Caspar CG Church Files

Release notes for CasparCG Church 1.2.1

Now Tested with CasparCG v2.3 on Windows

from version 1.2.0 Now works with CasparCG 2.3
When used with "CasparCG version 2.3 ", in update media listbox, fixed compatibility error in the parsing of media details. Fixed the PrintFrame function. Fixed bug prevented saving changes to a "Bible verse" slide. Added the Alt + b hotkey for loading the Bible form. fixed bug, when testing a slide with a movie attached sometimes only the first frame will play. Added button to refresh Rundown. Html templates have now been included for compatibility with version CasparCG versions 2.2 and later.

known issues when editing a media file looping doesn't always load.

changes from v 1.1.9 In the "select media" dialog, when a media fie is previewed the command line will now print the current frame. pressing pause(f8) will return the paused "frame number"(well a number close to that frame). removed the master media ist form.(didn't really serve a purpose at the moment). f10 now sends CG NEXT command(for use in controlling animated templates) Cleaned up the displaying of media titles in the rundown. Various code cleanups Fixed bug in the load_song function that prevented a song from loading if sudio was attached. Fixed bug after deleting rundown items or slides the rundown wouldn't refresh properly. Fixed bug in "select Media" the "Seek" and "Legnth" fields reset upon selecting another video file. Fixed bug in "server settings" the Bible profile wouldn't automatically be added. Fixed 2 bugs in saving bible verses to current document. Eliminated redundant code for creating scrolling and sortable frames. Begun the process of splitting up the code into separate modules.

Changes from version 1.1.8

Fixed a bug that prevented saving changes to a song.

Fixed the verseedit form so that songs could be edited.

Fixed a bug that when saving a rundown the rundown would disappear entirely.

Fixed the rundown loading function.

Fixed bud that prevented Audio files form playing.

Fixed a bug in the "self.Update_thumbnail_index()" that would occasionaly prevent loading.

In the choose media dialog replaced the "file selection listbox" with a list of buttons with thumbnails.

Changes from version 1.1.7

Fixed the text display on mixed media slides

Fixed bug in saving a bibleXML name, prevented the use of bible functions on fresh install.

Added a button to select bible file in the settings page.

various small code cleanups.

Incorporated the python-scriptures package to simplify bible reference lookup.

Added the ability to import propresenter files

Note:

When searching for a bible passage some 3 character bible abbreviations will not work at the moment. for instance "exo 20:1" instead use 4 character abbreviations, "exod 20:1"

Features still under development:

In the amcp_pylib Package An ADD STREAM command does not work(This is for streaming a channel to VLC for Preview .Etc).

Intigrating asyncio comand loops.

Known issues:

although theoretically multiple copy's of CasparCG church can be run on different machines on the LAN, each managing different aspects of the service.

Currently CasparCG church can only connect to a CasparCG server on the same machine. However if you want a second client managing motion graphics it can be done using the official CasparCG client.

Operational overview:

CasparCG Church is a client for CasparCG.

when you run CasparCG Church the following wil occur.

The BibleXML will be loaded. (This is specified in the installation instructions The BibleXML needs to be stored in the same Folder as Caspar_Church.py)

(Note: the .ftd files listed in this document are "stored data" files on the Caspar server)

Server_settings.ftd is retreved from the CasparCG server, this xml contains presets specific to this server.(this file is generated if none exists.)

Rundown.ftd is loaded from the server, this xml contains the data needed to RE-generate the rundown if a rundown has been saved.

Thumbnails are loaded from the server and stored locally in Thumbnail.xml(This to decrees loading time on future startups.)

The "Master media List" is loaded, the main reason for making this was to debug thumbnails, however it is also useful for testing video and still images. video/stills will be played on channel 1, layer 10, not looping.

