Hi Everyone,<br><br>Today was the first time we used the Minix and OpenLP for a service. It seemed to work really well! Here are a few scattered observations:<br>
The Minix is surprisingly responsive. It doesn't come with any bloatware, and it seems to be pretty stable.
AirServer seems to work well for iOS mirroring. I haven't had an opportunity to try Miracast and Chromecast yet.
The Minix can support two HDMI connections, with an ACTIVE mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. That's what we're currently using, to eventually get to DVI on the projector.
OpenLP connects to our projector (yay!), and will turn it off and on. However, it won't do input select for some reason - it throws an error. Please, someone let me know who/where I should send additional information.
Transitions seem to be a bit glitchy. However, I don't think that's because of the Minix. I see the exact same behavior on my three year old retina MacBook Pro. But... not a big deal.
Today, I taught someone else how to enter songs. They did so, but couldn't get slide splits to work. So, I went back to the computer thinking it would be really simple - as I've used it on a number of songs and custom slides without issue. But, I couldn't get it to work either. I checked for any hidden characters, deleted and re-added the verse, took the text through Notepad to ensure there was no odd formatting issues. I couldn't get it to work. In the end we made two Verse 1 slides, and fortunately OpenLP was smart enough to treat them as one in the slide order. But, someone let me know if you want more info. I'm not sure how to provide much, though. There was no error, nor any indication that the split existed outside the editor. Really weird.
The iOS app has worked great for me. I left a review, trying to counteract the effects of the two reviewers that didn't know how to set things up.
The person running the system today used Android, also worked well.
Lastly, is it just me, or is there no "Show" button in the main interface? If I blank the screen, I have to use a phone app to get it back to show. I can't find that button on the desktop UI.
Anyway, I'd recommend the Minix - if you are well aware of its limitations. It's well made, power efficient, fairly feature-packed, cheap, and small enough to mount behind a monitor (there are 3D printable VESA brackets, from what I hear). It loads OpenLP slower than my rMBP does, but other than that the experience is pretty similar.