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The building blocks of connected fitness

Published on November 27, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Eric Elia
By Eric Elia4 min readCompany

Mux announces partnerships with coaching and music platforms to power the next generation of fitness products.

In defense of 'flicks' (or how I learned to stop worrying and love 705600000)

Published on November 25, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Matthew Szatmary
By Matthew Szatmary7 min readVideo news

Essentially a flick is just a really big number, specifically the number 705,600,000 and tries to solve a problem that nobody in digital media actually has.

Help Your Users be in 5 Places at Once: Your Guide to Simulcasting

Published on November 25, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri5 min readVideo education

Your guide to Mux Simulcasting. Learn how to help your users broadcast to Twitch, Youtube, Facebook, Periscope and more over RTMP.

New Feature: Delivery Usage API (a.k.a. tracking usage for your next big idea)

Published on November 15, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Justin Sanford
By Justin Sanford5 min readProduct

Appease me while I tell you a story; maybe one of you can help me. One night a few weeks ago, I woke up with a great idea for the next huge app. I know, you’ve heard this story, but stick with me for ...

The New Video.js Themes

Published on November 14, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Matthew McClure
By Matthew McClure5 min readVideo news

Explore four themes for Video.js, learn how to use them in your projects, and discover how you can build your own video.js themes.

Seeing double? Let your users simulcast (aka restream) to any social platform

Published on November 11, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Steve Heffernan
By Steve Heffernan2 min readProduct

With the new Simulcast Targets feature, developers can now let their users publish live streams on social platforms.

Patterns and anti-patterns in company values

Published on November 6, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Jon Dahl
By Jon Dahl8 min readCompany

Company values can be exceedingly valuable, or they can be beyond worthless. You’ve probably rolled your eyes at company values at some point. Every time I see a list like “quality, integrity, and res...

Published on November 1, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri1 min readCompany

Mux officially has a contributor program! We have a lot of open source repos and we love accepting contributions from outside developers. One obvious place to contribute is our open sourced API SDKs f...

New Integration Announcement: Contentful

Published on October 17, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri2 min readProduct

Use Mux to add video in your Contentful CMS content. Transcode MP4 and playback HLS videos.

Introducing HowVideo.works

Published on October 16, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich2 min readVideo education

We’re excited to introduce HowVideo.works. It explains key concepts, and processes of modern online video plus, shows how all those pieces work together.