The pandemic has forced us to turn to the internet for access of information like never before, digital libraries have become a necessity, schools turn to online distance learning, and most importantly, it is where we find our spiritual resources.

For this reason, the digitization of all the John-Roger legacy content along with John Morton’s content, is now more important than ever.  We are very proud that this archiving process was at the top of the priority list way before it became a true necessity.

Since the end of spring, 354 masters (and counting) have been digitized for the first time.  As these tape masters come out of the climate controlled vault, they are escorted to highly skilled professionals that are ingesting the contents of these tapes to create a digital master, plus an editorial file, and a high quality proxy -or viewing/working copy. The images below are just a snapshot of a bigger picture that is quite satisfying, while daunting in scope.

These digital masters will enjoy a long sleep in the Deep Cloud storage, while our proxy files will be easily accessible in our new Digital Asset Management system (DAM). The NOW Productions editors and post production staff will be able to edit and create content right in the DAM, a dream come true!

By using artificial intelligence (AI), the DAM can also create a time-coded transcript. It’s crazy to watch the system typing every word automatically as the video of our Travelers plays, right on our screen!

But, while smart, AI won’t get all the MSIA lingo right at all times; Prana becomes Piranha, etc. It can be quite entertaining!

 

As J-R says,

Start with one thing.  And when you have succeeded with that, you may decide to take on the next. – John-Roger, NDH Q&A, July 2003

Until next month!  Be safe, and God bless us all.