2011年11月21日星期一

Once you get it running, it is kind of nice

It is pretty much equivalent to Open Song with regards to features, but has a Rosetta Stone Language distinctly powerpoint-like user interface. It has something the creators call "intelligent, one-click lyric scheduling". I don't know what that is, but it sounds nice. Evidently, it is lightweight as well. It requires the bare minimum to run, and that could be good for those running a donated pc setup, as most people have a little 500 mhz box sitting around in mothballs. If you don't, you can pick one up for less than $50 at the local flea market, or get one free on craigslist.Now that you Window's users have a few alternatives, I will turn to the few who use Linux. The reason I mention this, is because many of the guys at my church are high-level users who would attempt using an all-linux solution. Lyricue is probably my favorite linux-flavored presenter, as it includes some highly flexible options for presentation. Sure, it has dual-monitor support, but it also includes a client/server based model. What can you do with this? Well, it allows for controlling the projection software over the internet, or from an internal network. How do I know this works? Well, the fellow that Rosetta Stone Hindi designed the thing controls the whole system from a tablet pc, sitting in the front row of his church. While Lyricue does not have multimedia support, I am sure that at some point, it will. Now for the downside: Many people on forums have difficulty getting the MySQL database hooked into Lyricue. It's kind of important, because that is the backend for the searchable song database. Once you get it running, it is kind of nice. Documentation is rather sparse for the running of the software, so you might be pushing buttons until you get something to work. It's a great solution for just being a one-guy project. Hopefully he will be able to attract talent to develop the software further.Then, there's DataSoul. I like DataSoul because of the general ease of use that it provides across platforms. As long you have java, you have DataSoul. It's quick to install, the user interface is great. Again, no muyltimedia support. Then again, that's an inherent problem with linux. While you can play any conceivable format, getting the hooks to have it embedded in a larger program that has Rosetta Stone V3 many other dependencies is a downfall for the operating system itself.

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