MONTREAL—The Monarch HDX from Matrox has added another talent to its quiver, with the company announcing the integration of closed captioning capture and streaming support. This will provide closed captioning abilities to broadcasters while streaming or recording.

With this new feature, the Monarch HDX retrieves captioning data from the SDI Vanc or line 21, then embeds the data within the H.264 essence as CEA-608. The content can then be streamed to media servers or content delivery networks, like Wowza, YouTube Live or Ustream. It can also be recorded as MOV/MP4 files.

This firmware update for the Monarch HDX system is now available for download from the Matrox website.

MONTREAL—As part of Matrox joining Ross Video’s DashBoard Connect Partner Program, the Montreal-based company has added DashBoard Connect protocols to its Monarch HDX streaming and recording technology. This will allow DashBoard users to add dual-channel H.264 encoding for streaming and/or recording to their openGear broadcast or pro AV infrastructure.

The Matrox Monarch HDX is designed for workflow flexibility and features 3G-SDI and HDMI inputs with frame synchronization to compensate for unstable sources. The system generates two H.264 encoded video streams at bitrates from 200 Kbps to 30 Mbps from any SDI or HDMI input source. For streaming, the encoders use either RTMP or RTSP protocol to deliver live streams to local media servers or cloud-based CDNs. For recording applications, the encoders write MP4 or MOV files to local USB drives, SD cards or network-mapped drives for editing or archiving.

The Monarch HDX will be on display at IBC 2015 at booth 7.B29. The Monarch HDX will be available to the public in September at a starting price of $1,995.