Mux Blog - Video technology and more

Published on March 14, 2024 (3 months ago)

Live Streaming on Mux: More Secure, more Reliable, and more… Transport?

Mux live streaming just got even better. SRT, a modern ingest protocol that allows you to stream reliably on imperfect networks, is now available in public beta.

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Published on February 23, 2024 (3 months ago)

Introducing metrics filtering, the latest Mux Data feature

By Manifah Masood • 5 min read • Product

Filter out the noise and focus on the data that’s most important to you with new metrics filtering in Mux Data.

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Published on February 22, 2024 (3 months ago)

Starter Plan: a new way to play (and pay) for Video

By Meg Salisbury • 4 min read • Product

Introducing a brand new pricing plan: Starter. $10 for $100 of usage a month.

Published on February 22, 2024 (3 months ago)

Why we [still] price in minutes for video

By Steve Heffernan • 8 min read • Company

Over 14 years ago we pioneered minutes-based pricing for video infrastructure. Here's why we've doubled down on it with Mux Video.

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Published on February 21, 2024 (3 months ago)

3D web development and beyond: a chat with Bruno Simon

By Dave and Staci • 24 min read • Customers

A chat with innovative developer Bruno Simon who shares insights into his journey as a pioneer in 3D web development.

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Published on February 2, 2024 (4 months ago)

Building Efficient Video Workflows: A Chat with Joel Hooks (egghead.io Founder)

By Dave Kiss • 14 min read • Customers

In this video, we chat with Joel Hooks, founder of egghead.io, about building efficient video workflows and working at an early-stage startup.

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Published on January 31, 2024 (4 months ago)

AI models on CPUs: accurate audio transcriptions without breaking the bank

By Colton Karoses • 7 min read • Engineering

AI models like Whisper and OpenCLIP are making image tagging and speech-to-text transcription, two tasks that once required a team of PhDs, seem trivial — but, whew, are they expensive! …Or are they? ...

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Published on January 26, 2024 (4 months ago)

The next 6 months: what’s sparking joy in our roadmap

By Matthew McClure • 5 min read • Product

One of our founders quickly reflects on what he's excited about in Mux's ~6-month roadmap.

Published on January 24, 2024 (4 months ago)

How Spotify uses Mux to build the world’s most popular audio service and podcast platform

By Manifah Masood • 6 min read • Customers

Enabling them to resolve incidents faster and visualize the quality of users’ experiences with video, Mux Data is a vital part of Spotify's video podcast workflow.

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Published on January 18, 2024 (4 months ago)

Guau! Wauw! Vau! Wow! VOD auto-generated captions are now available in 22 languages!

By Phil Cluff • 3 min read • Product

21 new caption languages and an API to retroactively add captions — our GA announcement of VOD auto-generated, powered by OpenAI Whisper, is full of exciting ways to make content reach more audiences.

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