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.. title: Remotes, Androids and Stage Views
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.. slug: 2011/05/09/remotes-androids-and-stage-views
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.. date: 2011-05-09 13:05:19 UTC
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.. description:
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From near the beginning there has been some form of remote control
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functionality in OpenLP V2. At first it was just a basic command line
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utility. Then we developed the basic Web view which although functional,
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wasn't very pretty.
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Well in recent weeks remote operation has been getting some more much
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needed attention, in the shape of a new design targetting mobiles, an
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Android App and a Stage View.
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First Raoul worked his designer magic on the Web Interface giving it a
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shiny new look which was easy to use on a smartphone. As more and more
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people now own an iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone and the number of
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Churches with Wi-Fi connections are increasing, this offers much more
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flexibility in the operation of OpenLP. If the worship leader decides to
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skip a song, with a couple of buttons she can put the correct song on
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the screen. The car park attendant or nursery supervisor can easily put
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a message on the screen over the network from their phones.
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The next person to take advantage of the remote functionality was Samuel
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Sjöbergsson who has started writing an Android OpenLP app. With help
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from Johan Mynhardt and Tim it is making good progress and it is great
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to see two new developers join the team. It is still very early days,
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but we're looking forward to the potential of this app. We're not yet
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ready to put this in the Android Market, but if you want to take an
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early peek at what has been done so far, you can download it from
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launchpad.
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Finally in the latest nightly builds, you will find the most recent
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addition. A Stage View. For those who don't know, this is a specially
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designed output for those people on the stage. They don't need all the
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whizzy background graphics, they just want a plain view of the current
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and perhaps the next verse and an indication of which verse they are on.
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A clock helps them to know when to stop, and perhaps some notes to act
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as a reminder.
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We've had a few feature requests for this, but because of the complexity
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of adding support for a third monitor, and the relatively few users who
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have three video outputs, we've not considered it high priority. Then
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came the realisation that this could be easily achieved with the remote
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API, and I set about writing a simple page to prove the concept. So not
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only can this then be opened in a full screen web browser on your third
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monitor (if you are lucky enough to have one), but you can save the
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expense of lots of video cabling and instead open it on another Laptop
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or Tablet on the network.
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To use the remote functionality, first go into Settings -> Plugin List,
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and Activate the Remote plugin. To view the web address, go to Settings
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-> Configure OpenLP, choose the Remote page and the hyperlinks should be
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displayed.
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We would love to know if you make use of any of these remote options,
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and also tell us your ideas on how we could improve them or of any
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limitations that might be stopping you from using them.
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