Version 7 > "Next" screen
2/10/2008 9:51:34 AM
If I have a sequence of verses (John 3:10,11,12,13,14,15,16) and I fire the first one, I can see the second one in the "Next" window.
But, if I have non-contiguous verses:
John 3:10
Slide 1
John 3:12
John 3:16
Slide 2
The "Next" window is blank (as there is only one verse or slide in that step).
Is there a way to have the "Next" slide show the next step in the program? How can I do that?
But, if I have non-contiguous verses:
John 3:10
Slide 1
John 3:12
John 3:16
Slide 2
The "Next" window is blank (as there is only one verse or slide in that step).
Is there a way to have the "Next" slide show the next step in the program? How can I do that?
2/10/2008 11:39:54 AM
If I understand your issue correctly, the first situation has all the verses in a single program item. The second situation is two different program items. Correct?
If so, you will have to use the Auto Cue feature to see the next program item. If you need instructions on how to turn on Auto Cue, let me know, and I will add them in a reply.
If my understanding is not correct, then I am not able to help. We don't use verses in the service, outside of SSB.
2/11/2008 2:25:32 PM
You can do this if you add all of your non-contiguous verses in the same slide. To use your example, you can select 3:10, 3:12 - 3:16 in the verse panel by holding down the CTRL key and selecting the verses you want. Then in the lower section of the verse selection window you will select "Selected Verses, Multiple Slides" This will add a single multi-slide program element with a slide for each of the selected verses in it and each slide will show in the next window.
The auto cue will work if they have to be separate program elements for some reason.
The auto cue will work if they have to be separate program elements for some reason.
2/12/2008 10:43:14 AM
Posted By iamgap on 02/10/2008 11:39 AM
If so, you will have to use the Auto Cue feature to see the next program item. If you need instructions on how to turn on Auto Cue, let me know, and I will add them in a reply.
If so, you will have to use the Auto Cue feature to see the next program item. If you need instructions on how to turn on Auto Cue, let me know, and I will add them in a reply.
PLEASE! I have never understood the AutoCue feature. Would you please explain that for me?
Thanks!
2/13/2008 12:09:21 PM
I'll take a stab..
Before understanding AutoCue, you need to understand what Cue is in SSP.
For me, I think of the old time DJs that used vinyl records. When playing one song on one of two turn tables, they would put the next album on the second turntable, line the needle up at the start of the song that they would play next.; now they had the next song Cued. Cued meant it was loaded and ready to go, when they wanted to play it, all they had to do was touch the lever to drop the needle and the song would play.
I suspect, originally, SSP used Cue in a similar fashion. Back when it would take possibly a few seconds to load a graphic background from disk into memory, the operator could Cue the next slide to 'pre-load' it into memory. So, to Cue a slide was originally used, on systems with enough RAM, as a performance optimization, so that the cued item could be displayed instantly by the operator at the appropriate moment because it was already loaded into memory and ready to go..
SSP also added a neat feature that allows the operator to preview the cued item. With systems today (that can load a item from disk almost instantaneously) this cued preview, IMHO, is the "important feature" of Cue in SSP today. It allows the operator to view anything on the cue preview window before displaying it.
So, AutoCue, simply automatically Cues the next item in the program. So if you have the Cued item displayed on your preview window, you can see what item is next in the program.
Also, you should understand in SSP, the Next Preview does not display the next slide in the program, it displays the next slide in the current program item. I don't know if there is terminology here for what I mean, but... Each thing in the program is called an Item. If, when you click on the folder icon of the item, you see multiple slides within that item, the Next Preview will show you the next slide within that item when another slide in the item is displayed. That is to say: if you have a song, and you set the verse sequence to V1, C, V2, C, when V1 is displayed, the chorus will be in the Next preview window; when the chorus is displayed the last time, the Next preview will be blank. This is very different to the behavior of the Next preview in competing products which always displays the next slide in the program. From what I have seen, the only people that find this behavior odd are those that use SSP with expectations because they have previously used one of the competing products and they expect Next to behave the same way Next behaved in that product. I used SSP for years and never thought anything of its behavior until I tried another product -- which was different.
If you display the Next item and the Cued item in the preview panel (and you use AutoCue) you get the bets of both worlds: you will see the next slide in the current item and you will see the first slide of the next item (e.g., you will see the first slide of the next song during the entirety of the current song, not just the last verse).
