June 1, 2023 (4 months ago)
Media Chrome turns 1.0, huzzah!
Media Chrome, the set of web components for video and audio players is now version 1.0. While it was production ready before, now we promise it is.
May 20, 2023 (4 months ago)
SCOTUS hits “skip” on Section 230
On May 18th, 2023, the court issued their decision in Gonzalez v. Google. This post breaks down what happened and explores the future of Section 230.
April 6, 2023 (6 months ago)
Up next: the lawsuit threatening your YouTube watch queue
How the Wolf of Wall Street almost killed the internet Back in the 1990s, a lot was going on. While we were learning to do the Macarena and struggling to keep our Tamagotchis alive, the internet was s...
January 30, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Low Latency HLS 2: Judgment Day
Phil explains the latest changes in the Low Latency HLS specification from Apple.
November 25, 2019 (almost 4 years ago)
In defense of 'flicks' (or how I learned to stop worrying and love 705600000)
Essentially a flick is just a really big number, specifically the number 705,600,000 and tries to solve a problem that nobody in digital media actually has.
November 14, 2019 (almost 4 years ago)
The New Video.js Themes
Explore four themes for Video.js, learn how to use them in your projects, and discover how you can build your own video.js themes.
June 14, 2019 (over 4 years ago)
The community gave us low-latency live streaming. Then Apple took it away.
One bite and all your dreams will come true - Apple. Last week at WWDC, Apple announced their usual cascade of software updates, and as has been tradition for the last 4 years, Roger Pantos took the s...
May 20, 2019 (over 4 years ago)
How Audience Adaptive Encoding Works
Mux recently announced our new Audience Adaptive Encoding (AAE). Check out this deep dive into how AAE works and why you should try it out.
March 28, 2019 (over 4 years ago)
Did Sisvel just catch AOM with their patents down?
On Wednesday, Sisvel International S.A. announced two new patent pools, one for the VP9 video codec and one for the AV1 video codec. These new patent pools cover "consumer display devices" and "consume...
March 14, 2019 (over 4 years ago)
Streaming video on the internet without MPEG
Authors Notes: This article is based on a set of experiments I developed while investigating the feasibility of building a premium video experience using only royalty free video streaming technologies,...