V3.4.8 Beta available

Ed Palmer — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 01:12:58 -0000

Beta release V3.4.8 is now posted in the Files area. New and updated in this release:

The macOS version is now a Universal Binary for both Intel and Apple Silicon systems.
Due to an issue with code signing and notarizing OpenSong for macOS, the NDI support
library is not included with the OpenSong application. You can download it from
this location. The download is not
hosted on SourceForge because the NDI library is only available as a closed-source binary.
This installer has been signed and notarized with the same Apple Developer ID
as OpenSong if you wish to compare them to verify the authenticity.
The NDI library for all platforms is V4.6.2. It is included with the Windows and Linux versions and does
not have to be downloaded separately.
The user interface for adding and deleting verse-specific backgrounds has been reworked
in a way that should smooth out the workflow and make it clearer what should be done to
manipulate the backgrounds.
The order in which the image file types is presented in the dialog box to open a file
has been changed to put the most common types at the start of the list.

Please use one of the ticket sections to report issues or requests. Include the operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux) in your ticket.

V3.4.1 Beta posted

Ed Palmer — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:25:38 -0000

An update to the V3.4.0 beta that was released 31 Dec 2020 is available. V3.4.1 significantly improves the performance of OpenSong when accessing the menus. Song and Set action buttons in the main editing window are wider for better layout with languages other than English. Some additional minor bugs have been taken care of as well.

The source for this release is revision 1426 of the source/branches/swampcat/APIv2 source code.

New beta release

Ed Palmer — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:25:50 -0000

A new version of OpenSong is available as a beta release. In addition to numerous bugfixes since the general V2.x release and the V3.0 release specific to macOS.

Highlights of this release include:

NDI Support. The OpenSong presentation screen is available as an NDI source for other programs.
Slide Text as a separate file. Developed primarily for integration with vMix to use as a source for automatic lower-third generation, OpenSong will write the text of the slide to an XML file in a user-specified location.
Apple Silicon support. A separate DMG download is available in the Files area for Apple Silicon. OpenSong is released this way because NDI support is not yet available, so this version will not have the NDI output. Users of newer Macs equipped with the Apple M1 chip should use the Intel version if NDI is required. The default download for all Macs is the Intel version.
Linux 64-bit application. For Linux on Intel, OpenSong is now a 64-bit application, making installation easier and better integrating with the latest Linux releases. OpenSong has been tested with Ubuntu 20.04 and Linux Mint 20.
Initial release for Raspberry Pi. OpenSong is also available as a 32-bit Raspberry Pi application for the Raspberry Pi (Raspbian) OS. A Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 2 GB memory is recommended. We suggest avoiding using the "border" attribute of a display font, as performance on the Raspberry Pi is poor. Solutions are under investigation.

Please report any bugs in the Support tracker or the Discussion area.

Workaround for Print to PDF on Macintosh

Ed Palmer — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:28:27 -0000

If you use the "Print to PDF" feature in the Mac's print dialog, the latest version of OpenSong will hang on certain versions of the operating system. To work around this issue, start a Terminal session and enter this command

defaults write org.opensong.opensong dialogs -dict usesheets 0

This will be addressed in a future version.

Updated Macintosh version V3.0.1 posted

Ed Palmer — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:24:46 -0000

A bug slipped past testing in V3.0.0 that affected the creation of a set file when a song is added. V3.0.1 was just posted to correct that issue.

Macintosh 64-bit version released

Ed Palmer — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 23:18:15 -0000

Just in time for macOS 10.15, "Catalina"

The default Macintosh download is a new 64-bit version of OpenSong. In addition to being 64-bit to run on Catalina, it is also Retina ready, but not Dark Mode enabled. This will run on any version of macOS from 10.10 forward. Note that it was only tested on 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), and 10.15 (Beta releases). If you run into issues on another version, please open a ticket.

This incorporates a number of bug fixes since the V2.2.7 release in addition to being a 64-bit, Retina-ready application.

OpenSong 2.1.2 Released!

Vwout — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:32:13 -0000

Hey Everyone,

a new patch release is now available.
This version fixes a significant issue related to creating an saving songs and some other issues on all platforms.

Thanks to everyone that provided feedback!

The OpenSong Development Team

OpenSong 2.1.1 Released!

joshcoley2000 — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:53:15 -0000

Hey Everyone,

A quick update that addresses some show-stopping bugs has been released.
Please use this update instead of the previous releases.
Thanks!

The OpenSong Development Team

OpenSong 2.1.0 Final Released discussion

Ed Palmer — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:20:18 -0000

Please note that the Macintosh version of 2.1.0 will not be posted until later this week (by 1 February 2014). That "real world" job mentioned above got in the way of doing the final build. Thank you for your patience!

OpenSong 2.1.0 Final Released

joshcoley2000 — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:12:01 -0000

Happy Bleated New Year everyone!

It's been quite here recently mainly due to increased workloads
among the devs "real world" jobs. But rest assured development
continues! And the dev team is happy to release OpenSong 2.1.0
Final! This release is mainly a bug-fix release, but does have
some minor new thingies. See the changelog for a full list of
changes.

May God richly bless you all in 2014!
Sincerely,
The OpenSong Development Team

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