Display live video stream as lyrics background

5/30/2015

When your PC has a video camera connected to it, you can tell VideoPsalm to display the live stream under the lyrics or under the Bible verses.
The "Camera" button is located to the top right, and is displayed only if VideoPsalm detected a video camera or a web cam when you started it:

The live video stream will show either on the live screen, or on the preview screen (when the live screen is not on).

Click the "Camera" button to instantly replace the current background with the live video stream:

It is recommended to hide the "Live Camera" button in case your PC has a web cam connected to it, so that the operator does not show his face by mistake on the big screen...

To hide the "Live video camera" button, disable the corresponding checkbox in the VideoPsalm options, in the "Customization" tab:

If your PC has several video cameras connected to it, you can select the required live video camera in the drop-down button.

62 Comments

victor

9/16/2015 08:00:47 am

Nice work you are doing sir.
i will like to suggest, when using the live video as background for bible, is it possible to get a separate background for the letters ?
to enable the letters to be more visible.
it will be great if you can make this possible.
Thanks.

VideoPsalm link

9/20/2015 01:16:17 pm

Hi Victor,

By default, VideoPsalm displays text in plain white.
To add an highlight and a shadow to the text, use the color picker controls in the toolbar, in the "Text" tab, to the right of the "Colors" gallery.

Does it work for you?

Julian link

11/15/2015 07:24:02 pm

Hi Sir,

I am in the middle of reviewing a few worship presentation softwares for churches in Indonesia, and I think your software is one of the best candidate.

I still have a few questions as follow:
1. If the church computer using capture card, can it accept the input as live video feed?
2. Others than overlay live video feed with Songs & Bible verses, would it be possible to display our own text, at specific location (ie. ⅓ bottom of screen)?

Thank you.

VideoPsalm link

11/24/2015 12:32:53 am

Hi Julian,

1. Yes, this is what this feature is meant for.
2. Please let me know if the following article explains well enough how to display your own announcements and text:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/how-to-addedit-songs-and-announcements.html

Note that the VideoPsalm contact form enables us to exchange email in a secure way, with more flexibility than in this forum:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/contact.html

Prashanth Konala

11/27/2015 11:30:05 pm

Hello Sir,
While using a LIVE Video mode(I mean congregation is able to view the pastor on the screen) I want to display bible verses in a new background simultaneously and again come back to LIVE Video mode..So can u tell me the process which becomes handy

VideoPsalm link

11/28/2015 01:49:11 am

Hi Prashanth,

To switch between the live video background and the verse style background, simply press the "Camera" button and switch its state: pressed/unpressed (see also first image in the blog article).

When the button is pressed, the live background has priority over the predefined verse background.

Does it work for you?

Additionally, let me know if the following articles explain well enough how to make best use of style levels and text margins:

How to change the background of a song or a whole songbook - Hierarchical styles part one
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2012/02/first-post.html

How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Hierarchical styles part two
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/12/how-to-assign-a-background-to-a-song-verse-or-to-the-whole-song-hierarchical-styles.html

How to remove an image assigned to a song verse
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/blog/how-to-remove-an-image-assigned-to-a-song-verse

How to adjust slide text margins
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/11/how-to-adjust-slide-text-margins.html

Prashanth

12/9/2015 03:21:41 am

Thanks a ton for answering my query

Dele

12/8/2015 06:59:24 am

Hello,

I just came across this software and it looks good for church service.
Our laptop has only one port for HDMI and I will like to project lyrics and bible verses to a TV monitor with an HDMI cable and also project live video from our camera having HDMI output.
How can I connect the camera to the laptop and at the same time connect to the monitor with this my "constraint".
Thank you as I await your reply.

VideoPsalm link

12/9/2015 05:08:15 am

Hi Dele,

Thank you for your question.

Alas I doubt that it is possible to use the same HDMI port to plug two devices simultaneously into it.

Note that some laptops have a second video port: VGA, HDMI or Display Port. So the idea is to use the VGA or Display Port to connect to the TV, and the HDMI to connect the video camera.

Which exact laptop model do you have?

Dele

12/9/2015 07:09:09 am

Thanks so much for the information.

My laptop is HP 255 G3 AMD Dual Core-1.35ghz.

If I connect the video camera to the HDMI, do you mean the HDMI port acts as input for my camera?

I appreciate your help because I'm not so techie.

Thanks

VideoPsalm link

12/10/2015 05:59:12 am

Hi Dele,

Your laptop has two video out connectors: an HDMI and a VGA.
This means that you can connect to the TV either via an HDMI or a VGA cable.
These connectors will not allow input from a video camera.

Usually, the video camera is connected to the PC via a USB cable.
To get the video camera to be detected from the PC, you need the software/driver from the video camera manufacturer, or some other compatible software.

Link to a free software for connecting a video camera to a PC:
http://alkenius.no-ip.org/Cam4you_remote/

Or google for "tethering video camera"

Hope this helps.

Dele

12/10/2015 07:28:36 am

Thanks so much, I will go ahead and make good use of this information.

Joshwa

7/28/2019 02:30:56 am

Hey Dele,
I know it's too late to explain now . Since i was browsing the website today itself.
Listen, I use CC camera (Also known as Security Camera - HIK vision Brand) as a live video, the output of laptop and Cc camera (DVR ) is connected to 3 input into one output to a projector/TV screen. So during hymns you switch to
Laptop and other time Live video

German

1/9/2016 05:07:30 am

Hi!

I praise God for such a great piece of work you've done for His glory. Any plans for Android platform?

Cheers and blessings from Russia.

VideoPsalm link

1/9/2016 09:07:07 am

Thank you for your warm words!

There are indeed plans for an Android app (and other mobile platforms). However there is no release date available at the moment.

The main planned features are listed at the bottom of this page:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/features.html

Blessings from France

Rajguru

4/11/2018 11:41:16 pm

I control videopsalm from my redmi 4 mobile through team viewer. Now I don't have to sit in fron of the lap top as I am free to move around.
It is awesome, God Bless the Videopsalm team

Reborn Games link

1/10/2016 01:44:51 pm

Very nice software

Egbudike

2/22/2016 10:13:06 pm

Pls,I need a help,my videopsalm can't see my live camera,it does only see my webcam

VideoPsalm link

3/29/2016 01:40:31 pm

Hi Egbudike,

VideoPsalm will display the icon for live video if it detects that there is a video-camera or webcam connected to the PC.
Note that the button will only be available if you connected the video-camera before VideoPsalm was started.
Some video camera are properly detected by the PC only after installing their specific driver.
Please refer to your video-camera constructor web site for more specific instructions.

Kamzar

3/16/2016 08:24:00 am

Hi, Im using HP G6 i3 processor. I run PsalmVideo on it and my only problem i see is that when clicking next verse or chorus the text delays on the screen. what could be the cause of the delay? I switched off crossfade on the effects panel.

VideoPsalm link

3/29/2016 01:35:30 pm

Hi Kamzar,

The latency on certain PCs is due to VideoPsalm rendering the lyrics (the text).

If the latency on your PC is too long, it is possible to reduce it with following methods:

1. Reduce the video projection screen resolution.
For example use 800x600 instead of 1280x1024.

2. Avoid the use of text styles involving a drop shadow.
The outline of the text does not interfere, it is the calculation of the drop shadow that takes a bit more time.

3. Use less text on the slides: Prefer shorter texts by cutting the long song verses in two or more slides.
To cut a verse in two, insert a line break at the right place.

The background images or animations (transitions) do not have much influence on the latency.
The expected latency requires to anticipate the display of the next verse, selecting the next slide one second or two in advance.

Raiesha Smith

5/26/2016 02:09:08 pm

Is there a zoom in and out capability for the camera display?

VideoPsalm link

5/31/2016 02:56:36 pm

Hi Raiesha,

No, there is no integrated zoom for the camera display.
Usually, there is a physical zoom slider on the camera itself, which is certainly more adequate, isn't it?

xavier Edge

8/26/2016 02:25:36 pm

How can I connect a dslr camera to my computer and display a live view

VideoPsalm link

8/26/2016 03:57:20 pm

Hi Xavier,
Most dslr cameras do not have a "Web cam" feature. Additionally, most PCs and laptops don't have an HDMI-in feature, but only an HDMI-out. This prevents you from connecting a video camera via HDMI. Some video cameras can connect to the PC via USB and have a "Web-cam" feature.

