Matrox Monarch HD

Matrox Monarch HD is an easy-to-use application for streaming and recording video. It enables professional video producers to stream a live event while recording a master-quality version for post-production. Webcasting to YouTube and Facebook Live is easy because of the simplified setup for these popular platforms. All you need to do is pair the device with one of these accounts. It is automatically saved for later streams.

Easily webcast to your viewers

Monarch HD can deliver live content to CDNs such as YouTube, Facebook Live and Upstream, to media servers such as Adobe Flash and Wowza, or directly to a computer or device on a LAN. A few simple steps are all it takes to configure the device and pair it with YouTube and Facebook accounts. As a Works with Wowza certified encoder, users can take advantage of advanced integration with the Wowza™ streaming engine. Monarch HD also supports XML files generated for Flash Live Media Encoders.

Capture master-quality video while streaming

If an event is worth streaming, it is also worth recording in the highest possible quality. The higher the recording quality, the higher its value for material produced after the event. This material can be delivered to your audience as quickly produced VOD files or as fully post-produced footage of the highlights.

Matrox Monarch HD supports sharing the H.264 encoder between the streaming and recording processes so that recording quality and upload bandwidth are independent of each other. With a typical setting, a user can record a master-quality file at 25 Mbps while streaming at a 5 Mbps bit rate. As a dedicated streaming or recording device, Matrox Monarch HD can stream at bit rates up to 20 Mbps or record at bit rates up to 30 Mbps.

Matrox Monarch HD delivers the highest quality video at every bit, regardless of the input source and target bit rate. Combining the power of the integrated H.264 encoder with Matrox's high-quality de-interlacing and scaling modules ensures outstanding results.

Scope of Delivery

• Matrox Monarch HD device
• External power supply for Matrox Monarch HD
• IEC C8 power cable (US, GB and EU)

Technical data

• Inputs and outputs
• HDMI video input     
• Progressive
• 1920x1080 at 60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25/24/23.98 frames per second
• 1280x720 at 60/59.94/50 frames per second
• Interlaced
• 1920x1080i 29.97/25 frames per second
• The video input format is detected automatically.
• HDMI video output
• Passing through the video input signal 1 frame delay from input to output
• Audio input
• Processing of the first two channels of audio embedded in the HDMI input signal
• Unbalanced analogue stereo input via 1/8" (3.5 mm) socket
• Signal strength
• Audio output: Passes through all audio channels embedded in the HDMI signal
• Unbalanced analog stereo output via 1/8" (3.5 mm) jack - Input pass-through