The Mux Blog

We're a team of engineers, marketers, designers, all passionate about video and the work we create together. Welcome to our blog about video.

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Published on January 31, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

AI models on CPUs: accurate audio transcriptions without breaking the bank

By Colton Karoses • 7 min read • Engineering • AI

AI models like Whisper and OpenCLIP are making image tagging and speech-to-text transcription, two tasks that once required a team of PhDs, seem trivial — but, whew, are they expensive! …Or are they? ...

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Published on January 26, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

The next 6 months: what’s sparking joy in our roadmap

By Matthew McClure • 5 min read • Product

One of our founders quickly reflects on what he's excited about in Mux's ~6-month roadmap.

Published on January 24, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

How Spotify uses Mux to build the world’s most popular audio service and podcast platform

By Manifah Masood • 6 min read • Customers

Enabling them to resolve incidents faster and visualize the quality of users’ experiences with video, Mux Data is a vital part of Spotify's video podcast workflow.

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Published on January 18, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

Guau! Wauw! Vau! Wow! VOD auto-generated captions are now available in 22 languages!

By Phil Cluff • 3 min read • Product

21 new caption languages and an API to retroactively add captions — our GA announcement of VOD auto-generated, powered by OpenAI Whisper, is full of exciting ways to make content reach more audiences.

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Published on January 17, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

Introducing our coolest pricing lever yet: Automatic Cold Storage

By Meg Salisbury • 5 min read • Product • Pricing

Introducing Automatic Cold Storage beta. Our newest pricing lever for assets that haven't been accessed for 30 days or more.

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Published on January 2, 2024 (almost 3 years ago)

Render video templates on demand with Shotstack and Mux

By Jeff and Eric • 10 min read • Engineering

Learn how to build complete video workflows and combine uploads and edits, fully branded, inside an app or product.

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Published on December 6, 2023 (almost 3 years ago)

The native mobile players you already use, with a sprinkle of Mux

By Dylan Jhaveri • 4 min read • Product

Now in beta: Mux Player SDKs for iOS and Android. Start using it today.

Published on December 5, 2023 (almost 3 years ago)

Practical Client-side Rust for Android, iOS, and Web

By Emily Dixon • 12 min read • Engineering

Can you use Rust to write your CPU-intensive code once and ship it everywhere — iOS, Android, and the web? Follow along to find out.

A bar depicting the range of video latency with standard latency on the left at >20 seconds and low latency on the right with as low as 5 seconds. The words "latency decreases" with an arrow to the right are below the bar.

Published on November 30, 2023 (almost 3 years ago)

Let’s talk video… [wait for it]... latency

By Lamia Chlala • 6 min read • Product

We’re excited to announce the general availability of two key latency features: Live Stream Latency monitoring metric and low-latency live streaming.

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Published on November 27, 2023 (almost 3 years ago)

How to add a background video in Next.js

By Adam Jaggard • 4 min read • Engineering

Learn how to add a responsive background video to a landing page using Next.js and Mux in this step-by-step tutorial. Grab the code and start building

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