Matrox Monarch HDX now supports closed captioning
This feature will provide broadcasters with a cost-effective way to offer the same accessibility to their online content as they do in their regular broadcast.
Matrox has integrated the use of closed captioning (CC) into its Monarch HDX recording and streaming solution.
This new function will improve accessibility to content distributed online.
CC allows deaf or hearing-impaired people to understand what is being said in a television program or, more generally, to access audiovisual content, even live.
Monarch HDX retrieves subtitle data from SDI VANC (digital) or line 21 (in case of analog TV), and incorporates the data into the H.264 core as CEA-608. This subtitle-enhanced content can be streamed to media servers such as Wowza or CDNs including YouTube Live or Ustream or recorded as MOV/MP4 files and decoded by players such as Telestream Switch.
From any SDI or HDMI input source, such as a camera or PC, Matrox Monarch HDX outputs two H.264-encoded video streams at bit rates from 200 Kbps to 30 Mbps. Its powerful frame synchronization, scaling, deinterlacing and noise reduction engines ensure the highest level of images, now including closed captioning.
In recording applications, encoders write MP4 or MOV files to a local USB, SD card, or network mapped drives for post-event editing or archiving.
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