Free lyrics presentation software: Openlp 1.2.0- An alternative to EasyWorship.

As the information technology has replaced the traditional hymn books the need for professional lyrics presentation software other than PowerPoint was felt, and a number of software were developed and released. Sadly they came with a price tag, which discouraged churches with low income. ‘EasyWorship’ the most popular software used to serve this purpose comes with a price tag of $ 399/=

However the revolution of open source software is here and God has used it to bless the church also. A group of software developers has introduced a free and an open source professional lyrics presentation software called ‘The Open Lyrics Presentation’ (Click here to download)

OpenLP: Main Screen (Click to enlarge)

Features at a glance

	Easy Worship 2007	Open Lyrics Presentation 1.2.0
01.	Copyrighted and available at a high price	100% free, open source thus anyone can modify, develop and distribute independently.
02.	Database backup and restore: Yes (Manual)	Database backup and restore: Yes (Automatic)
03.	Dual monitors (Yes)	Dual monitors (Yes)
04.	Bible verses (Yes, Multiple translations)	Bible verses (Yes, KJV and ASV only)
05.	Multilingual (No)	Multilingual (Yes)
06.	Import PowerPoint slides (Yes: Automatic)	Import PowerPoint slides (Yes: Manual, PowerPoint XP/2002 and up required) PowerPoint viewer and importing Open Office Expression slides will available in v. 2.0 and later.
07.	Present your presentation from within EasyWorship (Yes)	Present your presentation from within OpenLp (Yes)
08.	Platform: Windows and Mac only	Platform: Windows (Linux and Mac versions are being developed)
09.	Supported processors: (The following processors are not supported)· Intel Celeron · AMD Duron · AMD Sempron	All the popular processors are supported including the processors not supported by Easy Worship 2007. I tested the program in my AMD Sempron based PC.
10.	Import video clips (Yes)	Import video clips (Yes)
11.	Link audio tracks to songs, e.g. for use as backing tracks: Yes	Link audio tracks to songs, e.g. for use as backing tracks: Yes
12.	Integration with CCLI (Yes)	Integration with CCLI (Yes)
13.	Order of service (Yes)	Order of service (Yes)
14.	Networkable (Yes)	Networkable (No)
15.	· Requirements (Basic) 500 MHz Pentium II Processor or better 128 MB RAM 100 MB free disk space Two video cards or a dual head video card CD-ROM Drive	· Requirements (Basic) 500 MHz CPU 64 Mb RAM 25 Mb of hard disk space Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista multiple monitor support Microsoft DirectX 9 or greater – this can be downloaded from the Microsoft DirectX page[1] for PowerPoint support, PowerPoint XP/2003/2007 is required.