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Video for Ruby with Mux

Easily build beautiful video experiences into your Ruby app.

Installation

Add mux_ruby to your project's Gemfile.

gem 'mux_ruby'

Usage

To start, you'll need a Mux access token. Once you've got that, you're off to the races!

#!/usr/bin/env ruby require 'mux_ruby' # Auth Setup openapi = MuxRuby.configure do |config| config.username = ENV['MUX_TOKEN_ID'] config.password = ENV['MUX_TOKEN_SECRET'] end # API Client Init assets_api = MuxRuby::AssetsApi.new # List Assets puts "Listing Assets in account:\n\n" assets = assets_api.list_assets() assets.data.each do | asset | puts "Asset ID: #{asset.id}" puts "Status: #{asset.status}" puts "Duration: #{asset.duration.to_s}\n\n" end

Video for your Ruby app that streams beautifully, everywhere

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Getting started is fast and easy with direct uploads - this means no intermediate storage for you to manage.

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Mux integrates with all major web and mobile video players.

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Automatically deliver the best user experience for every combination of device, browser, location, bandwidth, etc.

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Also includes helpers for Mux Data if you want to include performance metrics into your own dashboard client.

Flexible and future-proof

Ingest using almost any codec, including H.264, H.265, VP9, and Apple ProRes. Get multi-bitrate adaptive streaming with HLS delivery.

Adapt to new devices and codecs with no extra work. We'll automatically update codecs and renditions of the life of a video.

Scales automatically

Security for your video content

Use signed playback policies by easily creating signed URL tokens for your Mux assets when you want to control access to a piece of content.

Reach every viewer
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Behind the Scenes

Mux is made up of an advanced transcoding engine, streaming origin, and expertly configured CDNs which all work together to provide the best video experience for your users with the least amount of headache for you.

Behind the scenes

Advanced encoding for the most efficient streaming

Just-in-time transcoding

Get the fastest video publishing possible. Videos are encoded while the first viewers watch them so your users can publish instantly.

Optimizes video renditions

Not only is Mux fast, but we make sure that your video will look its best across every screen, on every network.

Need live streaming from your Ruby app? Yep, we do that, too.

Mux is made up of an advanced transcoding engine, streaming origin, and expertly configured CDNs which all work together to provide the best video experience for your users with the least amount of headache for you.

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Handle thousands of concurrent live streamers and millions of viewers without worrying about spinning up additional servers.

RTMP for ingest and HLS for delivery so your application can stream from a mobile app, broadcast software, or hardware encoder and broadcast to any device.

Transition seamlessly from live to VoD with recordings available immediately after the event with no waiting for additional processing.

Try Mux with a risk free trial and $20 in credit.