Welcome to Matrox Monarch HD Support
The Monarch HD support pages provide a list of requirements, customer support information, and downloads.
Supported input formats
Matrox Monarch HD supports the following video input formats:
- 1920x1080p at 23.98/24/50/59.94/60 fps
- 1280x720p at 50/59.94/60 fps
- 1920x1080i at 25/29.97 fps
Supported operating systems
The Matrox Monarch Finder (used to acquire the device network IP address when connected to a network with a DHCP server) and Matrox Monarch HD Firmware Updater support the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Lion
- Microsoft Windows 7
Supported Web browsers
Matrox Monarch has been tested for use with the following Web browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Apple Safari
Streaming
Monarch HD provides streaming settings for using RTSP and RTMP streaming protocols for use on an Adobe Media Server, Wowza Media Server, software video player, such as QuickTime and VLC, or any of the popular Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), such as Justin.tv and Ustream.
Recording
Monarch HD provides settings for recording your input source for video on demand (VOD), high-quality editing, and archiving/previewing purposes. Content can be recorded to MOV and MP4 file formats on a FAT32 or NTFS file system.
Product updates
Matrox Monarch HD firmware updates are performed using the Matrox Monarch Firmware Updater utility. To ensure that you have the latest update for your Matrox Monarch HD device, visit the Downloads section of our website to see if a new firmware version is available.


