May 2022 Summaries

Mux held its first virtual customer conference, TMI 2022, where it announced several new products and features. These include real-time video capabilities with Mux Real-Time Video, web inputs with Mux Web Inputs, a pro broadcast studio in the application with Mux Studio, an amazing video playback experience for Mux videos in applications with Mux Player, and auto-generated live captions. The event also featured talks from various industry experts on topics related to video technology.

This article discusses implementing a custom web component to create a media resume overlay for HTML5 video players. The purpose is to provide users with the ability to pick up where they left off when returning to a video after leaving the page. The approach involves creating a basic HTML template, defining a new class that extends from window.HTMLElement implementation, and using connectedCallback to handle various actions such as setting, getting, and removing last known playback time in local storage. This method enhances user experience by allowing them to resume video playback seamlessly.

The author reminisces about their coding journey in the early 2000s, primarily using object-oriented languages like C# and Java. They then introduce Mux DevEx's new API SDKs for video enjoyment: mux-csharp and mux-java, compatible with .NET and JVM platforms respectively. The author acknowledges that these are preliminary versions (v0.1.0) and may be subject to revision based on user feedback. They encourage C# and Java users to provide input for improving the SDKs and request them to share their experiences or give feedback via Twitter or email.

There comes a time in every developer tool's life where she says to herself, “you know what, Company, maybe that idea the Board keeps bringing up isn’t that bad,” and that’s how a user conference is born. We're hosting a day of talks about our products at Mux, covering their development, future plans, and experiences from users who have built on top of us. This event, called The Mux Informational, will take place on May 24th and be streamed live over the web, including potentially the device you're reading this on. We want to share our mission, progress, and upcoming projects with those using or interested in using Mux's APIs, as well as discuss video infrastructure, a critical piece of internet communication. The event aims to provide transparency into how we build and what we're working on next, while also showcasing the community and their experiences. We've organized a similar conference called Demuxed for video engineers, which will take place in San Francisco this year, and hope to see attendees there as well.