Outputs and Displays

Outputs and Displays

Outputs (top bar, ⌘O / Ctrl+O) is where you start the screens. Displays (workspace tab) shows what each one is doing.

The Outputs panel

Section	Use
Main screen	A projector or TV plugged into this computer. Shows lyrics full screen with the clock (a monitor feed). Press Start, or Choose screen.
Stream feed	A second, opaque output for a capture card, filled with a key colour: Transparent, Black (for Luma Key) or Green (for Chroma Key).
Monitor clock	Shows the time on the main screen and on every Monitor link, in 12 or 24 hour, in any corner. The live display never shows it.
Stage display	A full-screen window for the worship team: the words on now, the next slide and the time.
Wireless	The Display, Monitor and Media links, and the network address they use.
Screens	Identify screens shows a big number on every screen for three seconds; Show test pattern fills the output screens with colour bars, a grid and safe areas for lining up a projector.
Phone remote	See Phone Remote.
Any laptop with a browser / Other computers	Show the display on another computer. See below.

Live display versus monitor

• The live display shows lyrics as a lower third on a transparent page. The Stream feed, the Display link and the Program monitor are live displays.
• A monitor shows lyrics full screen with the clock: the main screen window and the Monitor link. The Preview monitor is full screen too.
• Bible verses follow the Look mode (full screen or lower third).

The links

In Outputs, Wireless, and in Settings, Outputs and links:

Link	Opens as
Display link	The live display (transparent, lower third). Use it as an OBS Browser Source.
Monitor link	The monitor view: full screen with the clock.
Media link	Only the intro, prayer time and outro media, transparent when idle.

The page title of each link says which one it is (Display, Monitor, Stage Display or Media), so pasted links are easy to tell apart.

The Network list chooses which of this computer's addresses the links use. Pick the one on the same network as the other device.

Links contain a secret token that changes every time the app starts. Copy them again after a restart. If the network changes while the app is open, the links in the app update by themselves and a notice tells you; a link you already pasted somewhere else keeps the old address and needs to be replaced.

Displays workspace

The Displays tab lists every screen with a small live preview, what it is projecting, and whether it is live, clear, blanked or off:

• Program and Preview monitors inside the app.
• The Main screen, Stream feed and Stage windows.
• The Wall/LED screen.
• Media: shows "Rendering Media" and the name of what is playing.
• Links opened in a browser or in OBS, named as Display link, Monitor link, Stage link or Media link.

You can blank or close a display, and move an output to another screen without touching the rest. Pop out opens the list in its own window, for example on a monitor for the presenter. Identify screens numbers every screen.

The Display Online pill in the top bar opens a quick list of connected displays and screens.

Show the display on any laptop (no install)

The other laptop only needs a browser. In Outputs, Any laptop with a browser:

1. Choose Show as: Live display (lower third, transparent), Monitor (full screen, clock), Stage display, or Media only.
2. Press Scan network for laptops and Use this laptop next to the one you want.
3. On that laptop, open the address shown, for example http://192.168.1.20:8087/display.html (/monitor.html opens it as a Monitor). The display starts by itself.

A laptop that opens the address without being picked waits on a "Waiting to be allowed" page. Allow and Deny buttons appear in Outputs. Only laptops you allow can connect, and only to the display.

Show the display on another Scripture Pod computer

Open Outputs, Other computers. Computers on the same network that run Scripture Pod are listed. On the other computer, switch on Receive and read its pairing code. On the controlling computer, type that code, pick Live display or Monitor, and press Connect. Disconnect, or Stop showing the display here on the other computer, closes it.

Receive is off until you switch it on, and the code changes on every launch.

Firewall and network

Both computers must be on the same network. Guest Wi-Fi and router "client isolation" block it. Allow these through the firewall:

Port	Used for
TCP 5510	The display pages
TCP 5511	The relay
TCP 8087	The browser display address
UDP 5530	Finding other Scripture Pod computers

If a port is busy the app uses the next free one (so a link can change). Set SCRIPTURE_POD_HTTP_PORT, SCRIPTURE_POD_RELAY_PORT and SCRIPTURE_POD_BROWSER_PORT to choose your own.