Introduction

Statamic Mux is an addon for integrating the Mux video encoding and streaming service.

Philosophy

The main goal of this addon: make working with videos as easy as working with images.

How it works

Videos uploaded to an asset container are mirrored to your Mux account. Within a few seconds, they can be streamed using the official <mux-video> web component, which is a drop-in replacement for the native video element.

Features

Automatic sync
Mirror locally uploaded videos to your Mux account

Standard upload workflow
Upload original video files into the control panel like any other asset

No separate fieldtype required
Manage videos using the built-in assets fieldtype, freely mixing images and videos

Instant playback
Videos can be streamed within seconds of upload, before full encoding completes

Optimized streaming
Mux delivers a resolution matched to each viewer's bandwidth

Customizable player
Configure the Mux video player component to match your site's design

Secure streaming
Restrict access to videos using signed URLs

Why a video service

Video encoding and delivery require more processing and storage than images. Serving video files directly from your origin server, without adaptive bitrate streaming, results in large downloads and inconsistent playback across devices and connections. A dedicated service handles encoding, storage, and adaptive delivery.

Why Mux

Mux provides encoding, storage, and delivery through a single API. This addon uses Mux specifically because it exposes these features through an HTTP API and ships official web components for video playback, both of which the addon depends on.

License

Statamic Mux is paid software with an open-source codebase. To use it in production, you'll need to buy a license from the Statamic Marketplace.

Credits

Developed by Philipp Daun