First class responsive video support with the new Mux plugin

Written by Knut Melvær

Edit: Learn about the upgraded Mux plugin here (2013-08-23).

When building Sanity, we placed much emphasis on building out a super flexible image pipeline that can transform and re-crop your images for you. We have no ambition of doing the same for video.

When Mux reached out to us about integrating with their video streaming and analytics platform we had no doubts that it would be a good fit.

Who is Mux?

Mux was founded in 2015 by Jon Dahl, Steve Heffernan, Matt McClure, and Adam Brown. Jon and Steve were the co-founders of Zencoder, which got acquired by Brightcove. With a team of engineers from YouTube, Twitch, Brightcove, and Facebook, they're now leading one of the best cloud-based video services on the web.

Mux is an API-first video platform for streaming and analytics. What sets them apart is their self-optimizing encoding and delivery technology. The service provides high-quality streams for your users that adapt to device, and network conditions. What you also get is transparency on how your videos perform. Mux makes this easily accessible with Mux Data, which gives you detailed video performance metrics – in real-time.

The performance and functionality of Mux are excellent. Store your full resolution master file with Mux and request whatever format you need – HLS for streaming, MP4 for downloads. Even GIF if you need it. From your frontends, apps, and digital services you can request exactly the format you need.

Get started with the mux-video plugin

The Mux plugin for Sanity gives you a way to upload and preview videos easily.

Installation

Run this command in your Sanity project folder: