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A selection of video frames from "Tears of Steel" showing subtitles in a variety of languages.

Published on January 17, 2020 (about 5 years ago)

Subtitles, Captions, WebVTT, HLS, and those magic flags 🤔

Phil Cluff
By Phil Cluff • 17 min read • Video education

Join Phil on a journey exploring the modern technologies that underly captions and subtitles in online streaming, including HLS, WebVTT, and some magic flags you can set in your HLS manifest!

Published on January 15, 2020 (about 5 years ago)

We now support subtitles and closed captions! [Crowd cheers]

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich • 3 min read • Product

When you’re streaming video over the Internet, there are many reasons to support subtitles and closed captions.

Product Recap 2019 (aka Mux Rundown)

Published on December 19, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Product Recap 2019 (aka Mux Rundown)

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich • 6 min read • Product

This year we released features that made it easier to get started with Mux, improved video quality, and answered our customers’ requests.

Announcing the Nunchee + Mux integration

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

Announcing the Nunchee + Mux integration

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich • 2 min read • Customers

Mux now brings live streaming to the leading OTT platform in Latin America. SmartboxTV’s Nunchee has added Mux Live Streaming into their platform.

The building blocks of connected fitness

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

The building blocks of connected fitness

Eric Elia
By Eric Elia • 4 min read • Company

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)

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

Matthew Szatmary
By Matthew Szatmary • 7 min read • Video 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)

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

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri • 5 min read • Video 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 (over 5 years ago)

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

Justin Sanford
By Justin Sanford • 5 min read • Product

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 (over 5 years ago)

The New Video.js Themes

Matthew McClure
By Matthew McClure • 5 min read • Video 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 (over 5 years ago)

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

Steve Heffernan
By Steve Heffernan • 2 min read • Product

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