Mux Blog - Video technology and more

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Published on September 13, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

More pixels, fewer problems: Introducing 4K support for Mux Video

Mux Video now supports ingesting, storing, and delivering videos at 4K resolutions (2160p), allowing customers to deliver higher quality video content to viewers.

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Published on September 7, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

How Mux + Jump connect the dots between video performance and customer retention

By Eric Elia • 6 min read • Partnerships

In this short interview, Mux chats with Jesús Herrero, Co-Founder of Jump Data-Driven, to provide insights into how our products fit together.

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Published on September 1, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

The last 6 months for Mux Data: big events, big data, big updates

By Jon Dahl • 4 min read • Company

From record-setting scale to new metrics that make your analytics even more useful, Mux Data has been busy over the last few months.

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Published on August 30, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

Parlez-vous anglais? Introducing multi-track audio

By Phil and Lamia • 4 min read • Product

Mux now supports multi-track audio. Add alternate audio tracks to your on-demand video to let your viewers choose the experience that's best for them.

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Published on August 29, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

How Mux Data monitored the largest livestream in history

By Sarah Brown • 6 min read • Company & Engineering

This past spring, we stepped up to the challenge of using Mux Data to monitor one of the largest live streaming events in history. Here's how we did it.

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Published on August 24, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

Cloud encoding APIs are a dying breed: lessons learned from building three cloud video startups

By Steve Heffernan • 8 min read • Engineering

It's becoming increasingly clear that cloud encoding APIs are on their way out. Read our perspective on where cloud video encoding is headed.

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Published on August 21, 2023 (over 1 year ago)

Faster video processing and cost controls with Mux's Upload SDKs for iOS and Android

By Dylan Jhaveri • 6 min read • Product

See how you can process videos faster and control costs with Mux's Uploader SDKs for iOS and Android

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Published on August 21, 2023 (over 1 year ago)

Service workers are underrated, and building media proxies proves it

By Matthew McClure • 12 min read • Engineering

Service workers have so much potential. Let's explore building a media proxy as a service worker that can run in your browser or in the cloud.

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Published on August 10, 2023 (over 1 year ago)

Can React Server Actions finally fix forms?

By Darius Cepulis • 9 min read • Engineering

React Server Actions offer a way of simplifying posting data to the server by calling a simple function instead. But do they live up to the promise?

An illustration depicting a video player being assembled by a blue hand like a jigsaw puzzle. The last piece is being put into place, completing the video player visualization.

Published on August 1, 2023 (over 1 year ago)

Approaches to building video into your app

By Edwin Mejia • 18 min read • Video education

Whether you’re a solo dev or you’re part of a team guided by executive leadership, here’s what you need to know about getting video working in your app.

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