Disclaimer: I don't work for SSP and don't really know the origins of the Cue feature. These are my educated guesses having used the system for a number of years. Even so, I think it will help you to understand how to use the AutoCue feature.
Before understanding AutoCue, you need to understand what Cue is in SSP.
For me, I think of the old time DJs that used vinyl records. When playing one song on one of two turn tables, they would put the next album on the second turntable, line the needle up at the start of the song that they would play next.; now they had the next song Cued. Cued meant it was loaded and ready to go, when they wanted to play it, all they had to do was touch the lever to drop the needle and the song would play.
I suspect, originally, SSP used Cue in a similar fashion. Back when it would take possibly a few seconds to load a graphic background from disk into memory, the operator could Cue the next slide to 'pre-load' it into memory. So, to Cue a slide was originally used, on systems with enough RAM, as a performance optimization, so that the cued item could be displayed instantly by the operator at the appropriate moment because it was already loaded into memory and ready to go..
SSP also added a neat feature that allows the operator to preview the cued item. With systems today (that can load a item from disk almost instantaneously) this cued preview, IMHO, is the "important feature" of Cue in SSP today. It allows the operator to view anything on the cue preview window before displaying it.
So, AutoCue, simply automatically Cues the next item in the program. So if you have the Cued item displayed on your preview window, you can see what item is next in the program.
Also, you should understand in SSP, the Next Preview does not display the next slide in the program, it displays the next slide in the current program item. I don't know if there is terminology here for what I mean, but... Each thing in the program is called an Item. If, when you click on the folder icon of the item, you see multiple slides within that item, the Next Preview will show you the next slide within that item when another slide in the item is displayed. That is to say: if you have a song, and you set the verse sequence to V1, C, V2, C, when V1 is displayed, the chorus will be in the Next preview window; when the chorus is displayed the last time, the Next preview will be blank. This is very different to the behavior of the Next preview in competing products which always displays the next slide in the program. From what I have seen, the only people that find this behavior odd are those that use SSP with expectations because they have previously used one of the competing products and they expect Next to behave the same way Next behaved in that product. I used SSP for years and never thought anything of its behavior until I tried another product -- which was different.
If you display the Next item and the Cued item in the preview panel (and you use AutoCue) you get the bets of both worlds: you will see the next slide in the current item and you will see the first slide of the next item (e.g., you will see the first slide of the next song during the entirety of the current song, not just the last verse).
Disclaimer: I don't work for SSP and don't really know the origins of the Cue feature. These are my educated guesses having used the system for a number of years. Even so, I think it will help you to understand how to use the AutoCue feature.
Posted By jeffreyaspence on 02/12/2008 10:43 AM
Thanks!
PLEASE! I have never understood the AutoCue feature. Would you please explain that for me?
Thanks!
2/17/2008 12:44:47 PM
Sorry it's been so long in responding, I have had a real busy week.
At the top of the Program Panel are some control item ICONs (Clear Display, Mute Display, Blank Display, ect). Right-Click that area, and select Customize.
On the left side is the Selected Controls. On the right side is Available Controls.
Auto Cue should be in the top 5.
Click the Blue Arrow to add it to the list of Selected Controls, and click save.
Click the Auto Cue ICON, and the first slide of the item will show in the Cued Preview Panel.
Be sure that you have checked the box that will display the Cued item in the Preview Panel.
4/6/2008 8:07:03 AM
From what I have seen, the only people that find this behavior odd are those that use SSP with expectations because they have previously used one of the competing products and they expect Next to behave the same way Next behaved in that product. I used SSP for years and never thought anything of its behavior until I tried another product -- which was different.
Just as a counter-point, I have never used a competing program, and I always thought that the current behavior was odd. I understood what it was doing, but couldn't imagine why someone would want this behavior. Being a software developer myself, I can guess at a variety of reasons why it might be this way, but as a user, it does seem odd, especially when the next program item is a song.
Greg
New Hope Chapel
4/6/2008 9:01:48 PM
Mike,
Thanks for your quite helpful summary of the auto cue feature. I knew of it, but had never cared to experiement with it; because of your post, I will now.
Bill Coley
Thanks for your quite helpful summary of the auto cue feature. I knew of it, but had never cared to experiement with it; because of your post, I will now.
Bill Coley
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