Birds are chirping, flowers are in bloom, my allergy pills are at the ready, and new features are flying out the door. That can only mean one thing.
It's Mux Launch Week for Spring 2024!
Each day this week, we shared the latest from the Muxiverse to help you build out professional video integrations into your apps.
Let’s kick things off by looking back at the swath of brand new video content that we put out over the past few weeks:
Day 1/5: Video content galore 🎬
- Learn how to autogenerate video thumbnails on demand with the help of our friends at Pipedream
- The team at Knock showed us how you can simplify your video notifications architecture by using event driven development
- In this video, get a full walkthrough of implementing a UGC video analytics pipeline powered by Tinybird and Mux streaming data exports
- We've recorded a handful of framework integration episodes that explore adding video features to apps running on Next.js, SvelteKit, and Remix.js
That it…? Nope.
- Scott Tolinski broke down how he uses media-chrome for the web podcast player on Syntax.fm
- Joel Hooks told us about the slog that is building your own video player and pipeline and how Mux makes it all easier… qualityOfLife++
- Bruno Simon gave us a tour of his Three.js Journey video course powered by Mux and his infamous tiny-orange-car-inspired portfolio
We also dropped some brand new video tutorials to help make your apps event more polished:
- Securing video playback with signed URLs
- Learn how to build a media player heatmap with React so your viewers/listeners can see the most watched moments of your content
- Create your own custom video player interface that matches your brand and custom controls with the help of media-chrome
Phew, that's a lot of video! And, that was only Monday.
Day 2/5: SRT is now generally available ⚡️
Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) makes your live stream delivery more… reliable, especially when your network conditions get spotty.
How does it work? Pure magic. Well, that, and a few technical implementations as well. Phil breaks it all down in this SRT explainer video:
Check out the blog post about the GA of SRT and learn how to start using it in your apps today.
So, is this the end for RTMP?
Nope, the old workhorse ain’t done yet. If you're not sure which live streaming protocol to use, Bobby wrote a great breakdown of the different live ingest protocols and how to choose the right one for your use case.
Day 3/5: Mux Data releases 📈
Video data can help you and your users understand how your videos are performing — and how to improve your video performance over time.
Mux Data can track every single video view that occurs on your content, giving you and your users the visibility you need to make actionable decisions.
In this partner stream with Tinybird, we show you how to set up an in-app UGC analytics pipeline in one hour.
Combining Mux Data with Tinybird enables multi-tenant charts for your application to give your users a good idea of their video metrics.
What if you happen to be running your own video pipeline outside of Mux Video?
Mux Data can provide the observability and monitoring that you need to ensure everything is performing swimmingly for your viewers (and, to correct issues when they inevitably hit a snag.)
Let’s look at a few new features in Mux Data that can help uncover important details in your streaming infrastructure:
Ad performance metrics 📺
Ads are a big part of any streaming service. Ad metrics help you understand how your ads are performing (and what you can tweak to make them even better)
Live stream latency 🐇
Live stream latency metrics give you a glimpse at how… live your live streams really are.
This metric can help you track down latency within your pipeline and see how latency correlates with audience engagement.
Advanced metrics filtering 🔎
Metrics filtering lets you drill down to specific configurations and environments to see how videos are performing under exact criteria.
Check out the comprehensive details for all of the latest Mux Data happenings over in Sarah’s summary blog post.
Day 4/5: Pricing updates 🏷️
First up: meet the Mux Starter plan
Put $10 in. Get $100 of Mux usage out.
It can be tough to justify spending money on an idea or business when you’re just starting out.
We want to be there with you in those gritty moments of exploration — because that’s where all great ideas are born.
Meg took some time to break this new plan down. Give it a read and see if that sounds like a fit for your existing biz, new idea, or side project.
That’s not all. In addition, please meet…
Mux’s infamous $5 forgiveness
If your invoice is less than $5 for a month, we won’t charge you for that invoice. Simple as that. No need to nickel and dime our way to success. When you do well, we do well.
We’ve also introduced pricing levers like baseline encoding and cold storage to help you manage your video spend and keep costs under control.
Finally, there's a brand new deep-dive pricing guide that explores every corner of our approach to billing
Read up on Heff's post on why we still price in minutes for video ⏱️
Whew. That was a lot. And I still need to order and spread the mulch…
