FireSTARTER! MediaMaster is a Windows application that manages the in-house media library in Post-Production, Broadcast and other production facilities.

Track each piece of media, whether it be BetaCam, D3, DAT - store individual programme timecode information, who it was loaned to and produce spine labels at the click of a mouse. You can also book and record details of jobs and when studio and production resources will be in use. FireSTARTER! MediaMaster is fully multi-user.

     
Library Management Job Management & Bookings
   

Each piece of media can have an unlimited number of programmes identified by timecodes

 

   
Automatically assigns numbers to media
 
   
Stores programme information including Production House, Client, Agency, Director, Editor, Operator etc
 
   
Tracks loans and dispatches - who the media is loaned to and when due back
 
   
Stores information such as the edit consoles used in the production of the media  
   
Each media can have associated topic keywords, e.g. War, Crowd Scenes, Traffic Scenes  
   
Produces spine and front labels for a wide variety of media formats  
   
Free-text search on the programme information and topic keywords information for each piece of media - e.g. search for all War stock footage on a broadcast quality format  
   
Ability to limit search based on Director, Producer, Agency, Client etc  
Track and manage each job  
   
Each job can have an unlimited number of actions - record billing information beside each action  
   
Track the consoles and equipment used for each job to see usage history Bookings/Resource Management  
   
The graphical calendar lets you see when resources will be in use  
   
Bookings let you book your Resources (e.g. Studios, Consoles, Editors) for Jobs at a future date  
     
Define each type of media you use, e.g. D3, BetaCam, DAT, and record your stock deliveries. When jobs are entered the stock balance of each piece of media is automatically adjusted.