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Published on February 1, 2019 (about 6 years ago)

Node & Elixir SDK Updates: Signed URL JWT Helpers and more!

Matthew McClure
By Matthew McClure2 min readProduct

We spend a lot of time thinking about how we can make our products easy and fun to work with. Our public API is something we hope people find intuitive and reasonable, but the last thing you want to do...

Introducing filters for the Real-Time Dashboard

Published on January 14, 2019 (over 6 years ago)

Introducing filters for the Real-Time Dashboard

Steven Striegel
By Steven Striegel2 min readProduct

Since launching our real-time dashboard a few months ago we’ve seen it have enormous impact. Now it gets a powerful little update: 7 new filter dimensions.

Introducing Direct Uploads

Published on December 17, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

Introducing Direct Uploads

Matthew McClure
By Matthew McClure2 min readProduct

We’re thrilled to announce that getting your videos into Mux just got a little easier. 🙂 Starting today, you can now push content directly to Mux. 🎉 Up until now, if you wanted to create a new Mux ass...

New Feature: Master Access lets you download the highest quality of a video

Published on December 3, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

New Feature: Master Access lets you download the highest quality of a video

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich2 min readProduct

Right on the heels of our new MP4 Support feature, we bring you Master Access. While MP4 Support can allow users of your app to share a video more easily or watch the video offline, Master Access (also...

MP4 Support Added. Unleash offline viewing!

Published on November 12, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

MP4 Support Added. Unleash offline viewing!

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich4 min readProduct

In this post, you’ll learn how to allow your viewers to download videos and watch videos offline by enabling MP4 support on your Mux assets.

Our Approach To Live

Published on November 6, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

Our Approach To Live

Nicholas Chadwick
By Nicholas Chadwick5 min readProduct

What makes a great live streaming video API? This is a question Mux tackled when building our live streaming API earlier this year. We began by looking at some of the most common scenarios folks asked...

Published on October 3, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

How Our New Mux Data Scoring Works

Ben Dodson
By Ben Dodson7 min readProduct

We were recently excited to announce our new scoring update for Mux Data. Here is an in-depth look into how and why we decided to change our Viewer Experience Score for the better. Score... what is it...

Changes to the Mux Viewer Experience Score

Published on October 1, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

Changes to the Mux Viewer Experience Score

Jon Dahl
By Jon Dahl9 min readProduct

One of our goals with Mux Data is to provide meaningful data about video performance at a quick glance, while also providing the ability to drill deep when needed. We created the Viewer Experience Sco...

Introducing our Live Streaming API

Published on September 10, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

Introducing our Live Streaming API

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich5 min readProduct

If you’ve been trying to build live streaming into your application—whether it’s “Twitch for X”, online classrooms, a news & sports broadcasting platform, or something the world’s never seen before—you...

Announcing our New Real-Time Streaming Dashboard

Published on August 28, 2018 (over 6 years ago)

Announcing our New Real-Time Streaming Dashboard

Bonnie Pecevich
By Bonnie Pecevich5 min readProduct

In the world of streaming video, real-time metrics are a necessity and can help you catch issues ranging from a little video stuttering to a full blown World-cup style meltdown. (Too soon?) While our ...