After loading a song, when you click a slide. all the details of the current slide are saved as current_data.ftd. Then for each channel a CG_ADD command is issued to apply the template.

if the next slide played uses the same template as the previous template. a CG_UPDATE command is issued instead, this is to increase responsiveness

if the slide you clicked has media attached that media will be played on the appropriate channel or channels on the specified layer(Note: to play media on multiple channels at once enter the channels in CSV format I.E. 1,2 2,3 1,2,3 .etc).

if the slide clicked has a timer attached. the next slide will play after the specified seconds.

The slide text will be sent as f0 through whatever is specified in "Bible, max lines per slide" under settings.

The next slide will be sent as b0 through "Bible, max lines per slide".

if the slide contains header information, that is sent as h0 to infinity.

if the slide contains a reference, that will be sent as ref.

  Note: all the aforementioned data is stored automatically as current_data.

If a video is played, the time the video should finish is stored as the variable "Video_Seconds". when f7 is pressed a countdown timer will be displayed showing the remaining time, on the stage display channel.

You can click and drag the items in the rundown to change their agangement. This also works in the song arangement.

Hotkeys:

** General:**

** F1:** Clears all channels

** f2:** Clear all templates on layer 20

f3: Clear all Media on layer 10(video default)

** f6:** Fade to black all channels,(layer 10 only) useful when using a trimmed media file.

** f7:** Displays the video countdown on the stage display channel (The last channel, if 3 channels are configured stage display is channel 3) on layer 21.

f8: Pause and resume any movie played on layer 5of any channel( NOTE: the PAUSE command is Broken in amcp_pylib.Basic module; it actually sends a PLAY command, 5 second fix in line 40 of basic.py).

f9: streaming test code(not functional) also test code for playing a webcam.

f11: Caspar info test code(not functional, experiment to query what is playing)

f12: additional test code depreciated, extra

Up: Play Previous rundown item

Down: Play next Rundown item

Left: Play previous slide

Right: Play next slide

While in the verse editor:

Ctrl+r Split the current slide into multiple slides, A blank line is used for splitting.

example:

line1

line2

line3

line4

Ctrl+d Condense the text of all the slides of the current verse into one slide(note this is for the slide text only Reference, Header, media .Etc is all lost when verse is saved).

While in chose media:

After selecting the desired media file hit enter to display the thumbnail(if the media file is a MOVIE The trim media bar will be displayed).

Trim media hotkeys: (Note: preview is only available at this time via a stream consumer on the server and not in the client itself)

Note: on CasparCG server version 2.1 NOT 2.1 Beta2, trimming a movie will only be accurate to within a few seconds not to the exact frame. on a short clip (under 20 minutes) trim points are accurate to within one second. on a longer clip(50 minutes or longer) the accuracy is within 5 seconds. I recommend using f6 to end a clip early if this is a issue .

q and e adjusts the start frame

w plays the first 30 frames after the start frame, The first frame played is where the video will start.

** a and d** adjusts the length

s plays the last 30 frames, The final frame played is where the video will end.

Installation instructions for CasparCG church.

Note: these instructions assume you are already familiar with CasparCG and already have CasparCG installed.

From your Python Console:

Install the amcp_pylib Package.(PIP install amcp_pylib) Not necessary for the windows exe.

Install the python-scriptures package.( pip install python-scriptures) also Not necessary for the windows exe.

Install the striprtf package. (pip install striprtf ) optional only needed for importing propresenter 6 files.

click the settings button on the main form.

You will need to enter the biblename (optional), server ip and server port.

enter the number of channels on your caspar server (this is crucial for working with multiple channels).

if you use the bible template I have provided set "Bible, max line legnth" to 45 and "Bible, max lines per slide" to 4.

you will notice there is a template profile named "bible". This is the profile used on bible verses, you will need to select your desired templates before sending bible verses.

you will notice a button named add verse profiles here you can save button colors and versenames presets. (accessible from the edit verse form simply click a verse name and hit enter).

you are now ready to create a song or do whatever your worship leader insists. :D