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On a yellow background, an image depicting video chapters. Highlights "Chapter 2: Coffee".

Published on June 27, 2024 (10 months ago)

AI-generated chapters for your videos with Mux Player

Adam Jaggard
By Adam Jaggard6 min readProduct & EngineeringAI

Chaptering your video just got easier. Learn how to use auto-generated captions and AI to add chapters to your videos in Mux Player.

A padlock overlaid on a screenshot of a video streaming platform.

Published on June 18, 2024 (10 months ago)

What is DRM?

Phil Cluff
Victoria Nemiah
By Phil and Victoria12 min readVideo education & ProductStream security

Explore the basics of DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how it protects video content from piracy. Learn when to use DRM and the tradeoffs involved.

On a black screen is a timeline from 23:30-5:30. At the 2:30 mark there's a red line that leads to an alert -- a triangle with an exclamation point

Published on June 14, 2024 (10 months ago)

Patience overflow: a debugging tale old as time

Mike Smith
By Mike Smith6 min readProduct & Engineering

Read about how we found and fixed a tricky SRT live streaming bug and the lessons we (re)learned about handling timestamp edge cases.

On a blue screen, in the middle of the screen is a pink circle with a play button. Linked by lines coming off the play button are 2 black boxes with logos -- an Apple logo to the left and an Android logo to the right

Published on May 20, 2024 (11 months ago)

Native players for native apps: Mux Player for Android and iOS is GA

Emily Dixon
By Emily Dixon4 min readProduct

Mux Player for iOS and Android is now GA. Use native mobile players in your applications with ease.

On a green background, an image of a live video timeline with a section clipped out by scissors

Published on May 8, 2024 (11 months ago)

Clip me, baby, one more time: Introducing instant clipping

Phil Cluff
By Phil Cluff7 min readProduct

Introducing instant clipping: a new way to clip live streams and assets created from live streams with Mux at no extra cost.

A graphic image with a black background featuring stylized flowers in bold colors, one in yellow and one in red, both with large circular centers. The text 'SPRING 2024 LAUNCH WEEK' is prominently displayed above the flowers. The Mux logo is displayed in the bottom left corner.

Published on April 26, 2024 (12 months ago)

Here's everything we launched in Spring 2024

Dave Kiss
By Dave Kiss5 min readProduct

Looking to get caught up on the latest features, releases, and content from Mux? Say no more fam. This blog post has you covered.

Image of a laptop on a black background. On the laptop is the SRT logo. A badge is on the corner of the laptop that reads "now available".

Published on April 23, 2024 (12 months ago)

Making the first mile as reliable as the last mile: SRT support is now GA

Phil Cluff
By Phil Cluff8 min readProduct

Now in general availability -- Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) live ingest for Mux Video. SRT on Mux also supports HEVC. Learn more.

Graph representing the newest ad metrics to track ad playing time, failures, and startup time.

Published on April 12, 2024 (about 1 year ago)

Don’t press skip: Introducing new ad QoE metrics

Steven Lyons
By Steven Lyons8 min readProduct

Improve revenue and retention with your streaming video by ensuring your ad Quality of Experience. Learn how the latest Mux Data ad metrics can help.

Building blocks in the style of LEGO stacked together. The blue building block has a player symbol with a graph above it.

Published on April 11, 2024 (about 1 year ago)

Off with our head: How we're making Mux Data play nice with everything

Eric Elia
By Eric Elia4 min readProduct

For data products to be fully utilized across an organization, they need to be interoperable and standards-based. Learn how we make this possible with Mux Data.

On a blue background an icon of a video player with a graph above it with the word new written beside it

Published on April 9, 2024 (about 1 year ago)

Discover the latest Mux Data metrics and features

Sarah Brown
By Sarah Brown4 min readProduct

The Mux Data team has been hard at work building new metrics and next-level insights. Learn more about what they've been up to.