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 photo of Kafka is layered on top of some Clickhouse code. There's a stopwatch in the bottom right hand corner. The composition seems to be suggesting an introduction of some latency.

Published on November 26, 2024 (4 months ago)

How we cut ClickHouse latency from 12s to 2s

By Nidhi Kulkarni • 12 min read • Engineering

Here's how we identified and fixed a performance bottleneck in our ClickHouse cluster during the ingestion of high-volume real-time data through Kafka.

A split screen of Dave Kiss and Theo Browne

Published on November 26, 2024 (4 months ago)

Mastering Video Uploads and Streaming: Insights from Theo Browne (t3.gg)

By Dave Kiss • 17 min read • Customers

Theo Brown, a former Twitch engineer, shares his journey in tech and content creation, discussing the development of tools like Uploadthing and Ping, and the integration of Mux for better video streaming experiences.

Published on November 21, 2024 (4 months ago)

Why Glassdoor partnered with Mux to build UGC video quickly for their community

By Lamia and Staci • 3 min read • Customers

Learn how Glassdoor was able to build UGC video quickly and easily with Mux, without all the pain and price of DIY.

A dark gray rectangular badge with rounded corners that reads "Powered by Mux" in uppercase letters. The text is light gray, and the word "Mux" is bolder and slightly larger than the rest. The badge has a subtle outline, giving it a modern and sleek appearance.

Published on November 6, 2024 (4 months ago)

Powered by Mux: Get credits for your developer video content

By Dave Kiss • 5 min read • Engineering

Get Mux credits for serving your developer video content with Mux. In this post, learn about our new Powered by Mux program and how it works.

A promo image for Mux fall launch week 2024. It features a jack-o-lantern with a purple steam rising from its cap. A pair of green hands with long black fingernails cups the pumpkin in their palms. A spooky bat flies nearby.

Published on November 5, 2024 (4 months ago)

Here's everything we launched in Fall 2024

By Dave Kiss • 3 min read • Company

Relive the terror of Mux Fall Launch Week: new Dropped Views metric, player themes, premium video quality options, and MP4 support for basic assets.

Image reads basic video quality and it's connected to MP4

Published on October 31, 2024 (4 months ago)

The most requested feature for basic assets is here: MP4 support

By Mike Smith • 2 min read • Product

MP4 support for basic assets has just been unlocked. MP4s are perfect for offline playback, social embeds, and more. Learn how you can start using them today.

Radio buttons with Premium video, plus video, and basic video. Premium is selected with with the text NEW! next to it.

Published on October 30, 2024 (4 months ago)

One size does not fit all: Introducing premium video quality for Mux Video

By Phil Cluff • 7 min read • Product • Video quality

Introducing premium quality video level for live and on-demand videos. It optimizes quality for your premium content using AI-driven per-title encoding.

Text reads Dropped views text to an eye with an x in it

Published on October 28, 2024 (4 months ago)

The case of the dropped views: New data metric for the QoE sleuth

By Ashley Cutler • 3 min read • Product

Introducing View Dropped Percentage — a new Mux Data metric to help you identify trends in unexplained dropped views.

Published on October 24, 2024 (5 months ago)

Instant clipping just got clippier: Now for any VOD asset

By Erik Peña • 3 min read • Product

Instant clipping is now available for all on-demand video assets, allowing quick clip creation without encoding or storage costs.

A skeleton hand grips a pink quill. Aware of its finite time, it scribes code onto a black surface.

Published on October 14, 2024 (5 months ago)

Your docs are aging (and so are you)

By Dave, Darius, and Rob • 11 min read • Product

When's the last time you audited your developer docs? We felt the pain that our customers were facing with our docs — and set off on an adventure to fix it.

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