Wireless displays — including Android TV

The congregation should see lyrics, scripture, and sermon points on every display that matters — center projector, overflow TV, lobby screen — without a bird's nest of last-minute adapters.

WorshipDeck treats screens as church-wide destinations you set up once. On Sunday you open outputs from present mode. Remote screens (including Android TV) pair wirelessly. Local screens open as browser windows on the operator computer.

Screens: named destinations

Admins create screens under Settings → Screens:

• Local — a browser output window, typically bound to a monitor on a booth PC
• Remote — a paired display device such as Android TV (pair code; online/offline status)

Pair during setup day. Confirm Online before the gathering. Remote control can be allowed or limited per screen.

A Windows display host can bind multiple local monitors and pair them as WorshipDeck displays — useful when the booth PC is the HDMI source for several projectors. A one-time automatic fullscreen helper reduces the "click every window" problem on Chromium browsers. That companion is for output reliability, not a replacement for the web app.

Layouts: what each screen shows

Screen layouts assign screens to content types: main slide, variants, speaker notes, or blank. Overlays (next slide, timers) and media start mode (manual vs automatic) live here too. Set a church default layout so new decks are not guessing.

Presentations pick a layout in the editor. Service items can override from the live filmstrip menu.

Opening outputs

In present mode, Open screens shows a card per layout screen:

• Open a local window (choose a monitor when several are detected)
• Open on display for a paired remote screen
• Open all local screens with a preflight list of ready vs unbound screens

Allow pop-ups for WorshipDeck if the browser blocks the first local window. After Start, slide changes sync to every open output.

Prefer uploaded media over YouTube on display devices when the moment is critical — some videos restrict embedding in TV WebViews.

Web-based control, room-shaped output

The operator can sit on a Chromebook or tablet while Android TVs show the house. Or keep a Windows booth PC for local projectors and still add a wireless overflow. See web-based WorshipDeck and media volunteers.