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Chapter 4, Using the Command Center
• 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.
• Min/Max Target Data Rate The Minimum and Maximum video data
rates are automatically set to 90% and 110% of whatever you set as the target
video data rate. For more information on minimum and maximum video data
rates and how they are used with the
Target video data rate , see “Target
video data rate” on page 42 .
• 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 (see
“Target video data rate” on
page 42 ).
Destination settings (for streaming)
Monarch LCS provides options for using RTSP and RTMP streaming protocols
for use on Adobe Media Servers, Wowza Media Servers
and Streaming Cloud,
software video players such as VLC, or any of the popular Content Delivery
Networks (CDNs), such as YouTube Live and Ustream. In RTSP mode, Monarch
LCS acts as a streaming server to which clients can connect via a media server, or
software video player 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 LCS can send stream
data to a media server that supports the RTMP streaming protocol.
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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 LCS network via a Wowza
Media Server or software video player
that supports the RTSP streaming
protocol.
5 (Optional) Enable jumbo frames . Enabling jumbo frames changes the IP
packet size of the stream from 1500 bytes to 9216 bytes. This option may
improve performance on certain networks; however, not all networks support
larger packet sizes. This option is disabled by default.
Remarks
• In RTSP mode, Monarch LCS will only start streaming data to clients once
the ENCD button on the front panel or the Start button in the Command
Center is pushed. The streaming will continue until it is stopped, by pressing