I don't see enough contextual clues to identify the start of a chapter. The verse format looks like it is regular, with a paragraph starting with a number or start-end followed by a space. I think this can be automated, but only to a certain extent. That is the biggest question and will help determine if the process is an easy one or a hard one. That means we need to determine if your file has a regular, standard organization. OpenSong only needs to read the file, so you could use the standard operating system security to restrict the user running OpenSong from writing or deleting the file.įirst, though, let us focus on getting your file into something OpenSong can use. In your current file, how do you indicate the books/chapters/verses? Is there something that every book has? Every chapter? Every verse? How do you know where one verse ends? If the file has a predictable pattern, we can find a way to transform it into Zefania format so you do not have to add markup tags to all 31,102 verses.Īs far as a "smart teenager" altering the file, truthfully, I have never considered that possibility. So, what we need to determine is how we can get from what you have now to this. The colors shown here are added by the discussion forum software for clarity they are not part of an XML file. The file is a standard text file (that is, something that Notepad can read, not. Each book has an assigned number (for the Protestant Bibles, sequential numbering from 1-66) and a name (you provide, since it is in the Bible's language), each chapter has a number, and each verse has a number. This shows the very minimum information needed by OpenSong. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness. Then God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Use the Help option for details.In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Make sure you are familiar with the OpenSong formatting. Do any editing necessary and save the song.Īlternatively, you can find the lyrics on the Internet and copy and paste them.
Once you have found the song, select it and click Import. You can search for a song using any of the following options: If your church has a SongSelect account from CCLI, you can use the New Song, Import feature. However, CCLI now has an export option, which can be used in conjunction with the OpenSong Import Utility to import songs into OpenSong. Correcting this has been delayed for an indefinite amount of time. Please Note: CCLI has updated their site so much to the extent that the CCLI Import feature has broken. Windows - %ProgramFiles%\Opensong\OpenSong Scripture.Mac OS X - /Applications/Opensong/OpenSong Scripture.Wait for OpenSong to index the Bible (this process can take a while).Go to the scripture picker in 'Sets Mode' and select the new version from the drop down box.Copy the unzipped file to the necessary folder (see table below).You can get compatible bible versions from the Bibles section on the downloads page. Biblesīibles must be in a specific format to work in OpenSong.
This will save OpenSong from having to do this each time on the fly. If your images are a different resolution, reformat them using a good image editor (such as Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET, or GIMP.
Typically this will either be 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768. You will find this information on the page(s) that contain the projector's specifications. Consult the owner's manual to confirm your projector's native resolution. Please note that OpenSong will perform better if your background images are in the “native resolution” of your projector. The new backgrounds will then be selectable from the background selector next time you run OpenSong. Windows - Documents\Opensong\Backgrounds.Mac OS X - ~/Documents/Opensong/Backgrounds.Simply add them to your backgrounds folder: You can add any images to be used in your presentations.