Mux, Inc.

A method includes: ingesting a video; initializing a timed command stream synchronized to the video; emulating transcoding of the video to derive a sequence of video characteristics of the video; populating the timed command stream with the sequence of video characteristics; segmenting the video into a series of mezzanine segments. The method further includes: for each mezzanine segment, in the series of mezzanine segments: retrieving instream video characteristics, in the sequence of video characteristics, contained within a first segment of the timed command stream corresponding to the mezzanine segment; retrieving upstream video characteristics, in the sequence of video characteristics, preceding the first segment of the timed command stream and informing transcoding of the mezzanine segment; transforming the instream video characteristics and the upstream video characteristics into a set of transcode commands; storing the set of transcode commands in command frames; and inserting the command frames into the mezzanine segment.

A method including: ingesting a video segment and a set of video features of the video segment; estimating a part size distribution for the video segment based on the set of video features and a first rendition of the video segment; calculating a maximum expected part size based on a threshold percentile in the part size distribution; at a first time, transmitting, to an video player, a manifest file indicating a set of byterange-addressable parts of the video segment in the first rendition, each byterange addressed part characterized by the maximum expected part size; at a second time, receiving, a playback request for a first byterange-addressable part; transcoding the first byterange-addressable part; in response to the maximum expected part size exceeding a size of the first byterange-addressable part in the first rendition, appending padding data to the first byterange-addressable part; and transmitting the first byterange-addressable part to the AV player.

A method includes: accessing a video in a passthrough rendition encoded according to a passthrough bitrate and a passthrough resolution; and segmenting the video. The method further includes transmitting a first passthrough segment to a first device in response to receiving a first request for a first playback segment of the video in the passthrough rendition from the first device, the first playback segment corresponding to the first passthrough segment. The method also includes, in response to receiving a second request for the first playback segment of the video in a first rendition from a second device, the first rendition defining a first bitrate below the passthrough bitrate and a first resolution below the passthrough resolution: transcoding the first passthrough segment into the first rendition segment in the first rendition according to the first bitrate and the first resolution; and transmitting the first rendition segment to the second device.

A method includes: accessing a video in a passthrough rendition encoded according to a passthrough bitrate and a passthrough resolution; and segmenting the video. The method further includes transmitting a first passthrough segment to a first device in response to receiving a first request for a first playback segment of the video in the passthrough rendition from the first device, the first playback segment corresponding to the first passthrough segment. The method also includes, in response to receiving a second request for the first playback segment of the video in a first rendition from a second device, the first rendition defining a first bitrate below the passthrough bitrate and a first resolution below the passthrough resolution: transcoding the first passthrough segment into the first rendition segment in the first rendition according to the first bitrate and the first resolution; and transmitting the first rendition segment to the second device.

A method includes: receiving a video file from a first publisher; partially decoding the video file based on visual characteristics in the video file to generate a proxy video representation of the video file. The method further includes, for a first resolution: accessing a first model associated with the first resolution, the first model configured to derive target bitrates based on resolutions and target viewing qualities; passing the proxy video representation and the source resolution to the first model; and receiving a first target bitrate for the first resolution returned by the first model. The method further includes: defining a first rendition, for the video file, characterized by the first resolution and the first target bitrate; generating an encoding ladder identifying the first rendition; and publishing the encoding ladder for access by a video player for streaming playback segments of the video file.

A method includes: accessing a set of errors occurring during playback of segments of a video in a first rendition within a device population during a first time period and, during a subsequent time period, in response to receiving a first request for a first segment of the video in the first rendition: deriving, from the set of errors, a first error rate associated with the first segment in the first rendition; and, in response to the first error rate falling below a threshold, serving the first segment. The method also includes, in response to receiving a second request for a second segment of the video in the first rendition: deriving, from the set of errors, a second error rate associated with the second segment in the first rendition; and in response to the second error rate exceeding the threshold, serving the second segment in a second rendition.

A method including: accessing a first configuration; accessing a primary video stream comprising a first set of video content, from a first online video platform; accessing a secondary video stream comprising a second set of video content; and at an initial time, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the default viewing arrangement; at a first time, detecting the first trigger event in the primary video stream; in response to detecting the first trigger event, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the first target viewing arrangement, and publishing the first composite video to a second video platform; and at a second time, detecting the second trigger event in the secondary video stream; in response to detecting the second trigger event, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the second target viewing arrangement.

A method includes: accessing a set of errors occurring during playback of segments of a video in a first rendition within a device population during a first time period and, during a subsequent time period, in response to receiving a first request for a first segment of the video in the first rendition: deriving, from the set of errors, a first error rate associated with the first segment in the first rendition; and, in response to the first error rate falling below a threshold, serving the first segment. The method also includes, in response to receiving a second request for a second segment of the video in the first rendition: deriving, from the set of errors, a second error rate associated with the second segment in the first rendition; and in response to the second error rate exceeding the threshold, serving the second segment in a second rendition.

A method including: extracting a set of video features representing properties of a video segment; generating a set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the set of video features, each bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs defining a bitrate and defining a resolution estimated to maximize a quality score characterizing the video segment encoded at the bitrate; accessing a distribution of audience bandwidths; selecting a top bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a bottom bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a subset of bitrate-resolution pairs in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the distribution of audience bandwidths, the subset of bitrate-resolution pairs defining bitrates less than the top bitrate and greater than the bottom bitrate; and generating an encoding ladder for the video segment comprising the top bitrate-resolution pair, the bottom bitrate-resolution pair, and the subset of bitrate-resolution pairs.

A method including: accessing a first configuration; accessing a primary video stream comprising a first set of video content, from a first online video platform; accessing a secondary video stream comprising a second set of video content; and at an initial time, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the default viewing arrangement; at a first time, detecting the first trigger event in the primary video stream; in response to detecting the first trigger event, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the first target viewing arrangement, and publishing the first composite video to a second video platform; and at a second time, detecting the second trigger event in the secondary video stream; in response to detecting the second trigger event, combining the primary video stream and the secondary video stream according to the second target viewing arrangement.