Flexible displays for every room

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 or the desktop app. Remote screens pair through Android TV, WorshipDeck Display for Fire TV, or the Windows and Mac desktop app. 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 output from Android TV, Fire TV, or the WorshipDeck desktop app (pair code; online/offline status)

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

The desktop app can host several paired Remote outputs on one Windows or Mac workstation. Bind each output to a monitor, pair it to a WorshipDeck screen, and it opens borderless fullscreen while live.

Those desktop-hosted monitors can keep working locally during an outage. After an online sync, presentations and services marked Ready offline can start from the booth without internet. Android TV, Fire TV, and other remote devices still need the network and server connection to receive live changes.

That app is separate from the small Automatic fullscreen policy helper. The helper only removes the per-window fullscreen click for Local browser outputs; it does not host or pair displays.

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 TV, Fire TV, or paired desktop outputs show the house. Or keep Local browser outputs for an existing HDMI workflow. See web-based WorshipDeck, the desktop app, and media volunteers.