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# Mux

> Video infrastructure — upload, transcode, stream with adaptive bitrate. The standard for video-heavy apps.

[Mux](https://www.mux.com) handles the entire video pipeline — upload, transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, analytics.

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  Full walkthrough being written.
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## Common uses

* Course platforms (lesson videos)
* User-generated video apps
* Event recordings with playback later
* Marketing site embeds

## Setup

`MUX_TOKEN_ID` and `MUX_TOKEN_SECRET` in vly secrets. Upload via Mux's direct-upload URLs from a Convex action.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Course platform recipe" icon="graduation-cap" href="/recipes/course-platform">
    Where Mux gets used.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cloudinary" icon="image" href="/integrations/cloudinary">
    Image-focused alternative.
  </Card>

  <Card title="LiveKit" icon="video" href="/integrations/livekit">
    For real-time video calling.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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