Mux Blog - Video technology and more

Published on July 26, 2024

Why video quality matters

By Jon Dahl • 5 min read • Video education • Video quality

High-quality video boosts engagement, SEO, and brand credibility. Learn more about why this matters and what you can do to deliver quality video experiences.

Skull and crossbones on an image of a browser screen

Published on June 27, 2024 (29 days ago)

Being a provider in a pirate’s world, or: how to not get your service blocked by an entire country

By Justin Sanford • 6 min read • Video education • Stream security

From content creators to infrastructure providers, learn about the impact of piracy across the world of streaming video.

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

Published on June 21, 2024 (about 1 month 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.

A padlock overlaid on a screenshot of a video streaming platform.

Published on June 18, 2024 (about 1 month 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.

On a blue background, two pink hands holding a 3D box with 3 dollar signs

Published on May 17, 2024 (2 months ago)

After the money’s gone, or, a deep dive into the total cost of ownership of video

By James Isbell • 11 min read • Video education • Pricing

Explore the total cost of building an in-house video solution and how using Mux can save you ~50%.

An image of a video player player with live in the upper left-hand corner. The player is broken up into 8 sections and around the player are 3 symbols: one of a globe, one representing a server stack, and one of a camera.

Published on April 16, 2024 (3 months ago)

Which live stream ingest protocol is right for you?

By Bobby Peck • 10 min read • Video education

SRT? RTMP? The choice of live ingest protocol has a meaningful impact on all areas of your stream. Learn about modern protocols and which is right for you.

A Swiss Army knife with various video player symbols (and a banana?) floating near each tool

Published on April 15, 2024 (3 months ago)

Why are video players so big? A trip down the rabbit hole of video playback engines

By Christian and Darius • 17 min read • Video education

A video playback engine enables more complex video use cases like adaptive bitrate streaming and DRM, but at the cost of bundle size. Is it worth it?

A mockup of an application where a thumbnail of a snowboarder is blurry, then replaced with a full-resolution image.

Published on March 28, 2024 (4 months ago)

A clear look at blurry image placeholders on the web

By Wesley Luyten • 7 min read • Engineering & Video education

Algorithms like BlurHash and ThumbHash are popular ways to render small, blurry images while the full-size images load, but are they necessary on the web?

On a grey background is an image representing a video camera, with a price tag with 3 dollar signs making up the shape of the lens.

Published on October 18, 2023 (9 months ago)

Video is too expensive

By Jon Dahl • 4 min read • Video education • Pricing

We'll be the first to admit it: video is too expensive. Mux is working hard to solve that problem and give you the levers for affordable and flexible pricing.

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 (12 months 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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