In this lesson, I'm giving you a comprehensive introduction to mave and its key features. We start by exploring what mave is - a European video platform designed to help organizations integrate video more effectively into their websites.

I explain our focus on user experience, privacy, and ease of integration. Next, I delve into how mave optimizes your videos. When you or your users upload content, we automatically create multiple versions to ensure fast loading, reduced data usage, and improved battery life for your viewers.

I then showcase the various ways you can use mave. This ranges from simple tasks like extracting images from videos to using videos as backgrounds, all the way up to implementing full-featured video players. I demonstrate our video player, highlighting how easy it is to embed and customize. Customization is a key topic in this lesson.

I explain how you can tailor mave's features to match your brand, either through our interface or by coding. I also introduce you to clips - our short, looping videos that play only when visible on screen. Towards the end of the lesson, I touch on some of mave's backend features. I briefly describe our user-friendly dashboard for video management and collaboration. I also mention some of our more advanced offerings, like open-source video metrics and the option to use your own CDN.

Throughout the lesson, I use visual examples to illustrate key points. My aim is to give you a solid foundation in what mave can do, preparing you for the more detailed explorations we'll do in future lessons. By the end of this lesson, you should have a clear understanding of mave's capabilities and how it can enhance video integration on your website.

Mentor

David van Leeuwen is a web developer with over 15 years of experience. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams on projects for renowned companies such as Sonos, WeTransfer, and Red Bull.

David is currently leading the development of mave and will be the mentor if this course. He is enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge and helping you get started with video integration.