Mike Smith

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Mike's been writing video software on and off for 15 years, and somehow still enjoys it. Australian, but living in the US for over a decade.

Image reads basic video quality and it's connected to MP4

Published on October 31, 2024 (about 2 months ago)

The most requested feature for basic assets is here: MP4 support

By Mike Smith • 2 min read • Product

MP4 support for basic assets has just been unlocked. MP4s are perfect for offline playback, social embeds, and more. Learn how you can start using them today.

On an orange background, a video player with an eye in the middle.

Published on June 21, 2024 (6 months ago)

What is perceptual quality?

By Mike Smith • 11 min read • Video education • Video quality

Learn about perceptual quality (PQ) in video and how metrics like PSNR, SSIM, and VMAF help you measure PQ.

On a black screen is a timeline from 23:30-5:30. At the 2:30 mark there's a red line that leads to an alert -- a triangle with an exclamation point

Published on June 14, 2024 (6 months ago)

Patience overflow: a debugging tale old as time

By Mike Smith • 6 min read • Product & Engineering

Read about how we found and fixed a tricky SRT live streaming bug and the lessons we (re)learned about handling timestamp edge cases.

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Published on October 3, 2023 (about 1 year ago)

Auto-generated captions for on-demand video have arrived [crowd roars with applause]

By Mike Smith • 4 min read • Product • AI

Auto-generated captions for on-demand videos, using OpenAI's Whisper model, are now available in beta. Easily add captions to your on-demand videos today.