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.. title: OpenLP 3.0 "Steadfast Simeon" Released
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.. slug: 2022/12/31/openlp-30-steadfast-simeon-released
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.. date: 2022-12-31 12:00:00 UTC
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.. description:
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.. previewimage: /cover-images/openlp-30-steadfast-simeon-released.jpg
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, it's finally here! Yes, OpenLP 3.0 has been released!
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And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the
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Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
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Colossians 3:23-24 WEB
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One of our original goals with OpenLP was to move to faster releases, and while that didn't seem to
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happen for version 3.0, moving foward we are aiming to roll out releases much faster. With that in
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mind, we decided that the worst bugs have been fixed, and most people should be pretty happy with
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the 3.0 release.
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Known Issues
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------------
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Before we dive into the new features, here are some known issues which may apply to you:
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.. warning:: **Ubuntu 22.04**
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The main view in the web remote does not update automatically on Ubuntu 22.04 due to Ubuntu
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shipping an old version of python3-websockets. This can be fixed by downloading and installing
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an updated version of the package from `the official Ubuntu archive`_.
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.. warning:: **Wayland on Linux**
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OpenLP at present does not behave well under Wayland so the recommendation is to run under X11.
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If you can't run in X11 (or prefer to run it in XWayland), you should start it with
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``QT_QPA_PLATFORM`` environment variable set to ``xcb``, although the Main View from the Web
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Remote will not work.
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.. warning:: **Video backgrounds**
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Video / streaming backgrounds and background audio in songs currently do not work together. You
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may experience either the video not working but the audio works, or the audio doesn't work while
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the video does.
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.. warning:: **macOS**
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macOS may report OpenLP as damaged. If you encounter this problem, you can try the following
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solution:
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1. From Applications / Utilities run Terminal
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2. In Terminal, type in the following command::
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xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OpenLP.app
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3. This should allow you to start OpenLP normally
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New Features
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One of the biggest changes in version 3.0 is that we completely rewrote the renderer, meaning that
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we were able to bring in efficient transitions between slides for text items (i.e. songs, Bible
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verses, custom slides). Transitions are available as part of themes.
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Another major change in version 3.0 is the remote. Maintaining separate remotes for browsers,
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Android and iOS was painful and slow. In version 3.0 we rewrote the remote API, and have
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consolidated our work into the web remote. The web remote is also no longer bundled with OpenLP,
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allowing us to roll out updates to the remote separately from OpenLP itself. The old API's will be
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removed in a future release breaking the Android and IOS applications. Please migrate to the new
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Web Interface.
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In addition to the two above, OpenLP now supports presentations on macOS, using LibreOffice,
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac and Keynote. Support of Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer has been removed.
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Other New Features
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- VLC is now bundled with OpenLP on macOS and Windows, and there is no need to select a media
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players
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- Guide marks to show position within a clip and the ability to repeat the playing video
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- Motion (video) backgrounds in themes
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- Better screen detection and configuration
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- Performance improvements reducing start up times
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- The settings page has been updated, so a number of options have moved
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- All icons have been migrated from images to scalable monochromatic fonts to allow for the
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support of larger desktop displays and dark themes
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- OpenLP now ships with a dark interface/UI theme. On Windows and macOS, it can be enabled by
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enabling the dark theme on system. You can always force the dark theme by changing the Interface
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Theme in Settings
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- Media and Presentations now support being grouped by folders
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- Slide numbers in footer can be enabled in Settings
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- Songs can be searched by number
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- Chord support in songs (can be enabled in Song settings). The chords are shown in the "Chords
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View" section of Web Remote, which supports chord transposition and mobile devices
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- More song formats can be imported:
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- Singing The Faith
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- LivePresenter
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- ProPresenter 5 and 6
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- EasyWorship 6
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- ChordPro (for chords)
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- More bible formats can be imported:
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- SWORD
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- WordProject
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- Support for importing services from PlanningCenter
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Updates and Bug Fixes
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---------------------
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A lot more has been fixed, updated or improved, far too much to include here. If you're really
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curious, you can do a `comparison between 2.4.6 and 3.0.0`_ on GitLab.
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Download
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--------
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Head on over to the `downloads section of the website`_ to download version 3.0 now!
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.. raw:: html
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<p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://openlp.org/#downloads" class="btn btn-primary">Download</a></p>
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.. _the official Ubuntu archive: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/python-websockets/python3-websockets_10.2-1_all.deb
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.. _comparison between 2.4.6 and 3.0.0: https://gitlab.com/openlp/openlp/-/compare/3.0.0...2.4.6
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.. _downloads section of the website: https://openlp.org/#downloads
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