bitMAX¨ is a digital video asset management company. We make it possible for you to access, see, edit, preview, order and manage your motion picture library from anywhere in the world via the internet. We do this using the digital broadcast standard for video compression known as MPEG2

The process starts when you give us a master videotape. Using your master we create a digital computer file. That file is encoded with the data you want to retrieve at any time: date, film, producer, director, artist, subject, etc.

The digital computer file we've created for you is at broadcast digital quality and at a constant bit rate. We place the resultant file on a file server, and we return your master tape to you. Using password-protected access you can log onto our digital video asset management tool known as BAM! (bitMAX¨ Asset Manager).

Once you've logged on you can view a thumbnail resolution file of everything in your library. A thumbnail version of the file is generated on the fly from your broadcast digital file master now resident on our file server. This way, as these thumbnail files are small, it is possible for you to view these files via the internet without interruption or poor transmission. You can watch anything in your library. You can make new compilation reels and preview them for free. You can order your work to any media available, whether to DVD, videotape or as a web-encoded file stream. Like a film lab, if you place your order with us by 10 a.m. PST we'll have it out for you by 4 p.m.

We are digital video asset managers and bitMAX¨ is a full-service digital post facility. We provide PAL and NTSC conversions. We provide complex DVD authoring and replication. We provide menu designs, animation, packaging design and editorial services. We can even pull a single video frame and turn it into an enhanced resolution graphic file for print. bitMAX¨ has spent much time authoring original software that transcodes the digital master MPEG-2 file we encode for you into other formats. This means you have a future-proof solution for managing your digital video files to any compression codec that comes down the pike. Today, it may be Quicktime 6 or WindowsMedia 8 and tomorrow it may be Quicktime 20 and WindowsMedia 47 - no matter, at bitMAX¨ you have your file encoded at broadcast quality MPEG-2 at constant bitrate. We provide you with our transcoding software so that at the touch of a button, we can instantly update your web encoded files to any format that is introduced by any vendor anywhere in the world. So true with PAL and NTSC conversions.

bitMAX¨ is a frictionless post facility. We are a digitally virtual repository for all of your work, and certainly for the fulfillment of your work in any media available. Fast, frictionless, virtual, and cost-effective. bitMAX¨ gives you a global-reach. bitMAX¨ gives you the digital future while you pace yourself out of the parallel analog past.

Take a tour of the bitMAX¨ asset manager. We provide a host of services to make life more creative and efficient, to maximize your time and minimize your expenditure. bitMAX¨ is an innovator, a market leader, and we're here to service your needs.