Matrox Monarch HDX - Destination Settings (Record)

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Chapter 4, Using the Command Center
Destination settings (record)
Specify the following settings for recording:
Media
Select the media to which you want to record your input source. You can choose
either a USB or SD card slot on the Monarch HDX device, or a network location.
For more information on using USB devices or SD cards, including the known
limitations of each, see the sections “USB ports 1 and 2” on page 7, and “SD
card” on page 8.
Maximum recording duration
Enter a duration to set an overall time limit for your recording session. The
session will automatically end when this limit is reached, or when the selected
storage media is full (whichever occurs first). If you enter a value of 0, the
recording session will continue indefinitely, and will stop only when your storage
media is full.
The maximum file duration can include multiple files. For example, if you
specify a five-hour recording duration, but you have entered a file switching
duration (see “File Segment Duration) of one hour, your overall recording session
will stop after five hours (assuming the storage media has enough space), but
Monarch HDX will create five individual hour-long files.
File Segment Duration
Enter a duration to separate your recording session into more than one file at
predetermined intervals. For example, if you enter a duration of 30 minutes,
Monarch HDX will close the current file and start recording to a new file every
30 minutes. The size of the created files (in approximated MBs) is displayed next
to the duration. The file size adjusts depending on the video data rates you set in
the encoding options (see “Target bit rate” on page 31).
The maximum file segment duration you can set is four hours and fifty minutes.
If you enter a file segment duration of 0, Monarch HDX will automatically
switch to a new file every four hours and fifty minutes. This is a precaution that
will avoid possible data loss that may occur from having files that are too large.
¡ Important On FAT32 storage media, file segmenting will occur automatically
after 4 GB when a segment duration of 0 is entered.
¦NoteBecause FAT32 limits the recording file size to 4 GB, you must use an
NTFS drive if your recording file will be greater than 4 GB.
File type
Select the type of file that will be recorded. You can create either an
MOV or
MP4 file.