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Published on January 20, 2023 (over 2 years ago)

The building blocks of great docs

Darius Cepulis
By Darius Cepulis15 min readEngineering

Great documentation is the backbone of a great API company. How do you scale it and keep a good experience? Learn about information architecture, Next.js 13, React Server Components, and Tailwind.

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Published on January 19, 2023 (over 2 years ago)

Build live shopping experiences with Mux and Impekable

Asiya Gorelik
By Asiya Gorelik8 min readPartnerships & Product

What will the future of e-commerce look like? The see-now-want-now consumer mentality has created a clear path to live video shopping — and you don’t want to be left behind. So, where does Mux fit in...

Published on January 10, 2023 (over 2 years ago)

Q&A with Pixieset: How to marry video and product strategy to drive engagement

Todd Gladfelter
By Todd Gladfelter5 min readCustomers

There is a real joy in seeing our customers delight their own customers — and that delight often translates into real business growth. Pixieset is one fantastic example: The Vancouver-based company run...

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Published on January 6, 2023 (over 2 years ago)

Winamp player: now with web components

Dave Kiss
Wietse Hage
By Dave and Wietse11 min readEngineering

In this post, we break down how you can rebuild the classic Winamp player using modern web components with media-chrome.

Published on December 22, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

How LyveCom uses Mux to build the best-quality e-commerce video experience

Asiya Gorelik
By Asiya Gorelik2 min readCustomers

Video is essential for almost every industry. It’s been proven over and over again to help businesses engage with their audiences and drive growth. Our friends at LyveCom are a great example of what i...

Published on December 21, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

Program, schedule, and stream high-quality live video with Prepr CMS; powered by Mux

John Reigart
Dana Cheragwandi
By John and Dana5 min readPartnerships

With this month’s release of Mux Partner Prepr's Live Stream, you can now easily set up, program, and stream high-quality live video to consumers of your multichannel apps and websites.

Published on December 20, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

2022 retro: what we shipped and what’s next

Jon Dahl
By Jon Dahl5 min readCompany & Product

At our first-ever Mux company conference in May (shout out to the team behind The Mux Informational), I shared our long-term roadmap and vision. TL;DR: We exist to democratize video, which is such a f...

Published on December 5, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

If you can read this, your browser captions are broken

Gary Katsevman
By Gary Katsevman12 min readEngineering

I’ve seen a lot of captions over the years, and there’s one thing I can tell you with certainty: The way that custom controls and the HTML video element interact right now is inadequate, and I think th...

A screenshot of a real-time video call with many participants

Published on December 1, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

Developing real-time video without all the meetings

Bobby Peck
By Bobby Peck6 min readEngineering

In this post, you'll discover ways that you can simulate a video call with many participants–without having to invite many participants at all!

Published on November 11, 2022 (over 2 years ago)

Partnerships anniversary: a look back

John Reigart
Eric Elia
Julia Garrahan
By John, Eric, and Julia16 min readPartnerships

It’s been exactly a year since we launched the Mux Partner Program. As we celebrate this anniversary, we want to take a look back at the impact this team and our ecosystem have had, both for Mux and fo...