Mux Video
Infrastructure
video streaming api
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
11 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 49 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 3 for, 5 againstPricing: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Low pricing compared to alternatives
From 2 comments
Seems like an amazing service and very much needed by everybody that is not YouTube, because indeed video is too hard. Also very cheap. Video Stored: $0.007 per minute per month…
fiatjaf on HNThis looks like a great alternative to Wistia for online course sites/platforms like Teachable. I believe many developer built and focused subscription video sites like…
eliblock on HN
Good idea for developers needing simple video infrastructure
From 2 comments
Yes yes a thousand times yes.
ajsharp on HNReally excited about what you're building! Can't wait to try out your API.
billdybas on HN
Objections
No signed or private playback yet, so paywalls are hard to build
From 2 comments
It's likely a no go for us without domain based restriction. I'd rather do that then deal with signed urls, we wouldn't want them to expire. We deal with artists who have…
clintavo on HNJust signed up and looked at the api docs. Even the "signed" option for privacy says coming soon. I guess, at the moment, there is no way to secure a video on mux?
clintavo on HN
Only HLS support, which lacks desktop Chrome support
From 1 comment
Having had experience in streaming to many thousands of users myself I think what you're doing here is certainly interesting - having taken a look at your service it seems likely…
tcd on HN
Dependence on third-party CDNs could be risky
From 2 comments
Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion - the team page tells me nothing about the challenges they're going to face, and how they're going to overcome them. Even Google,…
tcd on HNThe only one was Cloudflare on another project (file hosting) - and being fair, we did do 20tb of transfer in a single month on the free tier, which they weren't so pleased about…
tcd on HN
Hotlinking and cost abuse of m3u8 URLs
From 1 comment
The only one was Cloudflare on another project (file hosting) - and being fair, we did do 20tb of transfer in a single month on the free tier, which they weren't so pleased about…
tcd on HN
Requests
Domain-based playback restriction
From 2 comments
I'd be a +1 for domain-based restriction, just as it makes implementing a leaky paywall easier (I've got a series of chocolate making videos coming up that'll be behind a simple…
wastedhours on HNIt's likely a no go for us without domain based restriction. I'd rather do that then deal with signed urls, we wouldn't want them to expire. We deal with artists who have…
clintavo on HN
360 video support
From 1 comment
Do you have support for 360 videos? (Streaming from a Ricoh Theta S for instance)
udia on HN
Live streaming
From 1 comment
Can it mix livefeeds ? The first page really does not say much and I wonder if it's because all it does is streaming a feed, like many other players do in this space.
simlevesque on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Vimeo's API and Wistia
From 2 comments
My company is very interested in moving into this space (building a video community and charging for paid videos not hosting & processing like Mux). We might be very interested…
clintavo on HNThis may be a dumb question, but would you describe the product as an alternative to something like Wistia? How does it compare to it?
cicloid on HN
Which input video codecs are supported
From 1 comment
What video codecs do you support as inputs?
akoumjian on HN
How it relates to Azure Media Services
From 1 comment
Great looking service, excited to check it out further. The company I work for builds lots of self service video portals for clients and we use Azure Media Services for…
mt3ck on HN
Alternatives named
Vimeo API
From 2 comments
My company is very interested in moving into this space (building a video community and charging for paid videos not hosting & processing like Mux). We might be very interested…
clintavo on HNOK, but I looked at Vimeo's api docs and they looked pretty feature complete for someone who wanted to build their own site and never use the vimeo CMS. It's possible (it looks…
clintavo on HN
Wistia
From 2 comments
This may be a dumb question, but would you describe the product as an alternative to something like Wistia? How does it compare to it?
cicloid on HNThis looks like a great alternative to Wistia for online course sites/platforms like Teachable. I believe many developer built and focused subscription video sites like…
eliblock on HN
Azure Media Services
From 1 comment
Great looking service, excited to check it out further. The company I work for builds lots of self service video portals for clients and we use Azure Media Services for…
mt3ck on HN
Amazon S3, EC2, CloudFront
From 1 comment
Not a dumb question. We're lower-level - the biggest value Wistia brings is helping marketers be more effective with video. Mux Video is like the plumbing; we get the video from…
jon_dahl on HN