Published on December 21, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Mux in 2020: a (very strange) year-end review
I know it’s a cliche, but: wow, what a year. "Hope you're staying positive and testing negative," as we've all written in about 75,000 emails. A lot happened in 2020 at Mux. Here are some highlights. ...
Published on December 18, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Subtitles by DEFAULT
Mux now supports setting the DEFAULT flag so you can enable captions on autoplaying video that is muted.
Published on December 17, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Program Date Time: Open Beta Launch!
Updated 8/5/21: This feature is now Generally Available and enabled by default! 🎉 Check out our guide for details. Have you ever wondered how you can synchronize video playback with other components o...
Published on December 16, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Kafka Connect: The Magic Behind Mux Data Realtime Exports
Kafka Connect is a powerful tool for moving data in and out of Apache Kafka clusters. Learn how Mux uses Kafka Connect to power real-time exports, as well as lessons we've developed along the way.
Published on December 8, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Live streaming with React Native
So... You've decided to introduce mobile live streaming to your React Native app. This is wonderful and if you are using Mux this is especially great because getting set up and running is extremely...
Published on December 4, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Reconnect Windows and Clean Stream Exits
The Internet is not always the most reliable thing in the world, and live streaming inherits a lot of that. When running a live event, production teams often have to take into account the vagaries of w...
Published on December 2, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Virtual conferences are easy? lol ok. (part 1)
This is going to be the second blog post I've made with this observation, but: COVID is weird. And while it's not one of the biggest ways COVID has turned over our collective applecart, it has now been...
Published on November 23, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Mux Data, now twice as helpful!
Earlier this year, we undertook a big project to replace the data backend Mux Data uses for our metrics, views, and errors. It was a “replacing the engines on the airplane while flying” project and lar...
Published on November 17, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
Making Storyboards Fast!
*This is part II in the journey Mux software developer Josh Allmann had with creating Storyboards. Check out the product announcement here! On making Storyboards fast On a personal note, this was my...
Published on November 11, 2020 (over 3 years ago)
It’s Tricky: Storyboards and Trick Play
Announcement of Storyboards with the Mux Video API