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The targets of Transfer Quality Control are clear:
- Organizations do not want to re-digitize their huge archive collections because of having introduced new errors during transfer.
- While errors within the signal of the tape may be interesting – they are irrelevant for the correct preservation process.
- No new error must be introduced for an optimal preservation process!
By utilizing precise technical input data in conjunction with sophisticated algorithmically generated analysis data, a proficient QC operator can depend on exceptionally accurate indicators (azimuth, correlation, peak, bandwidth, noise-floor, BLER (DAT), interpolations (DAT&CD), optical analysis of the tape, E32 errors (CD), RF readout, Channel Condition Data (ISR), and more).
This ensures that reviewing 60 minutes of digitized content in just 60 seconds is not only achievable but also assured.
Preservation projects involve more than mere digitization. They are multifaceted endeavors with various processing stages, including selection and prioritization, inventory, cleaning and preparation, digitization, quality control, approval processes, cataloging, descriptive metadata, and archiving.
jobDB can track the physical location of carriers with precision, down to multiple levels of granularity, including room and last/current location position.
Organizing batches within process containers provides an excellent overview of the progress of dedicated batches.
Process containers also offer a significant advantage in enhancing efficiency, particularly when transporting large batches of carriers through a factory.
jobDB organizes your archive in Projects / Collections / Carriers / Root Parts (Ingest, Merge, Registration, Custom) and Outgest Parts.
A Project can be the client you work for, the specific department within your company, or just a better delimitation between your different rooms.
A Collection can be a daily batch / rundown of a rack being transmitted, or a specific shelve / shelve location – or indeed a logical collection such as “music between 1970 and 1974”.
A Carrier is the physical artifact with a home storage location, which will manifest in a basic "Root part" digitization or towards dedicated split outgest workflows.
Based on decades of experience, Basic/Standard/Extended versions of all common workflows are provided with a jobDB system as pre-configured but freely adjustable workflow templates. jobDB administrators can copy, duplicate, or create any workflow templates from scratch using a user-friendly workflow designer.
The various workflow grades require a different set of applications, depending on the level of sophistication needed and applicability to a larger group of people.
The Workflow Manager in jobDB ControlCenter can be utilized to monitor and manage all ongoing tasks and workflows through a user-friendly interface. Conducting a simple search for task states and carrier states provides a clear overview of the progress of individual items.
Decisions sometimes take time. Sometimes decisions need to be applied to hundreds of tasks. In any case, decisions should be done within seconds. Prompt Tasks is THE function for:
Full access to all audio ingest QC parameters via the native jobDB Player during runtime of an audio workflow.
In a medium sized to larger setup, thousands of files are created per day, sometimes even per hour... After successful execution of the complete workflow, specific Cleanup Policies can be set up, to:
