Re: Free Mediashout 5 With Keygen Programs Of Doh
Matty Fiedler
We deploy media shout to many of our clients who prefer a user friendly app that doesnt bog down your computer but still offers a clean, punchy presentation. Media Shout has a great layout and platform that lends itself to a quick learning curve.
MediaShout has allowed our house of worship to increase our production value and provide a more immersive, intentional, and effective ministry to those who attend our services. My favorite features of MediaShout was the amount of customization options the software allows for. I stopped needing to do so much editing work on graphics before importing them, and simply create the exact look I need for a service right within the application.
We use it in two separate ministries elementary and junior high and off-campus events like camps and retreats. It is very easy to use, I do elementary kids ministry and my kids are able to maneuver around mediashout and use it during our celebration services
I am very pleased with the software and think that anyone who needs a quality presenter software should definitely put this on the top of your try list. The product is remarkably simple to teach others how to use. The software is very adaptable for systems. I like the fact that it can handle multiple displays so easily.
Mediashout let us create a more engaging service for our guests and congregation. We were able to use a wide variety of backgrounds and animations. Additionally we could automate slides like announcements to run on a timer until ready to proceed. The ease of adding media sources like audio and video gave us new avenues to share content with our live audience. Mediashout provided advanced presentation options for our church, giving us lyrics, slides, transitions, media playing capability, and verse sharing on the screens in our sanctuary. Staff and volunteers were able to setup everything that needed to be on the screens for services. We did this in advance, saved the files, and went live on Sundays. Mediashout expanded our capabilities from Powerpoint and incorporate more media, which helped keep our congregation engaged.
Worship software runs best on computers designed for media. MediaShout takes away the guesswork with computer bundles custom-built for presentations. These systems come fully configured and pre-loaded with the latest version of MediaShout (site license included), and ready to plug-n-play.
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MediaShout Presentation Software is the premier display software for churches, available in more congregations than any other presentation software. Mediashout users can access Worshipteam.com songs in two different ways.
OPTION 2 is available only for Mediashout 4 users. You can directly access your Worshipteam.com sets and import the songs without ever leaving Mediashout. This requires one of your Mediashout computers to have direct access to the internet, so that Mediashout can synch with your WorshipTeam.com account and access your songs instantly for use in your Mediashout presentations.
Each of the software programs mentioned have different ways they like to import data. We have recently developed a web service API for presentation software folks to connect to, if they get licensed with us to use it. So far Mediashout has used the API and one other presentation software group is in development of it in their program.
Ok, so you have decided that you are going to start using screens in church. You had the conversation on where best to place them, projectors verse large screen TVs, etc. Now, all you have to decide on is what presentation software you want to use.
Just make sure to read some blogs or have some training over what makes good slides and what makes bad slides. Remember, you added screens to help facilitate and lead the congregation in worship, not to distract and detract.
Let us start with the basics: PowerPoint and Keynote. If you are using Apple products, you are able to use Keynote for free. However, Keynote is not available for Windows. With Macs you also have the option to use PowerPoint, either by installing the software or by using PowerPoint online. If you have a Windows-based PC, then your only basic option is PowerPoint.
The winning thing with both of these options is price and simplicity of use. The whole Microsoft Office Suite can be purchased for a severe discount through their non-profit program (for which churches qualify). More information on that can be found at techsoup.org. And, of course, Keynote is free for Macs.
Since Keynote can import PowerPoint slides, both of these platforms can be used with Lutheran Service Builder. With a simple template, all your slides can be formatted to look how you want them to with a few clicks of the mouse. If using CCLI songs or the like, you will have to create your own slides. There is no need to reinvent the wheel every service; simply save the songs separately and copy/paste them into the services that you want to use them.
While both Keynote and PowerPoint have severely beefed up what they can do they are also still just the basics. In other words, they have their limitations. In presentation mode, both platforms limit how many slides in advance can be seen by the person running your presentation.
Also, neither program allows you to make in corrections to a slide in presentation mode. That means if there is a typo the presentation must be exited out of, the typo fixed, and then the presentation started again. Not something that is quick and easy to do in the middle of a worship service.
Both MediaShout and ProPresenter are hitting in the big leagues. These are software programs that are used for professional presentations like band concerts and sporting events and not just Sunday morning worship only allow that is still their main target demographic. So, in that vein they pack a lot of punch. You will be able to do things in these programs that you cannot do (or do easily) in Keynote or PowerPoint.
Another factor is that ProPresenter 6 does not have all its module add-ons available for both Mac and Windows yet. Most are available for Mac only while some are available for both Mac and Windows. Yes, I know Macs are more expensive but you also get what you pay for. Just something to keep in mind.
MediaShout is PC based only. Now, that does not mean it cannot run on an Apple PC. But, you would need to purchase, install, and run a Windows mirroring program, like Parallels, in order to run it on a Mac. That is something I have never really been a fan of due to various issues and problems that can arise. Also, doing so adds to the overall cost. MediaShout 6 can be run and is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10.
In terms of raw capability ProPresenter really shines. It can just do more than MediaShout. Now, some of those things might require purchasing one of the add-ons. But, ProPresenter can go into more layers on its presentations than MediaShout.
That all being said, if the person that puts all this together is somebody who struggles with PowerPoint, Keynote, or Lutheran Service Builder you are going to need somebody else to come in and do it, or you will have to do it. Either way this eliminates those with no to low computer skills.
But, here is the truly great news: both MediaShout and ProPresenter can be demoed before purchasing. You read that right. You can try out each software package before making a purchase. MediaShout 6 has a 30-day free trial while ProPresenter is perpetually free with all functions but displays a watermark on the output screen until purchased.
If you are in a church still using PowerPoint I would encourage you to explore some of these other options as they will give you much more flexability in your worship media. And with the open source options, cost does not need to be a factor in what you choose (although you do get what you pay for and user-friendliness is much higher in the choices like EasyWorship, MediaShout or SongShowPlus).
Also, I love making sermon slides in Keynote (Apple equivalent of PowerPoint--but better ;-) ). Is anyone aware of any presentation software that handles Keynote files and/or the QuickTime exports totally well? We use EasyWorship and it doesn't handle QuickTime very well at all.
Last, but not least, what kind of hardware are you running your presentation software on? Our computer seems to be running/loading videos pretty slowly--what I don't know is whether or not it's the software we're running and/or some software conflict, or the hardware just not being able to handle it.
I've not used any of the open source options so I can't say whether they are cross platform or not. That said, if ease of importing keynote slides (or other file types for that matter) is of importance I'm not sure open source would be a great choice. The open source programs generally don't have as friendly of user-interfaces.
We run a four year old Dell system for our projection. It's not top of the line but it does work for us. We limit who uses it and what it's used for to eliminate much of the 'stuff' that might otherwise slow it down. Past that, I've found that making sure video card drivers are up to date is the best thing we can do to maintain the system.
I don't know of an open-source cross-platform solution. There is a cross-platform commercial solution, Live Worship. I've tested it myself. It isn't a high performer, but it is cross-platform and will display song lyrics and bible passages over still and moving backgrounds.
The three biggest names in commercial worship software right now are EasyWorship, MediaShout, and ProPresenter. Both EasyWorship and MediaShout are working on a Mac version, but neither is to the Beta testing stage yet. ProPresenter is working on a windows version, and although they haven't released a beta yet, they have announced an expected release for this summer.
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