Xavier

8/27/2016 03:19:23 am

how would I know whether my camera could connect via usb and have a web cam feature my camera is a cannon eos 1200d
I would like this feature so that I can show a live baptism feed on a screen

JOBY MATHEW

10/7/2016 01:29:50 pm

GREETINGS....
HOW CAN IS SHOW LYRICS OR VERSE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SCREEN? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.....

VideoPsalm link

10/7/2016 03:29:59 pm

Hi Joby,

There are three zones where VideoPsalm displays text: The header, the footer and the body.
Each of this zones can be moved and resized independently.

Please let me know if the following articles explain well enough how to make best use of cascading styles and adjust the text margins:

How to adjust slide text margins
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/11/how-to-adjust-slide-text-margins.html

How to change the background of a song or a whole songbook - Cascading styles part one
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2012/02/first-post.html

How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Cascading styles part two
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/12/how-to-assign-a-background-to-a-song-verse-or-to-the-whole-song-hierarchical-styles.html

Three methods to display a background/logo between two songs
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/blog/three-methods-to-display-a-backgroundlogo-between-two-songs

How to remove an image assigned to a song verse
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/blog/how-to-remove-an-image-assigned-to-a-song-verse

Note that the VideoPsalm contact form enables us to exchange email in a secure way, with more flexibility than in this forum:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/contact.html

Joby Mathew

10/7/2016 06:32:54 pm

Thank you very much

Richard

12/25/2016 12:34:06 pm

hi videopsalm i want to no weather u can integrate a live stream from facebook or youtube to replays the camera

VideoPsalm link

12/25/2016 02:36:42 pm

Hi Richard,

This will be possible in VideoPsalm 1.17.

The main new features of VideoPsalm 1.17 will be:

Support for (directly from the agenda):
- PDF
- Word
- LibreOffice Write and Calc
- Excel
- html
- live web sites (an internet connection is required)
- YouTube video (an internet connection is required)
- Standalone audio files with backgrounds
It will be possible to associate such files to a song in a permanent manner, and display them instead or along of the song lyrics, while being able to search for songs by their lyrics.
It won't be necessary to install a PDF reader, or Word, Excel, LibreOffice, etc. to display such content (except for already supported PowerPoints, for which Microsoft PowerPoint is required).
Hopefully it will have a "Stage view" feature, as well as other improvements.

There is no planed release date though, hopefully in early 2017.

melissa

5/15/2017 01:44:11 am

How about for the livestream?

John

4/10/2017 03:21:20 pm

Hello, nice work you're doing here with video Psalm. I have a question.

Recently, I have been researching on how to display live video recording from Android phone to PC. I've seen some breakthrough articles.

My question is, if the Android to PC live recording is successful, will VideoPsalm be able to detect the video from the Android and project it as background to text?

Thank you for your time.

VideoPsalm link

4/17/2017 10:01:12 am

Hi John,

As long as the live feed is detected by your Windows as a video camera, it is possible to display it under the text that VideoPsalm displays.

VideoPsalm 1.16 needs to be started *after* the video camera setup.

You will probably need to use a third-party software like VLC, that can simulate a video camera where the live feed comes from a Wifi device.

CGD

6/16/2017 11:50:07 pm

Hello! Thank you for your videopsalm! I'm well using it! Very excellent program!

I have a question!

live feed from HDMI capture device -> videocamera slide on ->

magnified input image displayed!!!!!

But usb live video camera input is well displayed

Do you have any solution? (I'm sorry, poor english!)

Thank you so much!!!

VideoPsalm link

6/17/2017 02:40:05 pm

Hello CGD,

In order for your PC to recognize the video camera through the HDMI input, you may have installed some video camera driver or software, didn't you?

You may find a way to set the zoom factor in this video capture settings (not in VideoPsalm).

