder.
If you add new media to your storage and import to CatDV always point the proxy files to your ‘CatDV Proxies’ folder.
When you have generated your Proxy Files the Proxy Tab in the CatDV Clip Viewer will display Proxy in bold white text, it will be grey if the Proxy file is not available.
See this FAQ for further information on the locations CatDV searches when finding proxy paths.