Demuxed – Details, episodes & analysis

In episode 20 of Demuxed, Matt and Phil share a special preview of the Demuxed 2023 Video Conference. Together they discuss the planning and logistics of the event, the talks they’re most excited about, the ways the conference has evolved over the years, and how you can be a part of this inclusive event.

In episode 19 of Demuxed, Matt, Phil, and Steve discuss video meetups, particularly the return of IRL meetups and the difficulties faced when securing a venue. They also explore Netflix’s recent crackdown on password sharing, how Media Chrome is nearing a 1.0 release, and the hurdles video engineers must navigate in order to avoid patent conflicts.

In episode 10 of Demuxed, Matt and Steve are joined by Colleen Kelly Henry and Eric Zawolkow, to talk about their experiences overseeing all things video-related, and what it’s like maintaining complex live video streams for large audiences.

In episode 9 of Demuxed, Matt, Steve and Phil are joined by Matt Fisher, Lead Video Playback Engineer for Vimeo to discuss the past, present and future of online video and how formats like 4K and 8K could change the way content creators capture and edit footage.

In episode 8 of Demuxed, guest Jean-Baptiste Kempf discusses how VideoLAN, the project behind VLC player, came to be and where it’s going. Hear what the future holds for streaming video and how VLC player’s iconic cone logo came to be.

In the latest episode of Demuxed, Eric Tang of Livepeer joins Matt, Steve and Nick (filling in for Phil) to discuss how blockchain is creating new possibilities for peer-to-peer live video streaming. Eric describes how Livepeer uses a token system to incentivize increased capacity and network performance. He also explains how decentralized video streaming networks can change the way content creators interact with their audiences.

In the latest episode of Demuxed, Matt, Steve and Phil are joined by Ryan Damm. Ryan founded Visby to take a light field approach to VR. Ryan explains what light fields are, and reveals some of the interesting things that can be done with them. He shows how today’s display technology can handle light fields and makes the bold prediction that in 10 years light fields will be broadly adopted by tv’s and phones using holographic displays.

In the latest episode of Demuxed, Matt, Steve and Phil are joined by Feross Aboukhadijeh and John Hiesey from WebTorrent.

Feross explains that the idea behind WebTorrent is to allow any web browser to connect to a peer-to-peer swarm, fetch content, verify it, and display it to the user with minimum use of servers. They also discuss how they use the WebRTC protocol and outline browser limitations that resulted in the creation of a WebTorrent desktop application.

In this episode of Demuxed, Matt, Steve and Phil are joined by Gary Katsevman and David LaPalomento, core contributors to the Video.js project. Steve reveals how Video.js began as a weekend attempt to build a video player with HTML and CSS instead of Flash. They discuss the current excitement around Video.js 6.0 and explore possible directions for Video.js 7.0 including the evolution of the middleware components and the removal of Flash from the core player.

In Episode 3 of Demuxed, Matt, Steve and Phil are joined by SSB BART Group Lead Accessibility Consultant Owen Edwards. The group discusses the role that tools such as captions and screen readers have played in the the past, as well as how accessibility standards will be part of the way we consume content in the future.