JohnCG - character-generator for song-lyrics and other church-service-elements

Generate graphics with song-lyrics or for other church-service-elements and play them out through CasparCG.

Requirements

• CasparCG
• CasparCG-capable hardware
• SongBeamer for creation of song-files
• Linux: pandoc and LaTeX-packages (basic, langgerman, latex, latexrecommended, latexextra, fontsextra, fontsrecommended)

Getting started

1. Download CasparCG and set it up according to its GitHub-site.
2. Download the latest JohnCG-version from releases and unzip it.
3. Move the content of casparcg/Templates and casparcg/Media inside of CasparCGs Template and Media directories.
4. Edit config.json if necessary
5. Start CasparCG
6. Start JohnCG through JohnCG_[VERSION]_linux.bat or JohnCG_[VERSION]_linux.sh
7. Open 127.0.0.1:8888 (or the port you specified in settings.json)
8. Optionally: create a shortcut to chrome --app=http://127.0.0.1:8888 to open the client like a standalone app

roadmap

• load files from disc always at item selection to stay up to date
• create server-items at selection, delete after deselection to always stay up to date, but prevent multiple reloads (alternative: optional argument for accessing functions wether a reload should be done) / reload button in client
• make keyboard-navigation better
  • tabindex for all elements
• update-item: reload changed media (somehow handle video / audio - or just don't care (maybe detect wether it actually changed))
• create library src-folder
• create documentation (including: Template-update-objects, psalm-file-definitions, config-file, companion-setup)
• modify client to avoid props-down-chaining (instead ts-file like config.ts or logger.ts)
• move template-jump()-function into update() to prevent error messages in casparcg-log
• song-file: chords itself as chords and transpose them
• support other browser than Chrome and phone / tablet resolution
• save_song(): check, wether "chords" is valid
• reload psalm and song after file-edit
• Fix style of AddPart-Draggable-Drag-n-drop Placeholder
• repair new-file abort unsaved changes