Matrox Monarch HD makes court transcripts easier for Huney-Vaughn team

With this system, which generates a broadcast stream with H.264 encoding and RMTP compatibility, with maximum rates of 20 Mbps, audiovisual professionals can simultaneously broadcast and record statements.

Court reporters are the eyes and ears of a legal team as they are dedicated to capturing detailed transcripts and recordings of all legal proceedings.. The quality and reliability of your work is an integral part of the judicial process.

Huney-Vaughn Court Reporters is Iowa's leading legal transcription company, with a core core of ten certified transcriptionists who offer their services to attorneys and legal teams throughout the United States from its three locations. It was the first company in the area to go digital and add to its stenographic experience the ability to broadcast and video record statements..

As part of preparations for a trial, Lawyers request and gather statements from both witnesses and experts who can contribute to the case with their testimony. These oral statements are later transcribed for presentation during the process.. They are normally carried out outside the court without the supervision of the magistrate of the case. The recording quality of a video statement is essential, because you have only one opportunity to capture a quality recording, no possibility of repeating shots.

Aware of this need, Huney-Vaughn sought a solution that offered optimal recording and broadcast capacity, and that it was equipped with a security system that would protect the recordings for posterity. The option chosen was the system Matrox Monarch HD.

Reliability with broadcast and recording capabilities

Before the change, Huney-Vaughn recorded and broadcast his content from a laptop with an integrated webcam. This configuration was far from ideal, as it offered a limited ability to enlarge the image of the witness or expert. Besides, The statements suffered if the broadcast was stopped or the recording failed due to a problem with the computer.. Due to these inconveniences, he decided to replace it with a reliable system., with integrated broadcast and recording capability: Monarch HD.

Con Monarch HD, audiovisual professionals have the ability to broadcast and record simultaneously, which guarantees the use of the only possibility to capture the declaration. High quality H.264 video is recorded to MP4 or MOV files; Deframing and upscaling engines produce a superior quality image on all recordings. It also has a function to split files. Although this security partition is not part of your current processes, Huney-Vaughn likes to count on her in case she is needed in the future.

The device can record digital video files at rates up to 30 Mbps (in the case of recording without broadcast) before saving files to an SD card. This backup system provides the assurance Huney-Vaughn needs.

Monarch HD also generates a broadcast stream with H.264 encoding and RMTP compatibility, with maximum rates of 20 Mbps. This issuance capability allows attorneys to conduct depositions from any remote office., saving travel time and costs, while the declarants are in one of the three Huney-Vaughn headquarters, in Des Moines, Davenport y Council Bluffs. Declarations are issued through LiveDeposition.com, a cloud-based text and video live streaming service.

Solution implemented

Monarch HD systems are installed in Huney-Vaughn conference rooms. Device buttons allow easy control of start and stop operations. The HDMI output of an HDMI camcorder is connected to the Monarch HD input. Panasonic, while the Monarch HD's HDMI output is used to control on a monitor Delvcam that the camera signal is correctly framed and focused.

The mixing desk LLC Rack-mounted TouchMix-8 handles audio from the four lavalier microphones and two conference microphones located in each room. The output of this mixer is sent to the audio input of the Monarch HD.

El Monarch HD, a compact and powerful system, makes life easier for court videographers, you only have to configure it once. After this first adjustment, Just press a button for the system to start broadcasting and recording with the encoding parameters already specified.

Old laptop and webcam setup was limited, a situation that Monarch HD greatly improved thanks to its ability to configure the quality of recordings. Now AV professionals can control a camera and professional equipment to produce the sharp, well-framed video statements Huney-Vaughn needs. Live streaming of content increases efficiency and reduces costs, as attorneys can conduct and view depositions remotely.