Active Storage has posted a number of videos about their products to their YouTube channel. They can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/activestoragevideos

Final Cut Server 1.5.2 was released today. The release notes are as follows:

• Fixes an issues that blocked the use of a transcode setting for the Matrox CompressHD H.264 encoding card.
• Fixes an expiring Java certificate in the Final Cut Server Java Client Fixes

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On Monday, Active Storage announced a couple of new options that a lot of us might be pretty interested in. The first is Active Stats, a monitoring and troubleshooting tool being debuted at NAB. For the press release on Active Stats:
http://www.getactivestorage.com/pr041210-2.php

The second is Innerpool, a card capable of hosting metadata storage for Xsan on SSDs embedded on the card. The card can then be installed in an Xserve. Using Innerpool you can free up those LUNs of Fibre Channel storage currently wasting away. Pretty interesting. For more see the press release at:
http://www.getactivestorage.com/pr041210-1.php

Pro Applications Update 2010-01 improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio.

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL949

Issues addressed in this update include the following.

Final Cut Pro

Fixes an issue with clip duration when removing reverse speed.

Fixes an issue with the Log and Capture window that could prevent the window from closing. Fixes an issue with HDV to Apple ProRes capture via FireWire creating a QuickTime movie with no extension in the Finder.

Cinema Tools

Fixes an issue with importing telecine logs.

Motion
Fixes stability issues when using Motion on computers with limited graphics or system memory. Addresses issues with filters returning rendered results at lower quality. Fixes an issue with the Checkerboard generator rendering incorrectly in 3D. Corrects an image corruption problem when rendering complex projects in 32-bit float after applying a motion blur. Fixes issues with aspect ratios of shapes in projects created by choosing File > Import as Project. Improves the rendering precision of intersecting objects in some 3D scenes.


Compressor

Corrects disk size limitation messages when burning a project to an AVCHD dual-layer disc. Fixes issues with long chapter names and titles not appearing correctly in disc templates. Fixes issues when inserting a DVD-R or BD-RE disc with data already present. Addresses issues with saving and changing music channels and video using surround sound. Corrects color shift when transcoding image sequences. Fixes an issue with WAV audio files when transcoding an image sequence. Addresses an issue with upload to MobileMe with files containing reserved characters. Corrects a problem when burning a Blu-ray or DVD disc from a Final Cut Pro sequence with 5.1 surround sound. Fixes an issue with display of password-protected movies on iPhone. Addresses a pixel aspect ratio compatibility issue. Improves stability when processing large batches.

Color

Fixes an issue with CFX nodes not being imported when choosing File > Import > Color Corrections. Addresses several problems with the loading and processing of trackers. Fixes an issue with the green channel on video scopes displaying an incorrect value. For more detailed information about the changes in an application, choose Release Notes from the application's Help menu.