TECHNOLOGY BLOGS

As tools have become more readily available and lower cost, we have found over the last year a number of churches moving toward streaming their services.  In fact, many of our churches have chosen BoxCast as their streaming service provider, mainly because it is easy to setup and use and...

Guest Contributor: Brett Bzdafka from BoxCast   Easter is unlike any other time for your ministry, and that’s not an understatement.   No other time better represents the culmination of the gospel like Easter. Easter is all about the resurrection, and so Paul put it this way: “If Christ has...

How many computers can I install MediaShout on? What's the difference between the Single License and the Site License? All of these questions are addressed below. Understanding The Licensing System   a. When you purchase MediaShout 7, your license determines how many activations and bibles you get. - If you...

Is the sky falling? Really??   If you’ve seen the message shown above when booting up your computer recently, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that your system very likely has all of the Windows Updates installed. The bad news is that there won’t be...

One could argue that the sheer number of churches still using PowerPoint is a sign of its usefulness as worship software. And while it’s definitely a tool that can get the job done in most churches, one needs to ask: is it the best tool? Church presentations have their own...

  Flight, in general, has always fascinated me.  I remember being around 3 years old, and my father bringing home a good-sized hobbyist helicopter that he would fly around in our backyard in our small Indiana town.  I would sit in amazement. In elementary school, I remember wanting to be...

MediaShout teamed up with BoxCast, a live video streaming solution geared specifically for churches back in 2017. Since then streaming services from  the church has become radically important.  Boxcast gives you and your ministry’s live services that much-needed ability to keep you and your community connected through the “digital world”...

They’re both building slides for church services. Ryan’s stuck on Powerpoint but for his software solution, Mike’s using the all-new MediaShout 7. With 70 Bibles, pre-built lyric slides, Sermon Builder, Presenter View, and flexible editing, MediaShout is clearly the winner for church presentation software. It’s easy and it’s FAST! Mike...

When you’re making decisions about what equipment your church needs to run presentations, you have a lot to consider. Beyond choosing the presentation software that's right for your church, you have to decide on hardware that fits your needs—AND your church's budget. This is no easy task. To help make this...

(This blog was originally created by CCLI. We added this blog to our site with CCLI's permission.) May 3, 2021 “Can we show YouTube videos in our church?” remains one of our most frequently asked questions. And no wonder. Video sharing websites such as YouTube offer a treasure trove of...

Today, we will be working with a Dell Precision 3640 computer. These are the computers that we use as the basis for our Premium and Pro systems. So, I'm going to be assuming that this is the system that you are needing to install a video card in. To begin...

Problems with video streaming services? Annoying buffering? Sub-par video quality? Production limitations, embedding restrictions, and unnecessary complexity? Why can’t our stream be as crisp as Amazon Prime video, Apple TV, NFL Network, Directv stream and other live tv streaming services?  Below you’ll find a handful of potential reasons why now...

Seeing your church through the eyes of a first-time visitor is an important discipline. It enables you to ask valuable questions like: Does this make sense to someone new? Does this practice serve attendees at the expense of visitors? How can this element be improved in order to make them...

Guest Post by Brett Bzdafka, BoxCast Hi, I’m Brett. Since 2013 I’ve been helping churches all over the world expand the outreach of their ministries through live video streaming. I’m not sure of the exact number of conversations that I’ve had with pastors about streaming over the years, but I...

As followers of Jesus Christ, no one involved with a church live streaming production wants to output low quality video  on a weekly basis. It happens, though, because a few key streaming fundamentals can sometimes be overlooked. So, you may be asking: What are some good live video streaming tips...

Church presentation software has come a long way since MediaShout first began developing it in 1999. If you haven’t recently upgraded your worship software for your church , then you are probably missing out on some great features. So let’s talk about the future of worship software solutions. Now in...

We have heard from so many users over the years that we thought, "Why don't we share some of their stories?" So, we are going to start doing more User Spotlights. We've highlighted some in the past on our blog (check out this story of a missionary that uses MediaShout)...