Preview and GO LIVE
How the two-step flow works: you pick and check things in Preview, and the congregation only sees them when you click GO LIVE.
Like EasyWorship, Himnova Live works in two steps. First you get something ready in Preview, which nobody else sees. Then you send it to the projector with GO LIVE. That way nothing goes up on the screen until you've checked it.
1. Get it ready in Preview
Click anything (a schedule row, a video, a verse, a slide) and it shows up in Preview. A single click never puts anything on the projector, unless it's in the Live column.
Everything loads at the beginning: a presentation or song on its first slide, a video paused at 0:00. To start somewhere else, pick the slide in the Preview grid or drag the video's bar forward. It goes live from that point.
You can also listen to a video, an audio file or a presentation's music in Preview. It has its own volume, which starts at 0 for each new item. If you turn it up, it plays through the same speakers as what's live. Sending something live mutes Preview.
2. Send it live
There are three ways to do it, and they all work the same:
- The GO LIVE button at the top.
- The Enter key.
- Double-clicking whatever you want to show.
Going live automatically takes you out of BLACK or LOGO, so you don't need to click LIVE first. There are two exceptions. A standalone audio file only adds sound and leaves the picture alone, and an overlay goes on top of whatever is showing.
While it's live
- → and ← go to the next or previous slide or verse of what's live.
- Clicking a slide in the Live grid jumps straight to it.
- Meanwhile, you can get the next item ready in Preview without affecting the projector. ↓ and ↑ move through its slides or verses.
Warning: The arrow keys don't move through the schedule. → on the last slide of a presentation or song ends it, and by default the logo comes up (other options). To keep going, choose what's next and click GO LIVE.
BLACK, LOGO and LIVE
| Button | What the congregation sees |
|---|---|
| BLACK or B | A black screen. A video or a presentation's music pauses where it is. |
| LOGO or L | Your church's logo, or its name over a background (where to set it). |
| LIVE | What was live, picking up where it left off. |
The B and L keys toggle. If the screen is already on BLACK, B brings the content back. The buttons don't toggle: clicking BLACK again keeps it black, and you use LIVE to go back. A standalone audio file (background music) keeps playing during BLACK and LOGO.
Tip: If something comes up that shouldn't be on screen, B covers it instantly, even if you just clicked another button.
Take something off air
Take off air (the crossed-out monitor) on a live item's row takes it down and shows the logo (if the screen was on BLACK, it stays black). A presentation's music stops with it. A standalone audio file keeps playing and has its own button.
To take everything down at once, music included, use Take off air in Settings › Projection › Live content. That doesn't remove overlays. They stay covered and come back with the next thing you send. To take them down, use their own Take off air in Live.
When something ends
You decide once what happens when something reaches the end, in Settings › Projection › Live content (or in the At the end step of the welcome).
| Option | When it applies, and the choices |
|---|---|
| When a video ends | When it plays to the end: Show the logo (the default), Black screen, Loop (seamless), Hold the last frame (Play starts it over) or Go to the next schedule item. |
| When a presentation ends | When it auto-advances to the end, or you advance past its last slide: Show the logo (the default), Black screen, Back to the first slide, Stay on the last slide or Go to the next schedule item. |
| When a song ends | When you advance past its last slide: the same choices as a presentation. |
| When an audio ends | When an audio file you sent live ends: Stop (the default), Loop or Go to the next schedule audio. A presentation's music follows the presentation. |
- Go to the next schedule item sends the next row of the schedule live, skipping overlays and audio. If what ended wasn't in the schedule, or was the last item, the logo shows.
- While BLACK or LOGO is on, Go to the next schedule item doesn't uncover the screen. The presentation or song that ended just goes off air.
- With Stay on the last slide, → does nothing on the last slide, and the Next arrow on its row is grayed out.
- With Back to the first slide, an auto-advancing hymn starts over, music and all.
- Go to the next schedule audio plays the next row if it's also an audio file (overlays are skipped), at the same volume as the one that ended. Otherwise, playback stops. An audio file sent from the library rather than the schedule just stops.
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