Mux Blog - Video technology and more

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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!

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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Published on January 17, 2024 (4 months ago)

Introducing our coolest pricing lever yet: Automatic Cold Storage

By Meg Salisbury • 5 min read • Product

Introducing Automatic Cold Storage beta. Our newest pricing lever for assets that haven't been accessed for 30 days or more.

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Published on December 11, 2023 (5 months ago)

Beyond content: the crucial metrics for successful ad-supported streaming

By Steven Lyons • 6 min read • Product

New Ad Metrics are now in beta for Mux Data. Monitor ad performance and delivery and how they impact your viewers' QoE.

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Published on December 6, 2023 (5 months ago)

The native mobile players you already use, with a sprinkle of Mux

By Dylan Jhaveri • 4 min read • Product

Now in beta: Mux Player SDKs for iOS and Android. Start using it today.

A bar depicting the range of video latency with standard latency on the left at >20 seconds and low latency on the right with as low as 5 seconds. The words "latency decreases" with an arrow to the right are below the bar.

Published on November 30, 2023 (5 months ago)

Let’s talk video… [wait for it]... latency

By Lamia Chlala • 6 min read • Product

We’re excited to announce the general availability of two key latency features: Live Stream Latency monitoring metric and low-latency live streaming.

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Published on October 30, 2023 (6 months ago)

More tools to control playback behavior: min_resolution & rendition_order

By Phil and Wanda • 6 min read • Product

Mux Video now supports 2 new playback modifiers. min_resolution to limit the renditions available. rendition_order to set the order renditions appear.

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Published on October 18, 2023 (7 months ago)

Our next pricing lever: Baseline on-demand assets with free video encoding

By Phil Cluff • 4 min read • Product

Introducing the next pricing lever, baseline video assets. Baseline assets are a cost-effective alternative asset type for on-demand video, with free encoding.

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Published on October 4, 2023 (7 months ago)

Mux Player 2.0 for web & coming soon for iOS & Android

By Dylan Jhaveri • 5 min read • Product

Mux Player 2.0 is here, bringing a cleaner design, new animations, and brand accent colors. Read up on this new release in this post.

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Published on October 3, 2023 (7 months ago)

Auto-generated captions for on-demand video have arrived [crowd roars with applause]

By Mike Smith • 4 min read • Product

Auto-generated captions for on-demand videos, using OpenAI's Whisper model, are now available in beta. Easily add captions to your on-demand videos today.

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Published on September 26, 2023 (8 months ago)

Video uploads with one line of code using Mux Uploader

By Dave Kiss • 5 min read • Product

Learn about Mux Uploader, a new drop-in web component that gives your application the ability to upload video files to a Mux account in no time.

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