Published on April 17, 2018 (over 6 years ago)
Instant Per-Title Encoding
Updated 8/4/21: We hit pause on audience-adaptive and per-title encoding. Read the details on why after the section break below. "How did you decide on your bitrate ladder?" We've asked this question...
Published on March 13, 2018 (over 6 years ago)
How we got a 3-letter domain on a startup budget
Are you starting a new business or rebranding, and wondering how to get a coveted short domain? Our story at Mux can help you negotiate a deal structure that works for you.
Published on March 13, 2018 (over 6 years ago)
Build vs. buy: patterns and antipatterns
Build or buy? This decision gets made dozens of times every year by engineering teams, small and large. It's an important decision, affecting roadmaps, productivity, team composition, and customer hap...
Published on March 6, 2018 (over 6 years ago)
The fastest video publishing in the multiverse
Video publishing speed is a usability problem. When a user hits the "upload" button, they don't want to have to wait a few minutes (or longer) to see their video play. But that's what happens almost an...
Published on February 21, 2018 (almost 7 years ago)
An API to Video: Why Abstraction Matters
This is the third in a series of blog posts about Mux Video. The first, Video is Too Hard, outlined the problem. The second, Announcing Mux Video, announced the new product. Abstractions are important...
Published on February 2, 2018 (almost 7 years ago)
[Webinar]: The five Encoding mistakes everyone makes
Online video is growing exponentially. A recently published study indicates that by 2021, 82% of all consumer internet traffic will be video. In a recent interview, Mark Zuckerberg signaled that “Video...
Published on January 12, 2018 (almost 7 years ago)
How We Used Machine Learning to win at HQ Trivia
For the past three months, half of us at Mux have been obsessed with HQ Trivia, while the other half silently regretted their Android purchases. When that HQ push notification hits at 12, the iPhones s...
Published on December 22, 2017 (almost 7 years ago)
Using Percentiles To Identify Outliers and the Typical Experience
The most overused measurement is the arithmetic mean (average). In nearly all cases you're better served by using percentiles instead of averages.
Published on November 17, 2017 (about 7 years ago)
Interview: How the New York Times uses Mux
The New York Times is one of the best examples of how traditional media can make the transition to an online world, and has been rewarded in recent years with strong growth in both its profits and its ...
Published on November 14, 2017 (about 7 years ago)
Announcing Mux Video: a simple API to powerful video streaming
Online video is growing exponentially, but still it's too hard to stream video. Video is too hard (as we discussed last week). Every area of video infrastructure - encoding, playback, delivery, workfl...