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I will find you and I will pause you

Published on January 23, 2020 (over 4 years ago)

<video autoplay> Considered Harmful

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri4 min readVideo education

The 'autoplay' attribute for HTML5 video is unreliable. In this post we explain its shortcomings and offer a better solution.

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Published on January 21, 2020 (over 4 years ago)

No BART terminals were hacked in the making of this ad

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich4 min readCompany

In the process of creating a BART ad for the first time, we had some learnings that we thought we would share that could hopefully help someone else on their out-of-home ad buying journey.

A selection of video frames from "Tears of Steel" showing subtitles in a variety of languages.

Published on January 17, 2020 (over 4 years ago)

Subtitles, Captions, WebVTT, HLS, and those magic flags 🤔

Phil Cluff
By Phil Cluff17 min readVideo education

Join Phil on a journey exploring the modern technologies that underly captions and subtitles in online streaming, including HLS, WebVTT, and some magic flags you can set in your HLS manifest!

Published on January 15, 2020 (over 4 years ago)

We now support subtitles and closed captions! [Crowd cheers]

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich3 min readProduct

When you’re streaming video over the Internet, there are many reasons to support subtitles and closed captions.

Product Recap 2019 (aka Mux Rundown)

Published on December 19, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

Product Recap 2019 (aka Mux Rundown)

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich6 min readProduct

This year we released features that made it easier to get started with Mux, improved video quality, and answered our customers’ requests.

Announcing the Nunchee + Mux integration

Published on December 6, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

Announcing the Nunchee + Mux integration

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich2 min readCustomers

Mux now brings live streaming to the leading OTT platform in Latin America. SmartboxTV’s Nunchee has added Mux Live Streaming into their platform.

The building blocks of connected fitness

Published on November 27, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

The building blocks of connected fitness

Eric Elia
By Eric Elia4 min readCompany

Mux announces partnerships with coaching and music platforms to power the next generation of fitness products.

In defense of 'flicks' (or how I learned to stop worrying and love 705600000)

Published on November 25, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

In defense of 'flicks' (or how I learned to stop worrying and love 705600000)

Matthew Szatmary
By Matthew Szatmary7 min readVideo news

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.

Help Your Users be in 5 Places at Once: Your Guide to Simulcasting

Published on November 25, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

Help Your Users be in 5 Places at Once: Your Guide to Simulcasting

Dylan Jhaveri
By Dylan Jhaveri5 min readVideo education

Your guide to Mux Simulcasting. Learn how to help your users broadcast to Twitch, Youtube, Facebook, Periscope and more over RTMP.

New Feature: Delivery Usage API (a.k.a. tracking usage for your next big idea)

Published on November 15, 2019 (over 4 years ago)

New Feature: Delivery Usage API (a.k.a. tracking usage for your next big idea)

Justin Sanford
By Justin Sanford5 min readProduct

Appease me while I tell you a story; maybe one of you can help me. One night a few weeks ago, I woke up with a great idea for the next huge app. I know, you’ve heard this story, but stick with me for ...