Changelog

Mux Data Now Supports IPv6 Connections

Mux Data now supports IPv6 connections, improving geolocation accuracy and supporting IPv6-only devices with no additional cost to customers.

May 13, 2025

The completion percentage of non-standard input processing is now available in the assets API

The assets API now exposes the state and approximate completion percentage when processing a non-standard input.

May 12, 2025

It is now possible to customize the filename for a master download

It is now possible to customize the filename used by a master download by setting the download query parameter on the master access URL.

May 8, 2025

Improvement Video Account

Updated Sign In and Sign Up Experience

We’ve updated our Sign In and Sign Up experiences. There is no change to existing functionality, but we think it’s pretty cool lookin’.

May 1, 2025

The Mux Video Starter Plan has been improved

Accounts using the Mux Video Starter Plan now benefit from 100,000 minutes of free video delivery every month.

May 1, 2025

Improvement Video Account

The Mux Video Pay as you go Plan has been improved

Accounts using the Mux Video Pay as you go Plan now benefit from 100,000 minutes of free video delivery, and $20 of usage credit every month.

March 2025

Mar 4, 2025

Automatic cold storage improvements

New assets are eligible for cold storage discounts immediately, until first played. Cold storage now has no performance penalty when playing assets.

December 2024

Dec 20, 2024

Improvement Update Video

Mux Video now sends notifications when it detects a non-standard input file

Mux Video now sends a webhook notification immediately upon detection of an input file that is considered non-standard input. Non-standard assets take longer to process as they have to be transcoded.

Dec 16, 2024

It is now possible to retroactively change the video quality of a live stream

It is now possible to retroactively change the video quality of a live stream via the update live stream API call. The live stream must be idle, and will affect all future connections.

Dec 11, 2024

Mux Video: Changes in top renditions for some unusual input resolutions

Input files with certain unusual resolutions that were previously down-scaled on ingest will be ingested at their original resolution, and have a top rendition served at that resolution.

October 2024

Oct 31, 2024

Update Improvement Video

MP4 support is now available for basic quality assets

It is now possible to generate static MP4 versions of assets created with the basic video quality level.

Oct 30, 2024

New Improvement Video

Mux Video now supports a premium quality level

Mux Video now supports a third quality level: premium, which is optimized for premium media content, where the highest video quality is required including live sports, or studio movies.

August 2024

Aug 23, 2024

Baseline assets now support multi-track audio

Baseline assets now support adding alternate audio tracks. This can be used to allow users to pick between audio languages, to add director's commentary, or to add descriptive audio.

Aug 21, 2024

Auto-generated captions can now be added to baseline assets

Auto-generated captions can now be added to baseline assets, allowing customers to generate captions and transcripts in any of 22 different languages, regardless of encoding tier.

Aug 21, 2024

It is now possible to clip an asset to the baseline encoding tier

It is now possible to create a clip of an asset and have the resulting new asset use the baseline encoding tier.

May 2024

May 22, 2024

Mux Data SDK for THEOplayer SDK v0.10.0 Released

We’ve added tvOS support for monitoring THEOplayer performance analytics. We’ve also updated THEOplayer and Mux Core dependencies to satisfy Apple’s new requirements for third-party SDKs.

May 3, 2024

Improvement Data SDK

Mux Data SDK for AVPlayer v3.6.2 Released

Addressed a monitoring playback crash on iOS or tvOS devices with AirPlay enabled. Error information now excludes AVPlayer-specific data that wasn’t used or persisted after receipt by Mux.

April 2024

Apr 26, 2024

Improvement Deprecated Video

Mux Kaltura SDK for iOS and tvOS v4.0.0

We’ve included a privacy manifest file in our SDK that satisfies Apple’s requirements for third-party SDKs. We’ve also updated Kaltura and Mux Core SDK dependencies.

Apr 19, 2024

Improvement SDK Data

Mux Data SDK for AVPlayer v3.6.1 Released

We’ve included a privacy manifest file in our SDK that satisfies Apple’s new requirements for third-party SDKs to outline privacy practices associated with their use.

Apr 12, 2024

Improvement SDK Data

Mux Data SDK with visionOS support for AVPlayer v3.6.0 Released

We’ve added support for monitoring AVPlayer when using AVPlayerViewController on visionOS. We also fixed a potential memory leak that can occur when monitoring AVPlayer with a fixed player size.

Apr 11, 2024

Improvement New Video

Playback restrictions now support filtering requests by the User-Agent header

Mux Video now supports playback restrictions which can filter requests by the User-Agent header. It is possible to filter both traffic with either no user agent, as well as known high-risk user agents

Apr 5, 2024

Additional MP4 options are now available, including audio-only MP4 option; "standard" is now deprecated.

The "mp4_support" field used to create static MP4 renditions for an asset now supports 3 new options, including an audio-only MP4. These should be used instead of the now deprecated "standard" value.

March 2024

Mar 29, 2024

Improvement Data SDK

Mux Data SDK for AVPlayer v3.5.1 Released

We’ve added referential safety checks when the SDK processes SESSION-DATA tags intended for Mux Data.