Please let me know of your progress in solving this problem, as this could help other people.

Richard Ekeocha

7/24/2017 08:50:06 am

Thank you Dev. for this application. It's excellent. I've got a question though.

When I shift the main text (either songs or scriptures) to the bottom of the screen, is there a feature or option for me to add a background just to the text alone while displaying the camera feed as the main background. Thank you

VideoPsalm link

7/24/2017 10:23:10 am

Hi Richard,
Thank you for your suggestion, alas this is not possible at the moment. I added your suggestion to the list of things to do.

Yeshua Bell

8/6/2017 06:31:52 pm

Hello, I am a youn member of my communication department (equivalent to A/V department) at my church. I would like to find out if there are possible transitions from the camera feed to the background in the form of a fade, slide etc... If not I am requesting/sugesting that it be added in an update.

On another not I mentioned that I am a young member of the A/V department. The other members simply work with what is there, which a few pirated versions of easyWorship. The leader has decided to let the church pay for a genuine copy. But I came across VideoPsalm. All this to say is there a vudeo or powerpoint training or tutorial which I could show to my the department to convince them to switch to VideoPsalm so the money to be spent on EasyWorship could be spent in other ways to further the gospel.

VideoPsalm link

9/30/2017 11:49:20 pm

Hi Yeshua,

Thank you for requesting a fade/transition between live feed and background. This is not available at the moment, and your post adds weight to this feature.

There is a newer VideoPsalm version available (1.19), since September 2017, with many improvements.

The VideoPsalm YouTube video tutorials are available here:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/videos1.html

More YouTube tutorial are coming soon.

The "How to" page has answer to all frequent questions:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/how-to.html

Isaiah McCory

9/24/2017 05:11:36 pm

Is there any way to use your phone camera and connect it to VideoPsalm? This would be used for the live streaming.

VideoPsalm link

9/30/2017 11:46:27 pm

Hi Isaiah,

Yes, I believe that there is a way to do this, however i haven't experienced it myself.
Google for example for:
use phone live feed vlc

Please let me know how you solved this, it will surely help many others.

Andy Grandey

2/9/2018 10:01:20 pm

Install Droidcam on your Android phone and Droidcam Client on your Windows PC.
When you launch the app on your phone, it'll give you an IP address. Enter that into the Client.
If you now start up VideoPsalm, you'll find your phone in the camera list

Felix Scott

12/14/2017 06:50:15 pm

I am trying to get videopsalm to display in video mode the Panasonic video camera that is attached to the computer via the AverMedia ExtremeCap u3 video capturing device. That is install via usb port.
It recognizes the device, but shows a message which says Signal Out of Range,
please adjust your resolution to supported range

If you can help me resolve the issue I would be so glad!!

VideoPsalm link

6/6/2018 10:44:10 am

Hi Felix,

Alas I am not sure what this error message means.
I would try to reduce the video-camera resolution through its menu, but I am sure that you tried it, didn't you?

JOSE

12/19/2017 09:14:02 pm

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VideoPsalm link

6/6/2018 10:41:58 am

Hi Jose,

For VideoPsalm to see the webcam, it is necessary to connect your webcam befaore you start VideoPsalm.
Does this solve the problem?

Daveanna

12/20/2017 07:56:19 am

I will like to know if any specific capture card is needed to use with this program

VideoPsalm link

6/6/2018 10:39:52 am

Hi Daveanna,

You can use an HDMI-in capture card in conjunction to a video camera with an HDMI-out.
Note that common PCs and laptops have an HDMI-out port only.

More easily you can use a "web cam" connected via USB.

You can also use a camcorder that can connect to USB, however I don't know any model that does that.

Batuk Alergi link

12/22/2017 10:15:07 pm

Eta Nu Di Luhur Anya Pisan Ngomentarna

Ayodele

3/6/2018 02:06:03 pm

Good work
This software really help me a lot

Sagar

3/19/2018 01:02:07 am

First of all this is an amazing and powerful software and God bless you guys for all your hard work.

I would like to request a new feature if possible regarding the Video output.

So we have a setup like this.

