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Move to Freeshow

You may have noticed that there has not been an update to Lyricue for a number of years. Due to a number of reasons I haven’t been able to maintain this application and so rather than lead people to think this project is still alive I thought it best to provide alternatives. If you are looking for a good, open-source presention application for your church I recommend looking at FreeShow It…

Lyricue 4.0.13 Release (stable)

Just a couple of new fixes – and updated packages now for Ubuntu 17.04 and 17.10 Updated packages for Ubuntu are available from the package archive at https://code.launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/ubuntu/lyricue Source packages are now downloadable directly from github at https://github.com/cjd/lyricue/releases

Documentation

Introduction Welcome to the documentation for Lyricue The current version of this document can be seen at http://www.lyricue.org/documentation (unless you are already there, in which case this is the most recent version) Installation Current Version: 4.0.4-1 The easiest way to download/install is using the PPA repository for Ubuntu To do this open a terminal and run the following commands. sudo…

Lyricue 4.0.12 Release (stable)

A number of bug fixes have been made over the last few months but I kept forgetting to post about them. The list of fixes is: * More font dialog fixes * Ubuntu 14.04 fixes * Fix for lp#1663401 – Can’t change font size, color, or style in Lyricue 4.0.9 * Fix font colour configuration dialogs * Set default songnumber when adding song (needed for newer mysql) * make desktop files valid * make NAME…

Lyricue 4.0.7 Release (stable)

The first ‘stable’ release of the Lyricue 4.x series is available now! With the release of this there is full functionality the same as the old 3.x series. It also now supports the use of clutter-gst-3.0 for newer Linux distributions. Updated packages for Ubuntu are available from the package archive at https://code.launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/ubuntu/lyricue Source packages are now…

Lyricue 4 Released!

I haven’t gotten around to updating the website in a long time – but be assured that progress is happening 🙂 Lyricue 3.7.2 was the last release of the 3.x series and was released in Feb 2015. Lyricue 4.0.4 is the first release of the 4.x series and is available in the Ubuntu repository now. Lyricue 4.x moves lyricue from using the old GTK2 libraries to handle the interface to using GTK3 instead.

Precue 2.0 released

Precue (the web-based frontend to Lyricue) has been updated to version 2.0 Now works with current Lyricue releases Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/precue_2.0.tar.gz Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this

Lyricue 3.6.5 released

Wed Nov 13 14:41:38 EST 2013 Lyricue 3.6.5 has been released with the following changes: Allow hostnames up to 32 characters (up from 16) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.6.5.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.6.4 released

Wed Oct 9 08:27:07 EST 2013 Lyricue 3.6.4 has been released with the following changes: Fix lyricDb database creation Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.6.4.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.6.2 released

Sat Aug 31 15:58:36 EST 2013 Lyricue 3.6.2 has been released with the following changes: Speed up lyricue_remote command-line Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.6.2.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.6.0 (and 3.6.1) released - major new features!

A new version of Lyricue has been pushed to the repository now. (3.6.1 was just a quick fix for some database creation issues) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.6.1.tar.gz Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this It does bring in some fairly major changes under the hood – but the new features are…

Lyricue 3.5.6 released

Fri Jun 14 13:51:27 EST 2013 Lyricue 3.5.6 has been released with the following changes: Merge lp:~alerque/lyricue/picue into lp:lyricue (support clutter-gst 2.0) Add lyricue.spec for rpm package building Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.5.6.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do…

Lyricue 3.5.4 released

Sat Mar 16 16:40:56 EST 2013 Lyricue 3.5.4 has been released with the following changes: New feature to enable remote access to bible info Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.5.4.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.4.11 released

Fri Oct 19 15:00:54 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.4.11 has been released with the following changes: Rebuild for Ubuntu 12.10 release Fix SQL query for creating mysql user Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.4.11.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue Remote for Android 1.2 released

I finally got around to writing an Android app to connect to Lyricue. I have uploaded it to the google store and it is available for download now! At this point most of the basic functionality is implemented such as quick controls, viewing playlists, adding/removing songs from playlists, adding bible verses (but with no page splitting as yet) and even quick access to putting text on the screen or…

Lyricue 3.4.10 released

Mon Jul 9 15:53:59 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.4.10 has been released with the following changes: Fix text remaining on screen after slide+rotate transition Handle database disconnects better (try to reconnect) Fix error message if config file incorrect Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.4.10.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See…

Lyricue 3.4.5 released

Mon Apr 2 15:23:59 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.4.5 has been released with the following changes: Add option to expand items on adding to playlist (LP#970411) Fix going back a page when looping is not set (LP#970591) Fix image tab not showing DB images (LP#970925) Quick fix for not being able to select image category when adding to db Refresh category lists for image/bgs when selecting tab (LP#970927) Fix…

Lyricue 3.4.1 released

Sun Mar 18 11:57:01 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.4.1 has been released with the following changes: Fix font colour preference changing Fix import songlist menu item (LP#953603) Fix import of utf8 ccli songs (LP#956770) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.4.1.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do…

Lyricue 3.4.0 released

Wed Mar 7 12:46:09 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.4.0 has been released with the following changes: Change from glade to gtkbuilder for interface Make playlist items be expanded by default when added to playlist or opening a new playlist Add ability to copy a playlist Allow installing to paths other than /usr Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.4.0.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the…

