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.. title: At Long Last, OpenLP 2.0 Has Arrived!
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.. slug: 2012/12/02/long-last-openlp-20-has-arrived
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.. date: 2012-12-02 07:12:29 UTC
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.. description:
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*O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
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Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after
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day.*
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Psalms 96:1-2
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We are ecstatic to announce the first stable release of the 2.0 series
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of OpenLP! We've been developing this new version of OpenLP for four
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years now, and this long awaited mature release contains numerous
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improvements over OpenLP 1.2.
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New Features We Like Most
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It is difficult to pick a single favourite with so many new features, so
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we decided make a list of our top favourites instead:
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- Support for four major operating systems - Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
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and FreeBSD (a first priority for many of us)
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- Better media support by integrating VLC into OpenLP (requires
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`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>`__ to be installed)
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- An enormous list of programs to import songs from, so that switching
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to OpenLP is fast and easy (see below for a full list of supported
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programs)
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- More Bibles available (there are more import formats supported)
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- Remotely control OpenLP via any device with a browser
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- Android remote control app
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- `Stage view <http://manual.openlp.org/stage_view.html>`__
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- Show and control PowerPoint presentations through OpenLP
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For a full list of features, check out our
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`Features <http://openlp.org/features>`__ page.
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Features You'll Know From Version 1.2
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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And of course most of the old core stuff works just as well as, or even
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better than before:
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- Presenting songs and Bible verses
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- Showing images and playing videos
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- CCLI reports
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Making the switch
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We all know that the worst part of switching to a new program is getting
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all your songs from the old one into the new one. Typically this
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involves a whole lot of copying and pasting between programs, or just
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plain re-typing songs from scratch. We realised that this is a huge
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pain, and so OpenLP ships with a song import wizard which can import
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your songs from a record number of existing applications. OpenLP will
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save you time and import your whole lyrics database from any of the
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following programs:
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- DreamBeam
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- EasySlides
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- EasyWorship
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- FoilPresenter
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- MediaShout
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- OpenSong
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- PowerSong
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- SongBeamer
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- SongPro
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- SongShow Plus
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- Songs of Fellowship
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- Sunday Plus
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- Words of Worship
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- ZionWorx
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Known Limitations on Some Platforms
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Not all versions of VLC work with OpenLP. VLC 2.0.3 has been tested
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and is known to work well.
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- On Windows, OpenLP is a 32bit application and therefore only works
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with a 32bit VLC.
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- On Mac OS X, the only version of VLC that works with OpenLP is 2.0.3.
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Using an alternate version will cause OpenLP to crash.
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- Transparent themes have stopped working on Windows.
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What Makes OpenLP So Awesome?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The number one thing we are proud of is that it is free software, and is
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licensed under the `GNU General Public
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License <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>`__.
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This means that OpenLP is and always will be free. Not only free in that
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you don't have to pay for it, but also you can freely download the
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source code and add your needed feature or let someone else do it for
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you. Furthermore, as long as there is at least one developer who needs
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improvements in OpenLP, the project will not fade away, like a number of
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commercial solutions have, leaving you with a program which will not run
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on your current operating system and all your songs locked away in a
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now-useless database.
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In short, even if your church's budget is not that tight, there are
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plenty reasons why OpenLP is still a winning solution.
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Where Do I Start?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wow, you made it all the way down here without rushing off to download
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OpenLP? Impressive dedication! Well, go ahead and `download OpenLP
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now <http://openlp.org/download>`__!
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If you are new to OpenLP, take a look at our `list of video
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tutorials <https://www.youtube.com/user/openlpvideos>`__ done by members
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of our community. A good video to start with is the `Getting started
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with your service in
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OpenLP <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX9fQkEB_j0>`__ tutorial. If you
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get stuck, or want to learn more, we have a `user
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guide <http://user-guide.openlp.org/>`__ (currently still being worked
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on) to show you how to do the most common tasks in OpenLP, and a
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`reference manual <http://manual.openlp.org/>`__ which contains
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everything you'll ever need to know about OpenLP.
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Finally
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~~~~~~~
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Last, but not least, I want to thank all the folks who have managed to
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make OpenLP 2.0 a reality. I would not have been able to accomplish such
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a huge task by myself. So, to the core team, Tim Bently, Jonathan
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Corwin, Andreas Preikschat, Martin Zibricky, Stevan Pettit, Wesley
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Stout, John Cegalis, Philip Ridout and Mattias Põldaru, and to all the
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others who have contributed to OpenLP, I want to say a big **THANK
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YOU**. You guys have been awesome, and I really appreciate all the hard
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work you do. It is often a thankless task.
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| In His name,
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| Raoul Snyman
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| OpenLP Project Leader
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