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# Creating a live streaming platform using Mux and Nuxt.js
## Overview
Live streaming has evolved significantly since its inception in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when it was primarily used to broadcast events such as concerts and sports. Today, it has become a mainstream method of communication and entertainment, with platforms like Twitch, YouTube Live, Facebook Live, TikTok Live, and Instagram Live leading the way. These platforms are used for a wide variety of purposes, including gaming, music, vlogging, and teaching.

Businesses have also embraced live streaming as a powerful tool for increasing brand awareness, fostering customer trust and loyalty, and providing more authentic opportunities for engagement. Companies can connect with their audiences in real-time, creating a sense of immediacy and authenticity that traditional marketing methods cannot match.

## Goal
In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how we can build live-streaming apps using the mux service and create a video broadcasting system using FFmpeg, nuxt.js, and express.

## Outline
- Introduction
    - Explanation of the project goal: to create a live streaming app using Mux and Nuxt.js
    - A brief overview of Mux and Nuxt.js

- Setting up the project
    - Installation of Nuxt.js and creation of a new project
    - Integration of Mux into the project
    - Configuration of Mux settings and authentication

- Building the front-end
    - Design and layout of the streaming page using Nuxt.js
    - Implementation of Mux player for video playback
    - Integration of live streaming functionality, including starting and stopping the stream, and displaying the stream status

- Building the back-end
    - Creation of a server-side API to handle video encoding with FFmpeg
    - Implementation of WebSockets for sending streams to the Mux server

- Testing
    - Building a landing page to preview the streamed video
    - Testing and debugging of the live-streaming functionality

- Conclusion
    - Summary of the steps taken to create the live streaming app

