![]() ![]() I attach the PC’s hard drive to my MacBook Pro over the network and double check the videos for audio–they play perfectly. Common denominator? The first 2 are WMVs, the other 3 are AVIs. We tried the first 2 videos again, and we have sound. It’s now about 4:25 and we have doors opening in 20 minutes. I figured it was a Windows issue and re-booted. By this time, run through was for all intents and purposes over and I began digging into the problem. We got to video #4 and again had picture, no sound. Figuring it was a simple setting issue, we pressed ahead with run through. The first 2 went fine, but when we got to the third, we had picture but no audio. We had 5 videos to play this Sunday, which is a lot for us. We had no clue there was a problem until run through. I loaded up the script and all appeared fine. I pre-build the Media Shout scripts, and push them to our HP computer in the video booth before the team arrives. It looked like everything was going to be fine at the start. Still, it was a complicated service cueing-wise and I really needed everything to work. Thankfully, we have a great team (and they could probably do the service without either of us there…) so it wasn’t to much of a burden. Our Creative Director, Craig, was out of town, which meant his duties fell to me. We’ve been having issues with it for a while, and this weekend was the final straw. Though I gave Media Shout 3.5 a fair chance, it’s time to show it the proverbial door. I’ve been keeping a close eye on ProPresenter for about a year and a half, but was never in a position to implement it until now. If there’s one thing that can divide worship “techies” quicker than the question “should we have moving backgrounds or not?”, it’s got to be what media presention software to use.If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a week, you knew it was coming. The 3 biggies are ProPresenter, MediaShout, or EasyWorship (at least in the area of the US where I live and in the denominations where I have served). ![]() As a church worker/minister, I’ve used each one of these extensively. MediaShout for about 2 1/2 years, EasyWorship for about 2 1/2 years, and ProPresenter for about 6 months. And with each program (save Easyworship) I built it from the ground up and maintained it. right? Back to the main question – so many programs, all around the same cost, same “feature set”, which one should we use? So am I an expert? Oh I don’t know but I get paid to do it, so that makes me at least a professional. So my advice: go with MediaShout, my personal favorite.Ĭurrently at version 4.5, mediashout now offers the best value in it’s category. ![]() Native Quicktime support, countdown timers, adjustable stage displays, and even pdf cues (the ability to display pdf files) are just a view new tools it now offers. I won’t waste words telling about all the bugs, irritations, and problems with ProPresenter and EasyWorship. In a nutshell, EasyWorship is not suitable for any church over 100 people. It may be easy to set up, but it’s just not powerful enough and lacks the polish of a truly professional product. In the other corner is the mighty and acclaimed ProPresenter, who’s greatest strength is in name only. It’s reputation really gives it too much credit. It’s complicated, far too expensive (example – you must purchase the license for every Bible you want to use.), and has crashed on me numerous times. ![]()
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