Mux Blog - Video technology and more

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Published on May 1, 2024

If someone can watch it, they can steal it: securing video content on the internet

By Dylan Jhaveri • 16 min read • Engineering

Understand how attackers steal video content and what you can do to prevent downloading, unauthorized playback, screen recording with signed URLs and DRM

Published on April 26, 2024 (5 days ago)

Here's everything we launched in Spring 2024

By Dave Kiss • 5 min read • Product

Looking to get caught up on the latest features, releases, and content from Mux? Say no more fam. This blog post has you covered.

Published on April 24, 2024 (7 days ago)

How Warner Bros. Discovery puts viewer experience first with Mux

By Lamia Chlala • 5 min read • Customers

From smart TVs to the Apple Vision Pro, learn how Warner Bros. Discovery uses Mux to ensure their leading with innovation and exceeding viewers’ expectations.

Published on April 23, 2024 (8 days ago)

Making the first mile as reliable as the last mile: SRT support is now GA

By Phil Cluff • 8 min read • Product

Now in general availability -- Secure Reliable Trasport (SRT) live ingest for Mux Video. SRT on Mux also supports HEVC. Learn more.

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Published on April 16, 2024 (15 days ago)

Which live stream ingest protocol is right for you?

By Bobby Peck • 10 min read • Video education

SRT? RTMP? The choice of live ingest protocol has a meaningful impact on all areas of your stream. Learn about modern protocols and which is right for you.

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Published on April 15, 2024 (16 days ago)

Why are video players so big? A trip down the rabbit hole of video playback engines

By Christian and Darius • 17 min read • Video education

A video playback engine enables more complex video use cases like adaptive bitrate streaming and DRM, but at the cost of bundle size. Is it worth it?

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Published on April 12, 2024 (19 days ago)

Don’t press skip: Introducing new ad QoE metrics

By Steven Lyons • 8 min read • Product

Improve revenue and retention with your streaming video by ensuring your ad Quality of Experience. Learn how the latest Mux Data ad metrics can help.

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Published on April 11, 2024 (20 days ago)

Off with our head: How we're making Mux Data play nice with everything

By Eric Elia • 4 min read • Product

For data products to be fully utilized across an organization, they need to be interoperable and standards-based. Learn how we make this possible with Mux Data.