The Mux Blog

We're a team of engineers, marketers, designers, all passionate about video and the work we create together. Welcome to our blog about video.

A salesman sits at a bar at a developer meetup. You'd never know it, but he's not a developer.

Published on May 2, 2025 (3 days ago)

A salesperson walks into a JavaScript conference

By Adam Seitzman • 4 min read • Events

Should you send your sales team to developer conferences? Seems like an oxymoron—but we did it anyway. What's the verdict?

Image of plan cards on a pricing page free, starter, and enterprise. The free card is much bigger than the rest with stars around it.

Published on May 1, 2025 (4 days ago)

All the power of Mux Video for $0? Introducing the Free Plan

By Phil Cluff • 8 min read • Product • Pricing

Mux's new Free Plan includes up to 10 on-demand videos, 100k free monthly delivery mins, and all the power of Mux. Get started today, no credit card required.

A graph with a spike at 2pm and an annotation that reads "spike from industry event"

Published on April 29, 2025 (6 days ago)

Highlight what matters: Introducing Annotations in Mux Data

By Ashley Cutler • 3 min read • Product

Add context to your video analytics with Annotations in Mux Data — add notes directly to timestamps in your dashboards for better team visibility and insights.

Image that reads new! Media Plan. 0 Annual commitments, 1 million views, 5 custom dimensions, 100 day retention

Published on April 24, 2025 (11 days ago)

The newest way to get started with Mux Data: Self-Service Media plan

By Ashley Cutler • 3 min read • Product • Pricing

Introducing Mux Data's new Self-Service Media plan — $499 / month to get started with real-time QoE monitoring, 5 custom dimensions, streaming exports, and more.

Published on April 22, 2025 (13 days ago)

Mux Data + Datadog: Bringing video analytics into your observability stack

By Ashok and Stacy • 2 min read • Partnerships

Troubleshoot video issues faster with Mux Data's Datadog integration. Monitor video quality and infrastructure metrics in one unified dashboard.

Video player with title, creator_id, and external_id floating above it

Published on April 10, 2025 (25 days ago)

Title, creator, and more: New ways to identify your videos in Mux

By Aaron Hedges • 3 min read • Product

New metadata fields in Mux Video let you add titles, creator details, and external IDs to videos for better organization and analytics.

Published on April 8, 2025 (27 days ago)

We want your LLM to read our docs

By Darius Cepulis • 3 min read • Engineering & Product • AI

llms.txt is a standard for LLMs to discover and read your website. Users can use LLMs like Claude or Cursor to talk with your docs, improving their experience.

Published on April 3, 2025 (about 1 month ago)

Patreon’s path to video powered by Mux

By Lamia and Jonah • 6 min read • Customers

Learn how Patreon teamed up with Mux to seamlessly integrate native video into their platform, transforming the experience for creators.

Published on April 2, 2025 (about 1 month ago)

How to build a Windows 98-style video player in 2025

By Dave Kiss • 6 min read • Engineering & Video education

Get your dose of nostalgia as Dave puts Media Chrome to work to build a player in the style of Windows 98.

A design showing me, Dave, with my hands out in a grand pose, basking in the glorious SLC sunlight that streams through the loft window at Squatter's brewery. I'm presenting about the Web Dev Challenge. The image is desaturated and overlaid with two logos, one for Mux, and one for Epic Web.

Published on April 1, 2025 (about 1 month ago)

Why we (still) sponsor developer events in 2025

By Dave Kiss • 7 min read • Company & Events

Is sponsoring developer conferences actually worth it? Here’s a list of reasons why being an event sponsor is a key component of Mux’s marketing strategy.

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