Presentation Manager ®

Dual display means that your computer is sending out two separate video signals at one time. Presentation Manager uses this technology so the operator can make changes to the program while the program output it is being shown to the congregation. Most laptop computers (but not all, check documentation before purchasing) are dual display compatible, and desktop computers have special video cards that support dual display. These can be purchased from any computer retailer.

Moving Data from version 6 to version 7

by default version 6 has all it's songs images movies is a subfolder of
c:\creativelifestyles\masterdata

by default version 7 has all it's songs images movies is a subfolder of
c:\synapx\masterdata

Songs image and moveis can be copied fomr version 6 to version 7.
Unfortunately playlsits are not transferable -sorry

Version 7 and Version 6 can be run side by side

Version 7 minimize maximize icon locations

by default version 7 has it windows management icons on the left.
These can be moved to the right
Under preferences change the toolbar style to "left"

Changing the Font eg to Navajo

one is for the system
goto settings (wrench) -> go to preferences ->
then in the box that pops up go to default font and choose the one you want (eg Navajo mono)

Creating Announcement slide in PMInspired

Drag a background image from the pallet to the playlist

Click the Tools tab on the pallet and drag "PMtext to the slidepreview

Right click the PMtext box and choose edit. From the Text tab enter the text. Configure the text style from the Text Style tab.

Close the PMText editing box and right click the announcement tab in the playlist and click save.

Changing the background colours in the windows of PM
so the software / computer can be darkened for dark environments

• click on preferences
• show advanced configuration
• to the toolbar top right a new icon appears: tooltip help is windows manager
• select each window and edit
• at the bottom is a IPColor - click and change the color

Presentation Manger is not projecting on the correct screen(s)

There is an option in setting "Auto Set Screen Viewer". If you uncheck this and save the workspace then on start up the viewer will be as set manually.

Licensing for Presentation Manager Inspired?

Presentation Manager comes with a site license. This means that you can install and use the software on as many computers as needed on your church site.

Mac version of Presentation Manager?

• A Mac version is available.
• On the MAC enable the right click ie:
• On the download click on the runWS
  • run the install workspace
  • running the PM workspace without installing will work but changes will not be saved

Can I import movies from YouTube or other movie sharing sites?

The software support .ogg and ogv file format so "hopefully" downloaded movies will play. There are several sites that allow conversion of movies downloaded.
eg mirovideoconverter.com offers a convertor
Once downloaded these movies can be convert to MP4, ogg or other can be placed in one of the movie folders used within Presentation Manager

Can I add my own video, image and song files into Presentation Manager?

There is no limit to the amount of data you can access through Presentation Manager (except the size of your hard drive). All of our data is managed in various folders of the MasterData folder in your installation folder. This is typically 'C:\synapx'. By adding folders and images/movies/song files to these folders your data will be accessible through Presentation Manager.

What if some movies don't play in Presentation Manager?

Certain video formats, for instance QuickTime and RealPlayer, require the installation of Codecs. We suggest the K-Lite Codec Pack.
with the codec pack there is a ffdVideoDecoder configuration tool and for unplaying formats use the libavcodec

Does Presentation Manager Inspired work with PowerPoint?

• When PowerPoint has the focus it has the screen(s)/projector
• When Presentation Manager has the focus it has ownership of the screen(s)/projector

Do I need a digitizer card for live video?

Presentation Manager supports most webcams and framegrabbers. Inexpensively priced digitizers are available.
eg hauppauge have the hvr 1250. NOTE on some devices you need to right click on the device and under "Native Connect" set the input connector/source

Does Anti-virus software stop Presentation Manager functioning?

Presentation Manager is constantly accessing the hard drive to load images and movies . The software may access the internet if requesting RSS feeds. Certain settings on anti-virus packages check for this type of activity and, consequently, conflict with PM. NOTE with Norton you need to disable heuristic scanning / remove heuristic threat. Software providers claim heuristic technologies can find viruses that have previously been unknown, and yet to be discovered and added to virus definition files. Norton's heuristics reject many good files.

Showing the CCLI number

• Under preferences you set the CCLI one time
• to set the header footer right click on the template slide above the palette, and select show activate. The in the preview you can select when the CCLI is displayed ie all verses last verse.

DVD playing

DVD is the only streaming media that does not support overlay of other data/media Microsoft does not support DVD playing natively in Windows 8,10. Presentation Manager uses the installed DVD player software.

Site License

you can use the Software on several computer at the church. The church site includes the computer(s) at the church or user computer at home used set up playlists.

Set the default location of save load

• goto preferences and select "Advanced Configuration Layout"
• scroll down to ToobarMain
• right click edit and goto toolbars
• select ToolbarProgram
• select "Always revert to default dir"
• set the default folder

Playing audio CD's

The CDDAReader DirectShow filter will allow the playback of CD Audio using the current mmAudio Step in PresentationManager. This module can find and load cda files, which is what cd audio files appear as in this filter. In order to play CD Audio the user will need to use the file dialog to browse the CD and choose the appropriate track directly off the CD itself. With the filter installed the mmAudio module will then be able to playback the audio.