Matrox Monarch HDX - Destination Settings (Streaming)

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Chapter 4, Using the Command Center
Profile
Set the H.264 encoder profile for your stream or recording to either
Baseline,
Main, or High. Typically, the High profile provides the best image quality and is
suitable in most instances. However, depending on the decoder used when
viewing the stream or the recorded file, such as with mobiles devices, a
Main or
Baseline profile may be required.
Frame slices
You can choose to slice each frame into
2, 4, or 8 sections when encoding, or you
can select
1 to encode the frame as a whole. Slicing each frame when encoding
the video for streaming or recording may be useful when a multi-slice decoder
device is used to view the stream or recorded file.
Minimum and Maximum Target bit rates
The
Minimum and Maximum bit rates are automatically set to 90% and 110%
of whatever you set as the target bit rate. For more information on minimum and
maximum bit rates and how they are used with the Target bit rate, see“Target bit
rate” on page 31.
Deblocking filter
Select this option to remove blockiness from the encoded video when streaming
or recording. This option is especially useful when a low video data rate is
required.
Destination settings (streaming)
Monarch HDX provides options for using RTSP and RTMP streaming protocols
for use on Adobe Media Servers, Wowza Media Servers, software video players
such as QuickTime and VLC, or any of the popular Content Delivery Networks
(CDNs), such as YouTube Live and Ustream. In RTSP mode, Monarch HDX acts
as a streaming server to which clients can connect via a media server, software
video player, or CDN that supports the RTSP streaming protocol. If you want to
stream to more than a handful of clients, we recommend using a dedicated media
server to send streams to clients. In RTMP mode, Monarch HDX can send stream
data to a CDN or media server that supports the RTMP streaming protocol.
Using the RTSP streaming protocol
1 Select RTSP mode.
2 Enter a Stream name.
3 Enter the network Port through which the clients will connect.
4 A Stream URL is automatically generated based on your settings. Provide
this URL to a client to connect to your Monarch HDX network via a Wowza
Media Server, software video player, or CDN that supports the RTSP
streaming protocol.