Changelog

May 2025

May 30, 2025

More resolutions are now supported in the min_resolution and max_resolution playback modifiers

The list of supported values for the min_resolution and max_resolution playback modifiers has been updated to include the full range of standard resolutions.

May 13, 2025

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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 1, 2025

Improvement Video Account

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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.

April 2024

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

Improvement Deprecated Video

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 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

Improvement Video

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.

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 1, 2023

Improvement Video

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 13, 2023

Improvement Video

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.

March 2023

Mar 17, 2023

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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

Improvement Video

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.

February 2023

Feb 14, 2023

Improvement Video

The Asset Details Page Now Highlights Important Information

We have updated the Asset Details page to show key information used to identify the asset more clearly at the top of the page.

January 2023

Jan 24, 2023

Improvement Video

The VOD Asset Details page now works better on mobile

We have improved the responsiveness of the Asset Details page for VOD content.

Jan 20, 2023

Improvement Video SDK

Spaces Web SDK v1.1.1 Released

This update includes a bugfix for when subscriber role participants try leaving a Space, improved error handling, automatically unpublishing screen-share audio when the browser is closed

Jan 9, 2023

Improvement New SDK Video

Spaces Web SDK v1.1.0 Released

This update includes the ability to publish custom events, a function to create LocalTracks from a MediaStream, changes to the default subscriptions, and enforcement of published track limits.

December 2022

Dec 14, 2022

Improvement Video

Direct Uploads now available in the Dashboard

Users can now upload files from their local machine via the Dashboard. The upload experience utilizes our Direct Uploads flow, and illustrates what APIs are used behind the scenes.

November 2022

Nov 29, 2022

Improvement Breaking Video SDK

Spaces Web SDK v1.0.0 Released

Version 1.0.0 of the Spaces Web SDK has been released. This adds user experience reporting, QoS tracking, automatic reconnect handling on poor networks, and additional improvements and bug fixes.

Nov 21, 2022

Update Improvement Breaking SDK Video

Mux-Node SDK v7.0.0 Release

Mux has released version 7.0.0 of its NodeJS SDK. This release fixes some type issues, adds missing module exports, and adds support for signing JWTs for Real-Time Spaces.

July 2022

Jul 21, 2022

Improvement Beta Video

Max Reconnect Window timeout value increased to 30 minutes

Maximum value of Live Stream reconnect_window has been increased from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.

April 2022

Apr 21, 2022

New Improvement Video

New Video Getting Started Experience

If you are a new Mux Video user, you can enjoy an updated getting started experience. The new Assets and Live Streams pages make it easy to upload your first video.

March 2022

Mar 16, 2022

Improvement Video

January 2022

Jan 10, 2022

Improvement Video

Non-square pixels are supported as standard video input file

We now support non-square pixels as standard input which means you do not need to wait as long for ingestion. Previously, we supported non-square pixels as non-standard input.

Changelog

May 2025

More resolutions are now supported in the min_resolution and max_resolution playback modifiers

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

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

The Mux Video Starter Plan has been improved

The Mux Video Pay as you go Plan has been improved

March 2025

Automatic cold storage improvements

December 2024

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

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

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

October 2024

MP4 support is now available for basic quality assets

Mux Video now supports a premium quality level

August 2024

Baseline assets now support multi-track audio

Auto-generated captions can now be added to baseline assets

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

April 2024

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

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

March 2024

Tabs in Asset and Live Stream Details dashboards pages renamed

January 2024

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

December 2023

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

June 2023

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

May 2023

Detail pages for Spaces have been updated to better organize information

April 2023

Real-Time Video Broadcasts now hide non-publishing participants

March 2023

Participant display names now available for Real-Time Video

Spaces Web SDK v1.2.0 Released

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

Mux Dashboard now displays dates in the localized format

Crop broadcast layout now available for Real-Time Video

February 2023

The Asset Details Page Now Highlights Important Information

January 2023

The VOD Asset Details page now works better on mobile

Spaces Web SDK v1.1.1 Released

Spaces Web SDK v1.1.0 Released

December 2022

Direct Uploads now available in the Dashboard

November 2022

Spaces Web SDK v1.0.0 Released

Mux-Node SDK v7.0.0 Release

July 2022

Max Reconnect Window timeout value increased to 30 minutes

April 2022

New Video Getting Started Experience

March 2022

More frame rates supported as standard video input files

January 2022

Non-square pixels are supported as standard video input file