Mar 28, 2024

Mux Data Metrics EBVS calculation updated for paused views

The EBVS calculation has been updated to include views that end while in a paused state.

Mar 22, 2024

Update Improvement Video

Tabs in Asset and Live Stream Details dashboards pages renamed

The tabs in the Asset and Live Stream Details pages in the dashboard have been renamed for more clear indication of what information is shown in each tab.

January 2024

Jan 18, 2024

Auto-generated captions for on-demand video is now GA

Mux Video's auto-generated captions for on-demand video is now in general availability. We have also added an API to allow captions to be generated retroactively for assets created in the last 7 days.

December 2023

Dec 14, 2023

Improvement Beta Video

Auto-generated captions for on-demand video now supports 21 additional languages

Auto-generated captions for on-demand video now supports 21 additional languages, including French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, Ukrainian, and more.

Dec 7, 2023

New List Video Views API fields

We have added two new metrics, `viewer_experience_score` and `watch_time`, to the List Video Views API response.

August 2023

Aug 14, 2023

Improvement Player

Mux Player 1.11.4 bug fix

Bug fix for an issue impacting a small number of assets and certain build setups resulting in hundreds of unnecessary requests for segment 0.ts

Aug 7, 2023

Mux Data Metrics now provides one-minute granularity

The Mux Data Metrics, Errors, and Views pages now support one-minute granularity for chart aggregations and custom time range selection.

Aug 1, 2023

Improvement System

Restrict new environments to organization admins or all users on creation

June 2023

Jun 7, 2023

Improvement New Video

Create Thumbnails, Gifs, and Timeline Hover Previews with Storyboards for Assets and Live Streams right from the Dashboard

Create Thumbnails, Gifs, and Timeline Hover Previews with Storyboards for Assets and Live Streams right from the Dashboard.

May 2023

May 15, 2023

Improvement Player

Mux Player v1.11.0 Released

Mux Player v1.11.0 is released. This update includes an upgrade to hls.js v1.4.1 and a no-volume-pref attribute to turn off saving the user selected volume in local storage.

May 1, 2023

Improved accuracy of data for long-resumed views in Mux Data

Views that are paused and not sending heartbeats for more than 1 hour will be deemed as ended, and a user action continuing a long paused view will be counted as a separate view in Mux Data.

May 1, 2023

Detail pages for Spaces have been updated to better organize information

We have updated the Details pages for Spaces to helpfully organize information into tabs based on the type of information.

April 2023

Apr 20, 2023

The Mux Dashboard has been updated with our new brand

We have updated the text color, button shape, and numerous other colors in the Dashboard. These changes improve accessibility and consistency across the application, and align with our brand.

Apr 20, 2023

Update Improvement SDK Data

Mux Data SDK for ExoPlayer v3.4.0 Released

This update adds the `viewDrmType` property to `CustomerViewData`, allowing you to provide your own values if that fits your use case.

Apr 14, 2023

New Improvement Data

Mux Data now supports JSON formatting for View Streaming Exports

Mux Data View Streaming Exports now support JSON format so that developers can set up the streaming data much faster and connect the data to downstream data stores much easier.

Apr 13, 2023

Real-Time Video Broadcasts now hide non-publishing participants

Participants in a Real-Time Video session who are not publishing a video or audio track no longer appear in broadcasts. All participants with the subscriber role are also now hidden from broadcasts.

Apr 4, 2023

Improvement Player

Mux Player v1.9.0 Released

Mux Player v1.9.0 is released. This update includes an upgrade to hls.js v1.4.0-beta.2, Themes support, updated configs for low latency, and other bug fixes and improvements.

March 2023

Mar 28, 2023

Self-serve payments for unpaid invoices

Customers can pay late or delinquent invoices without needing to request a payment link from Mux support.

Mar 17, 2023

Participant display names now available for Real-Time Video

Mux Real-Time Video now supports customizable participant display names. Names can be set, updated, and retrieved using the web SDK, and will appear overlaid on any broadcasts of your sessions.

Mar 17, 2023

Improvement New Video SDK

Spaces Web SDK v1.2.0 Released

Version 1.2.0 of the Spaces Web SDK has been released. This version adds support for setting, updating, and retrieving participant display names.

Mar 16, 2023

The Asset and Live Stream Details now organize information into tabs and have improved responsiveness

The Asset and Live Stream Details pages now organize content into tabs to help find information faster. The Live Stream Details page has also received usability and responsiveness improvements.

Mar 15, 2023

Improvement Video Data

Mux Dashboard now displays dates in the localized format

The Mux Dashboard will now format date timestamps in the localized format of the Dashboard user.

Mar 3, 2023

Crop broadcast layout now available for Real-Time Video

Mux Real-Time Video now supports a "crop" broadcast layout, which crops the input real-time video on the fly, to maximize the use of your output livestream’s resolution.

Mar 1, 2023

Unified signing keys across Mux Data and Video products

Signing keys are used to sign JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to authenticate and enumerate requests to the Mux APIs. You are no longer required to create separate signing keys for Video and Data URLs.

February 2023

Feb 16, 2023