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.

An MP4 file in a variety of different resolutions from 360p to 1080p.

Published on September 12, 2025 (about 2 months ago)

Introducing advanced static renditions for resolution-specific MP4s

By Steven Lyons • 4 min read • Product • Video quality

Generate MP4 files at specific resolutions (270p-2160p) with Mux's new advanced static renditions.

Published on September 11, 2025 (about 2 months ago)

From Vimeo to Mux: Wes Bos’s migration story

By Dave and Staci • 11 min read • Customers

Dave Kiss, Senior Community Engineering Lead at Mux: Wes, the people must know. Who are you and what do you do? Wes Bos, Fullstack JS Course Creator and Co-host of Syntax.fm: Hey, uh, my name is Wes ...

Illustration of a video upload interface. A hand cursor with a green plus sign is dragging a file named 'MYNEWVIDEO.MP4' toward a black upload icon with an upward arrow on a yellow background.

Published on September 9, 2025 (about 2 months ago)

Even devtools need great dashboards

By Darius, Rahim, and Steve • 7 min read • Engineering & Company

We’ve made some big changes to the Mux dashboard, and learned some big lessons about developer experience along the way

Published on September 4, 2025 (about 2 months ago)

How Skool built affordable native video in 5 weeks

By Matthew and Staci • 17 min read • Customers

Skool launched native video in 5 weeks with Mux, achieving 98% engagement rates and free native video hosting for community creators.

Illustration of a wacky audio player interface on an orange grid background. The player includes a play button, a volume button with a shouting face emoji above it, a progress bar showing 6:05, and a playback speed control labeled “1.46x” with a location pin icon above it. Below, text reads “CURRENTLY CONNECTED 6” with two yellow connectors beside the number.

Published on September 3, 2025 (about 2 months ago)

It's not that bad; it's worse. Meet the actual worst video player.

By Christina and Dave • 16 min read • Engineering

I thought I had built the worst video player ever imagined. Then, Christina Martinez submitted her concoction to the Worst Player contest… and I was appalled.

Published on August 29, 2025 (2 months ago)

Synamedia + Mux: Turning video performance data into smarter CDN decisions

By Eric Elia • 8 min read • Partnerships

Showcasing at IBC: learn how Synamedia's Quortex Switch uses Mux's real-time QoE data to automatically optimize CDN switching

Published on August 28, 2025 (2 months ago)

How Movement built a scalable, affordable video monetization platform for creators

By Stacy and Greg • 8 min read • Customers

Movement used Mux to offer seamless, affordable native video with unlimited uploads — helping creators avoid caps, cut costs, and monetize their apps.

Image that says live captions and lists English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese

Published on August 26, 2025 (2 months ago)

¡Hola! Bonjour! Ciao! Live stream auto-generated captions now speaks six languages

By Steven Lyons • 6 min read • Product

Mux Video now supports auto-generated live captions in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Published on August 22, 2025 (2 months ago)

Connecting your LLM to Mux just got easier: Introducing the remote Mux MCP

By Justin Sanford • 6 min read • Product

Connect your favorite LLM to Mux's video APIs in seconds with our new hosted MCP server. One-click OAuth setup replaces complex local installs.

An icon of a CDN with the the word "enhanced" next to it

Published on August 14, 2025 (3 months ago)

Better CDN tracking: See the complete picture when your videos switch networks

By Ashley Cutler • 4 min read • Product

Track multi-CDN performance with Mux Data's new CDN Trace dimension. See which networks deliver your video content and when switches occur.

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