Tips & Tricks

MediaShout for Mac Checklist - A Beginner's Guide

Welcome to MediaShout for Mac! Attached to [this form](https://share.hsforms.com/1ObqVn8cYRBCCWf_ZONN82Aqc4ub) is a "MediaShout for Mac Checklist". You will use it to keep track of your progress as you learn the basics of MediaShout. Below is our "Beginner's Guide" to each step found within that MediaShout for Mac Checklist. If at any point you'd prefer for a representative from MediaShout to walk you through this checklist for free, use this link to schedule a call: [MediaShout for Mac Begin...

Creating Announcement Loops in a Script

You may want to create an announcement loop within your Sunday morning script, or even run them as a loop within a separate script. Here's some quick steps to do so, and a video demonstration! 1) If you already have your main worship service script open, hit the plus button to the right of it, to create a new script. You can call this script "announcements" for instance. 2) Add your announcement cues to the script. This can be media files like pictures that you drag in from a folder on your co...

Remote Control Keystrokes on Mac (PLEASE EDIT)

Because Mac computers have well defined function keys for specific playback functions, the keyboard shortcuts that MediaShout for Mac uses are different than those used by our Windows software. Unfortunately, some of those shortcuts are not options for use with the PowerPresenter RF remote control that we recommend and many of our customers use. The good news is that Mac OS X allows you to easily customize the keystrokes used by any application, so you can change the keystrokes used by MediaSho...

Dual Lyrics

Sometimes users want to display Lyrics in two different languages or different parts for special choir performances. This can be done, but it does take a little extra setup. However, once done, the changes can be saved to the library. Unfortunately, we can't use the Dual Bible Template to accomplish this, because the second language or part needs to be added manually. So we need to set up a Preset which will make the process go a lot quicker in the future. 1. First create the Lyric with only on...