Lyricue 3.3.6 released

Wed Jan 11 16:20:15 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.3.6 has been released with the following changes: Add xrandr and Xorg.log to bug report collection Add dropdown of previous verses to navigator Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.3.6.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.3.5 released

Mon Jan 9 15:44:42 EST 2012 Lyricue 3.3.5 has been released with the following changes: Add ‘Random’ transition More work on songlist html output (LP#883368) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.3.5.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.3.4 released

Wed Nov 30 11:49:00 EST 2011 Lyricue 3.3.4 has been released with the following changes: Make toolbar buttons have text Reformat songlist html output (LP#883368) Change window titles for various file chooser dialogs (LP#887769) More fixes for handling if no bibleDb installed (LP#882686) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.3.4.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See…

Lyricue 3.3.3 released

Tue Nov 29 16:29:00 EST 2011 Lyricue 3.3.3 has been released with the following changes: Fix html output of songlist Allow lyricue to load even if bibleDb goes missing Add apport bug reporting and menu option (LP#884335) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.3.3.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on…

Lyricue 3.2.1 released

Fri Oct 21 13:55:57 EST 2011 Lyricue 3.2.1 has been released with the following changes: Fix compilation on oneiric (needs clutter-gtk 1.0 in package deps) Add multi-select for deleting songs Fix compilation with clutter-gtk 1.0 (LP#876253) Fix tooltip for start display button Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.2.1.tar.gz Or install from the PPA – See…

Lyricue 3.1.1 released

Mon Aug 15 16:23:39 EST 2011 Lyricue 3.1.1 has been released with the following changes: Add toolbar button to start display Add special text-entry area for OSD Make clear/blank toolbar buttons toggle Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.1.1.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do…

Lyricue 3.1.0 released

Mon Aug 1 14:26:27 EST 2011 After much time I finally decided that lyricue 3.x is at the point I can call it 3.1 🙂 Since the release of 3.0 a lot of fixes and updates have gone in. The main things are: Works on Ubuntu oneiric, natty, maverick and lucid Handling of non-alpha characters in filenames has been fixed up You can associate font/shadow colours with a specific background (with a preview)…

Lyricue 3.0.42 released

Sat Jul 30 15:36:15 EST 2011 Lyricue 3.0.42 has been released with the following changes: Fix import of images to DB (LP#816937) Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.0.42.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.0.41 released

Lyricue 3.0.41 has been released with the following changes: Dramatic speed increase in advanced search (LP#814772) Fix handling of semicolons and ampersands in image filenames Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.0.41.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Lyricue 3.0.40 released

Lyricue 3.0.40 has been released with the following changes: Text/shadow colours should work properly now Download the source from www.lyricue.org/archive/lyricue_3.0.40.tar.gz <br/%gt; Or install from the PPA – See https://launchpad.net/~chris-debenham/+archive/lyricue for details on how to do this<br/%gt;

Precue 1.10 released

Precue (the web-based frontend to Lyricue) has been updated to version 1.10 The entire interface has been AJAX-ified Bible verse functionality now works Duplicate actions have been fixed

Lyricue 3.0.37 released

Lyricue 3.0.37 has been released with a number of new features, updates and fixes. The main change is that we can play dvd videos directly from within lyricue. You can even tell it to jump directly to a specific title. Lyricue can also handle audio files directly. Overall performance has improved and it now handles scaling better than ever before. There have also been a large number of big fixes…

Locations Used

Churches Erina Community Baptist Church : Gosford NSW, Australia Grace Community Baptist Church : Wamberal NSW, Australi Capilano Christian Assembly: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Richmond New Life Church : Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand Mosgiel North Taieri Presbyterian : Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand Lifestream Christian Fellowship, Canberra, Australia Ridgeview Community Fellowship: Calgary, Alberta,…

Precue

Precue was written by Clint Turner with assistance from Chris Debenham and Mark Clearwater Current Version : 1.10 Released Sat 9 Oct 2010 This application is used as a web/mobile frontend to Lyricue Why use Precue? With Precue you can provide users access to your lyricue installation in order to check what songs are available, add/edit/remove playlists and add new songs Features Now AJAX-ified Add…

Developers

If you wish to you can join the lds-devel mailing list (which is for developers) at lds-devel or the lds-users mailing list (which is for users 🙂 at lds-users Development is done using bazaar inside launchpad so go to https://code.launchpad.net/lyricue to view/access/download the current development code Debian/Ubuntu packages built from bazaar are also available from the apt repository as…

Contact

There are two mailing lists setup for Lyricue. Posts to them are moderated for non-subscribers so it is recommended you subscribe. Follow the links below for details. For user-level assistance contact the alias on lds-users@lists.sourceforge.net For developers contact the alias on lds-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

Downloads

Lyricue Current Version: 3.4.10 The easiest way to download/install is using the PPA repository for Ubuntu To do this open a terminal and run the following commands. <br></br>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:chris-debenham/lyricue<br></br>sudo apt-get update<br></br>sudo apt-get install lyricue<br></br> If you are not running Ubuntu then choose the release series that is the closest match to your…

Features

Web interface available – Precue OpenGL accelerated server using Clutter Use any image or video for backgrounds Display text over live video from webcam Play DVD titles directly Runs in English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese or Swedish Multiple Playlists All songs kept in a database and so screens are dynamically generated, allowing you to easily change the backdrop, font…