Christian Pillsbury

Open Elements Technical Team Lead

Started working on OTT streaming media & players over a decade ago for a bunch of folks back in the Adobe Flash/RTMP days as a consultant at Digital Primates. When I’m not working on video players, I’m spending my time doing deep dives in philosophy, stomping around the Chicago arts scene, and watching TV on the internet with my cat Grits.

A stack of windows that showcase different approaches to streaming video implementations over the years

October 10, 2022 (8 months ago) • 16 min read • Video education

Gone in a Flash: a brief history of HTTP Adaptive Streaming

By Christian Pillsbury

HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is unquestionably and by orders of magnitude the dominant way of streaming media on the internet. Part history, part “hindsight is 20/20” revisionist history, and part te ...

August 4, 2022 (10 months ago) • 3 min read • Product

When it comes to players, we don't play games.

By Meg, Dylan, and Christian

You knew it was coming, folks (or at least, we were not shy about it)! Mux Player is officially in Public Beta, ready to play your videos for everyone, everywhere. We’ve spent the last seven months (m ...

July 13, 2022 (11 months ago) • 8 min read • Engineering

@mux-elements are getting a new (old) home on npm: @mux!

By Christian Pillsbury

All of our Mux Elements are moving from @mux-elements to @mux on npm. In this post, we explain why and introduce some steps we took and tools we built to help with your migration.

Christian Pillsbury

Gone in a Flash: a brief history of HTTP Adaptive Streaming

When it comes to players, we don't play games.

@mux-elements are getting a new (old) home on npm: @mux!

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