

There are tools that can be added, but they are not compatible with Windows 7 64-bit. Verses and there does not appear to be a way to get from verse 1 to 3 without showing verse2. General look and feel and usage is good, but there remain questions about reordering Import is available from CCLI SongSelect - files and website (both are untested by me) Tool tips are provided when the mouse hovers over a button. The preview and Live Screens can be adjusted to make this easier.

Orders of service are set up by dragging from the Media Manager across to the Order of Service n the far right.
#Opensong import utility full
starts in full screen mode and presents 4 columns - Media Manager (the song library and Bibles, presentations, video and audio are here), Preview, Live and in the final column Order of Service and below it the Theme Manager. Blanking the screen is unreliable, but worse, un-blanking it is even more unreliable. Some of the 'features' have never worked reliably. We have taken to running powerpoints from windows, but even this can cause SongPro to hang. Powerpoint integration almost always causes a restart to be required. Too often it cannot cope with the simplest tasks. The major issue with SongPro is stability. Some of the finer controls are fiddly - you have to know when to right click and what to do with the subsequence menu. It is reasonably easy to use and provides most of what we need. SongPro 3 is a fully featured environment. SongPro3 (we are using on the old system)

There is a matrix of features and tests at the end.
#Opensong import utility software
What follows is a review of each of the pieces of software I have tried. Of course all these pieces of Software must also run on our new Windows 7 Laptop. To play a DVD from the Laptop to the projector To display notices in the same way as songs and auto cycle through them To display Bible and Liturgy in the same way as songs To display video on the projector and retain control from the laptop screen To display the copyright license (CCL number) To re-order songs (start with the chorus or verse 1 for example) without editing the text. To project songs on to an external projector, and manage the projection from the laptops screen. As the new SongPro (version 4) is expensive we decided to look at alternatives. We decided that our ageing SongPro (version 3) also needs replacing. I will make updates and note them here as the project progresses.Ī Christ Church we have a new projector and now also a new laptop - with Windows 7 64-bit.
