http://muxcloud.com Video Computing in the Cloud Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:34:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a repost of lectures notes from Shawn Van Every's "Mobile (Me)dia" class taught at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program in Spring of 2008. Many thanks to Shawn for sharing Mux with his class and for writing up this great tutorial. ********************** Often when recieving files from users, they aren't in the ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/09/calling-mux-from-php/ Here is a quick, simple example of how easy it is to call Mux using Javascript... you simply pass in the URL of a video file you would like transcoded and the output mime-type you'd like to transcode it to. function doMuxRequest(mediaUrl, mimeType) { statusUrl = API_ENDPOINT_SIMPLE_XML; ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/09/calling-mux-from-javascript/ Mux powers the video encoding on the Cruxy Digital Marketplace. Here is a sample set of videos generated on Cruxy. Typical "Medium" Quality ~700bkps - 600x350 Flash 7 [hana-flv-player video="http://s3.amazonaws.com/openomic/preview/16016" width="600" height="350" player="3" autoplay="true" ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/08/sample-video/ Open Network Television is excited to announce that we've released the 2.0 version of Mux.am - the free, public interface to the Mux Cloud. This new release features a redesigned user interface, the ability to upload files directly for conversion, and an improved set of mobile video options. Behind the ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/08/muxam-20-beta-release/ Rajeev Edmonds (Pro Blogger, Programmer from New Delhi, India) says on his FreshTechTips.com blog: Converting video files from one format to another becomes a necessity at times. Sometimes, we want to reduce the file size compromising on quality, and sometimes our video player doesn't support the format. Whatever be the ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/07/mux-love-from-india/ The good bloggers over at MyMobileGeek.com proclaim Mux to be one of the "best websites you've never heard of". I think we're flattered... right?! Hmm... From the extremely useful to the ridiculous, these sites should be in everyones favorite RSS reader or Link bar. Here are the top undiscovered web sites ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/07/havent-heard-of-mux/ At the core of the Mux services are an open API that you can use to perform transcoding operations on media files of all types. Everything that’s available through the various MUX services is available through the API. Our goal is to make this API as simple as possible, and ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/07/developer-api/ Mux uses straight mime-types for determining output formats. We have also created a few extension types such as “video/mp4-ipod” for optimizing around a specific device. table { font-size:10pt; } tr { border-bottom:1px solid #555; margin:1px; } Supported Mime-Types Name Mime Type File Ext Description 3G Mobile Video video/3gpp *.3gp mobile phone video 3G2 Mobile Video video/3g2 *.3g2 3GPP2 (for CDMA-based Phones, may have filename extension .3g2) Apple iTunes Video video/m4v *.m4v This media file can ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/07/supported-media-types/ The Mux Transcoding Process is comprised of a series of steps: Receive the incoming video file either by push (upload) or pull (download from URL link) Analyze and detect the media type, including codec, size, bitrate and more ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/11/07/how-mux-works/ Tech trend blog Rev2.org used the phrase "super awesome" to describe the public Mux.am service, which always makes you feel good: Mux deals with three basic issues in the video space: coverting, sharing, and mobilizing. More specifically, it can convert videos from URLs that you give to be ready to download ... http://muxcloud.com/2008/05/05/rev2-super-awesome-video-sharing/