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.. title: ExpoSong Project Shut Down
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.. slug: 2014/01/11/exposong-project-shut-down
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.. date: 2014-01-10 23:01:26 UTC
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.. description:
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A few days ago another open source church worship project called
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`ExpoSong <http://exposong.org/>`__ had to `shut
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down <http://exposong.org/2014/01/08/eol-announcement/>`__. It seems to
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me that they had a very small development team and were unable to
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continue developing their software. ExpoSong's last release was over 2
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years ago, in December 2011, and I can only presume they took a rain
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check as 2014 came round and decided to officially stop the project
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rather than leave it hanging.
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It's very sad when an open source project has to shut down, but I can
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completely understand their position. Without time or resources to
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continue development, it is better to officially stop development rather
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than leave it open in the dwindling hopes that someone may have the time
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to continue at a later stage.
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For those of you who have come from ExpoSong, I have put together a
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step-by-step guide below to show you how to easily export all your songs
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from ExpoSong and import them all into OpenLP. Click the **Read more**
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link below if you can't see the guide.
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Exporting Songs from ExpoSong and Importing Into OpenLP
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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First, in ExpoSong, click on **File > Export > Whole Library**.
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|Export songs from ExpoSong|
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Then select where you want to save your library file to.
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|Select Location|
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Once you have saved your file, open your file browser and navigate to
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where the file is.
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|Find exported file|
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Select the file and rename its extension from ".expo" to ".tar.gz"
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|Change File Extension|
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Now you should have a "tarball" in your directory.
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|Tarball|
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Using an archive program (Windows users can use
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`7-zip <http://www.7-zip.org/>`__, unzipping should be built in on Linux
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and OS X), extract the contents of the "tarball".
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|Extracted Archive|
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If you enter into the extracted "pres" directory, you should see all of
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your songs stored as ".xml" files.
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|Song Files|
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Now go into OpenLP, select **File > Import > Songs** and when you get to
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the Song Format page of the Import Wizard, select OpenLyrics. Then use
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the "Add Files" button to find the files you just extracted and add them
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to be imported.
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|Import into OpenLP|
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Follow the rest of the prompts in the wizard to finish importing your
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files.
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.. |Export songs from ExpoSong| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_01_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Select Location| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_02_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Find exported file| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_03_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Change File Extension| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_04_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Tarball| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_05_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Extracted Archive| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_06_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Song Files| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_07_export_whole_library.png
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.. |Import into OpenLP| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_08_export_whole_library.png
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