<p>Gushie:</p>
<p>Thanks for the question. I was a bit brief on our use model, so it wasn't entirely clear how we use OpenLP. We use it for 5 service every weekend and many weekends none of the services have songs in common.</p>
<p>From an OpenLP perspective, our typical service includes:</p>
<p>1. A PowerPoint loop with announcements that runs prior to the start of the service</p>
<p>2. An opening song </p>
<p>3. A response between readings</p>
<p>4. A prayer</p>
<p>5. Another song</p>
<p>6. Another Song</p>
<p>7. Another Song</p>
<p>8. A Prayer</p>
<p>9. The closing Song</p>
<p>In addition anywhere from 1 to 25 minutes transpires between each item. So the OOS includes an entry between each of the ones listed above (a JPEG that is displayed on the screens - artistic graphic with a bible verse).</p>
<p>So you can see the OOS for a normal service consists of at least 17 items. For one service a week, we add about 5-6 additional songs, prayers or responses.</p>
<p>This assumes each song/image/prayer only consumes one position in the OOS.</p>
<p>The challenge is that we have one service a week in which the music is primarily chant. Since most of the congregation doesn't know this music well, we've been searching for the best method of projecting BOTH Notes and Lyrics to make it easier to join the chant choir. This is where the PowerPoint files creep into the actual service. So if we have a chant song that requires 3 images to be rendered with sufficient size, either we list these 3 images on the OOS or combine them into one PowerPoint that takes only one slot in the OOS. </p>
<p>So if five songs are rendered as individual images (estimate 3 images per song) the OOS will balloon from around 16-17 items to 26-27. Also it becomes harder to distinguish the artistic image OOS entries from from the rendered song images. Finally, just trying to manage three image files instead of one PowerPoint file seems like unnecessary complexity.</p>
<p>I want to be clear that 90%+ of the songs we use every week are lyrics only and stored in the OpenLP db. There is a strong desire from some people to have projected notes but currently the effort required to render these with the right scale make this an unrealistic undertaking for allof the different songs we use every week.</p>
<p>We are very new to projected lyrics and the system is ran by volunteers. Since my day job is marketing, I understand how important some of this context can be to developers. I'd be happy to chat with you anytime relating to 'requirements' and use cases if that would help!</p>
<p>Scott </p>
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