We have kept TV in mother's room (esp for mother's taking care of babies/toddlers) so that they dont miss out on worship and the sermon. So its good for them to see the video during worship along with the lyrics or see the preacher's video when the sermon is going on.

We have connected the same output in the Worship hall in 2 projectors.

Now we connect the video camera and overlay the lyrics/verse at all times and its very good. But lots of people had suggested that lots of times its very distracting during worship because of background video. People who are in main Worship hall need not see the stage video which is projected in projector and they just needs to see the lyrics on the screen.

What I would suggest is to have 1 more setting where you can have small live video area at bottom right of the screen and lyrics (with user set background) in remaining screen during worship time.

During the sermon time we can just click the button which makes the live video become small and go to bottom right and the verses gets displayed in remaining area of the screen.

Then you have both video and lyrics at the same time without any distraction :D

Thank you so much.

VideoPsalm link

6/6/2018 09:57:03 am

Hi Sagar,

Thank you for suggesting to have the live video only at the bottom left of the screen, or on a second monitor.

Ayodele link

4/12/2018 02:25:07 am

Hi
u guys did a great work
please i want to display my church logo on the live video at one corner of the screen and also a scrolling message alert and I want to display the bible to come in another background on the live Stream
please how can you help me with that
thank you
i will be waiting for your reply

VideoPsalm link

6/6/2018 09:35:28 am

Hi Ayodele,

Thank you for your suggestion about a permanent church logo.
This feature is now in the list of things to do, however I don't know when it will be implemented.

Taye (akindat)

5/15/2018 02:55:12 pm

I am glad to see people getting busy for God. May God count us all worthy of His Kingdom. This app will save many from the crime of software piracy, hence save from hell. I love it! Thanks.

Darrell

8/10/2018 11:20:12 am

Your software is such a blessing. I have been telling so many people about it. Keep up the GREAT work.

I did have a great feature, that if you could add would be a great asset. This new feature would allow us to add a Live Video (Video Camera) to a single song. At times I do not have anyone running VideoPsalm, so I use a presenter to move between the items on the agenda. When I don't have anyone running it, I can't use the live video feature. If you would allow us to add a Live Video (Video Camera) to just selected songs, than when I use the presenter to move to the targeted agenda it will automatically show the live video. This would be so helpful.

I'm using 1.21 currently. When do you plan on releasing a new version?

Thanks

VideoPsalm link

8/11/2018 01:39:37 pm

Hi Darrell,

Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated!

The feature that you describe about live video feed makes a lot of sense. I added it to the list of things to do, however I don't know if it will make it into v. 1.22, as it is almost out.

spirit

8/20/2018 08:18:06 pm

I want to make live feed, but it always use my laptop webcam.
The software can't detect my other webcam, how to choose a webcam to live feed?

Thank you

Anthony

9/8/2018 12:18:40 pm

Bonjour monsieur

Superbe logiciel, super boulot
Je viens de découvrir la fonction arrière plan avec une vidéo en live. Fonction très intéressante dans mon cas vu que je suis le responsable video d'une eglise et j'aurais aimer utiliser cette fonction afin de pouvoir passer les paroles pour ceux qui suivent les lives de l'eglise.
Nous avons trois camera gérées par un mélangeur de chez "Blackmagic" comment puis-je remplacer l'image de la webcam de l'ordi par l'image qui sort de mon mélangeur.
Afin de pouvoir habiller les images avec les paroles de videopsalm.

Freddy

6/29/2019 01:37:41 pm

Hi,
I solved the videopsalm to projector issue...however, I tried to connect my camcorder using video capture device to the laptop to show on the projector, but so far, it only shows dark black screen on the projector.
Please advise, thank you very much.

VideoPsalm link

6/29/2019 02:10:48 pm

Hi Freddy,

I am glad that you solved your projector issue.

VideoPsalm will detect the video camera if the camera has the "live feed" (or "web cam") feature.
Usually, the connection is done via a USB port, or a specific HDMI-IN port.
Note that PCs and laptops usually have HDMI-OUT ports only.
However, make sure to first connect the video camera to the PC, and then only start VideoPsalm.
Does it works for you?

VideoPsalm

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