Datasoul 2.0-v1 / 2.1-b0

Datasoul is a free and open source software that will help you manage and display song lyrics in worship services.

You will be able to add a variety of media to your church song presentations, such as images, text, videos, songs.

Datasoul gives you a wealth of tools for customizing and adjusting the presentations so as to look the way you want.

Datasoul is cross-platform and it works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Binaries for the Windows and Linux platforms are available on the project's homepage.

Here are some key features of "Datasoul":

Presentation Features:
· Songs, texts, images and videos
· Flexible template system to define how the items are formatted
· Video background (both video file and live from camera)
· Quick display of alerts (useful for nursery or parking announcements, for instance)
· Supports any display resolution (including widescreen)
· Launch any external file, such as presentations made in other applications (PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Adobe Flash, etc)
· Use a different output for the pastor or musicians, including additional information such as the next slide or a clock
· Export presentation to PDF file
· Import Office Presentations, from both PowerPoint and OpenOffice
· Remote Display over network

Service Management Features:
· Insert Bible texts using Sword
· Song Management
· Handle both lyrics and chords
· Chords transposition
· Guitar tabs
· Create printouts for the service, containing all songs (including chords and guitar tabs)
· Easily sync database among several computers
· Publish your service plan online and share with your friends

Import Tools:
· Tool available to import songs from EasyWorship
· Import Office Presentations, from both PowerPoint and OpenOffice

Requirements:

· Java 6 or later

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Publish services online.