Mux Blog - Video technology and more

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Published on June 18, 2024 (4 months ago)

What is DRM?

By Phil and Victoria • 12 min read • Video education & Product • Stream security

Explore the basics of DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how it protects video content from piracy. Learn when to use DRM and the tradeoffs involved.

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Published on June 14, 2024 (4 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.

Published on May 20, 2024 (5 months ago)

Native players for native apps: Mux Player for Android and iOS is GA

By Emily Dixon • 4 min read • Product

Mux Player for iOS and Android is now GA. Use native mobile players in your applications with ease.

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Published on May 8, 2024 (5 months ago)

Clip me, baby, one more time: Introducing instant clipping

By Phil Cluff • 7 min read • Product

Introducing instant clipping: a new way to clip live streams and assets created from live streams with Mux at no extra cost.

Published on April 26, 2024 (6 months ago)

Here's everything we launched in Spring 2024

By Dave Kiss • 5 min read • Product

Looking to get caught up on the latest features, releases, and content from Mux? Say no more fam. This blog post has you covered.

Published on April 23, 2024 (6 months ago)

Making the first mile as reliable as the last mile: SRT support is now GA

By Phil Cluff • 8 min read • Product

Now in general availability -- Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) live ingest for Mux Video. SRT on Mux also supports HEVC. Learn more.

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Published on April 12, 2024 (6 months ago)

Don’t press skip: Introducing new ad QoE metrics

By Steven Lyons • 8 min read • Product

Improve revenue and retention with your streaming video by ensuring your ad Quality of Experience. Learn how the latest Mux Data ad metrics can help.

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Published on April 11, 2024 (6 months ago)

Off with our head: How we're making Mux Data play nice with everything

By Eric Elia • 4 min read • Product

For data products to be fully utilized across an organization, they need to be interoperable and standards-based. Learn how we make this possible with Mux Data.

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Published on April 9, 2024 (6 months ago)

Discover the latest Mux Data metrics and features

By Sarah Brown • 4 min read • Product

The Mux Data team has been hard at work building new metrics and next-level insights. Learn more about what they've been up to.

Published on March 14, 2024 (7 months ago)

Live Streaming on Mux: More Secure, more Reliable, and more… Transport?

By Phil Cluff • 6 min read • Product

Mux live streaming just got even better. SRT, a modern ingest protocol that allows you to stream reliably on imperfect networks, is now available in public beta.

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