Displays various slides from the Bible, with images, videos, PowerPoint and even OpenOffice presentations. Customize the database and display slides based on various categories (Songs, Bibles, Presentations, Images, Media, Custom Slides). Implement audio and play it next to your presentations.
Organizing a religious service can be difficult given all the elements involved, such as the hymns to be played and the portions of the Bible that will be read and explained. OpenLP is a program that allows you to select and prepare those elements in advance so you can project them using the church's projector.
On the first use, the program shows a wizard that lets you the language of the interface. This feature is very useful because it lets non-English-speaking people to use the program. Also, you can choose the plugins that you want to use, such as Bible versions, images, audio and video, and so on. You can download public-domain hymns and Bible versions in different languages.
Once you have set the program according to your needs, you can start using it by choosing the hymn(s) to be played during the service. The lyrics will be shown on screen. You can choose a background theme to display from the default images included with the program, or use any image from your personal collection. The same applies with the Scriptures. You only need to choose the book, chapter and verse to be displayed, and select a background image. Then, the people attending the service can follow the reading and sing along the hymns.
If you are a cleric or helper in church services, then this program will be useful for you.
v2.1 [May 24, 2015]
OpenLP 2.2, version 2.1.4 Release Candidate 1.
This release comes with 31 known bug fixes, as well as a bunch of other fixes that don't have specific bug reports.
Here are the bug reports that have been fixed:
#1419300: OpenLP freezes when double clicking an image in media manager
#1424297: Renaming a theme causes a crash
#1247661: Cannot restore OpenLP after minimising on OSX
#1411433: Media disappears on upgrade
#1413324: Going live on songs too quickly causes hang
#1424330: OpenLP Loops Presentations on start up
#1432418: delete PowerPoint presentation before removing from service
#1438563: Saving theme with unicode letters in the name causes traceback
#1441055: Webkitplayer (and video background) doesn't work on Windows and Mac
#1081807: Inconsistent verse ranges
#1194847: Clicking on a PowerPoint slide doesn't advance animations on that slide
#1195694: Presentations error: RPC server is unavailable
#1389149: Traceback when switching PPT presenter
#1412216: ccli traceback when the lyrics aren't present
#1423699: CCLI SongSelect Import - import more logs out
#1423913: PowerPoint steals focus when a PowerPoint presentation goes live
#1424555: When editing a single verse, the number is always 1
#1424972: Powerpoint with unicode characters makes OpenLP crash
#1425035: Wrong use of translation causes crash in opensong bible import
#1431476: Exception when playing a mpg file with webkit
#1431478: Size of media slider should not change
#1433245: Error message when start playing a video with vlc
#1437771: CCLISongSelect import saves multiple copies of same song
#1439311: Print service does not always put a blank line between verses
#1439671: Edit button on preview toolbar disappears when editing custom
#1440571: Drag and drop powerpoint file to mediamanager fails to load file
#1446491: OpenLP shows wrong thumbnail when new and old image has the same name
#1056652: Service item selection bug in Service Manager
#1254190: Can no longer add Bible verses
#1315917: [Web stage] native android web browser causes text to compress affects Android app as well
#1410774: OpenLP fails to start on first run
#1414990: Menu - language list
A number of translations have been updated and nearing full coverage.
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