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.
Published on June 15, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Streaming video to Mux.com from an ATEM Mini Pro switcher
Blackmagic Design's ATEM Mini Pro switcher offers a built-in hardware streaming engine used for live streaming high quality video over an Ethernet connection.
Published on June 7, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Mobile Safari HLS bug with short form looping videos
There appears to be a bug in Mobile Safari’s default HLS.js implementation on an iPhone when it comes to looping short-form videos.
Published on May 27, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Background audio handling with iOS AVPlayer
In this post, we walk through how to persist audio in your iOS app when the application goes into the background.
Published on May 25, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Augmenting video experiences with audio
We’re happy to unveil a new feature that can augment your video: audio delivery for video playback.
Published on May 13, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
An interview with Maestro: Orchestrating the future of interactive live events
When 2020 pressed pause on live events creators had to get...creative. Maestro’s Ari Evans talks about developing an interactive streaming platform for the creator economy to stay connected with fans.
Published on May 6, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
New lower, simplified pricing for Mux Video
We strive to make video simple to use and that applies to pricing too. Today, we’re rolling out updated pricing that removes a layer of complexity and makes it that much easier to use Mux.
Published on April 30, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Online video is changing and Mux is growing
We raised some money! $100M Series D; Coatue, Accel, A16Z; several other great investors, like Cobalt, Dragoneer, and HubSpot Ventures; etc. This would have come as a bit of a surprise to me not too l...
Published on April 20, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Be the MVP of your live stream: Lessons learned from monitoring the Big Game
Maybe you’re not planning an event with millions of concurrent viewers, but our takeaways from monitoring one of the biggest sporting events of the year are applicable to live streams of all sizes.
Published on April 12, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
Simulacra and Network Virtualization: Does cloud load-balancing work for long-lived TCP streams?
While hunting for a pesky live streaming bug, we discovered that virtual load balancers don’t always simulate their physical counterparts the way you might expect.
Published on April 8, 2021 (almost 4 years ago)
How Oak National Academy went from vision to virtual education in 6 days [part 1]
Oak National Academy started with a mission to educate virtually in lockdown. 100 million lessons later, they’re providing zero-rated education. Learn about their launch and approach to accessibility.