Deep Dive into Features

Dynamic Lyrics

Go beyond static slides. Simple Cast parses song data on the fly, allowing you to instantly project verses, choruses, and bridges. Real-time controls let you adjust font families, sizes, alignments, and limit lines-per-slide during the actual performance. It even supports overlaying chord previews exclusively for stage monitors.

Advanced Bible Projection

Designed for speed, our Bible module processes search queries locally to find scriptures instantly. Select a single verse or hold Ctrl/Cmd to bundle multiple verses into a single beautiful layout. Mac and Linux browsers also natively support multi-verse previewing before pushing to the live screen.

Multi-Screen Broadcasting

Forget complicated dual-monitor setups. Simple Cast uses native browser BroadcastChannel architecture to drive multiple display windows seamlessly. Any change on the control dashboard is instantly fired to the live screens with zero server latency.

Live Camera Integration

Turn standard webcams and USB capture cards into live backgrounds. Simple Cast taps into your system's hardware to overlay crisp text directly over a real-time camera feed—perfect for streaming setups or overflow rooms.

Mobile Remote (MQTT)

Step away from the media desk. A powerful web-based remote acts as a pocket-sized dashboard. We utilize the ultra-fast, lightweight MQTT protocol to let you trigger slides, blank the screen, or change media via local Wi-Fi or the cloud.

Offline & Python Server

Worship services shouldn't rely on the internet. By utilizing heavy browser caching and an optional lightweight Python web server included in our offline package, your library operates smoothly regardless of network status.

Audience Polls & QR Bulletins

Involve your audience like never before. Generate destination QR codes on screen for registration or donations, and run live audience polls with waving choices and interactive Bar, Pie, or Doughnut canvas charts.

Edge-Blending & Vector Masking

Align projection displays across multi-screen setups compensating for bezel borders and overlaps. Apply custom geometric shapes and SVG clip-paths to clip background video streams into abstract vectors.

Release History

  • Global Master Presets: Aggregate MIDI mappings, canvas geometry, text styling formats, alerts, and masking states into a single unified master preset to instantly re-calibrate the software ecosystem.
  • Live Polling & Dynamic Charts: Broadcast interactive QR Codes and questions with options that float up/down dynamically on screen. Operator publishes live results rendered inside Bar, Pie, or Doughnut canvas charts.
  • Nursery Childcare Alerts: Repositionable childcare alerts (Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right) displaying discreet notification blocks.
  • Edge Blending & Bezel Compensation: Natively scale and translate multi-canvas viewports to compensate for video wall bezel borders and overlaps.
  • SVG Vector Masking: Force background media/video streams to render inside abstract vector curves or custom geometric clip-path boundaries.
  • LTC & OSC Network Sync: Automated Ableton/DAW timecode listeners and Open Sound Control trigger capabilities.
  • Interactive Digital Bulletin QR Builder: Build custom destination QR codes on the fly to bridge visitor forms and donation links during announcements.

  • Cloud Settings Presets: Save your current screen configuration to the cloud and load presets remotely to overwrite live screen layouts and settings.
  • Monitor View Sharing: Easily generate and share monitor view links directly from the remote interface, complete with QR code support and a quick-copy button.
  • Dynamic QR Generation: Toggle to generate QR codes for either Remote Control or Monitor view natively from the dashboard connection manager.

  • Interactive Multi-Screen Canvas: Drag and resize projection displays on the virtual canvas editor in real-time with pointer capture tracking.
  • Screen-Specific Geometry: Configure margins, padding, V-Stone, H-Stone, and Zoom variables independently for each screen using local storage.
  • Collapsible Control Sidebar: Text Settings, Announcements, Display Calibration, and options refactored into theme-aware accordion tabs.
  • Dynamic Worship Sections: Append temporary verses, choruses, and bridges on-the-fly during live sets without saving to the database.
  • Offline Resilience & Refresh Lockdown: Caching support to keep projection displays running during network drops, with alerts to prevent accidental browser refreshes.
  • Help Modal & Shortcuts: Interactive multi-tab guide outlining keyboard shortcuts and settings mapping.
  • Master Control Shortcuts: Instantly clear or blackout all screen outputs simultaneously using Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C or Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B.
  • Song & Media Admin Approval: Moderation workspace to verify, approve, or reject user-submitted lyrics and assets before they go live.
  • Mirror Flip Projection: Option to flip output content horizontally and vertically for specialized mirror projection systems.
  • Calibration Quick Reset: Quick-action buttons to reset display geometry, margins, padding, keystone, and zoom settings back to default parameters instantly.
  • Pillar Curve & Warp Correction: Adjust displacement curve parameters horizontally to project onto circular pillars or uneven backgrounds seamlessly.
  • Duplicate Screens Setting: Link viewport screens to mirror and duplicate contents automatically.
  • State Persistence & Reload Recovery: Display contents and settings are kept in LocalStorage, preventing screens from blanking on page refresh. Full state syncs across all remote control instances and devices in real-time.
  • Premium Toast Alert System: Replaced SweetAlert (Swal) with premium auto-fading toast alerts and custom center dialog modals.

  • Khasi Hymns Improvement: Enhanced formatting, parsing, and overall display quality for Khasi Hymns.
  • Dual Bible Verse Split View: View multiple translations side-by-side simultaneously during live projection.
  • Auto Font Size Adjustment: Live projection now automatically scales font sizes to perfectly fit the screen, ensuring maximum readability for lyrics and Bible verses without manual tweaking.

  • Token Economy UI: Synchronized dashboard balances, referral credits, and spent tokens with the real-time database config and updated the Pricing pages.
  • Shorthand Formatting: Added an Appearance setting to seamlessly switch between abbreviated number formats (e.g., 1.5K) and full digit displays.
  • UI/UX Polish: Refined the mini-sidebar experience with smooth pop-out flyout menus, and comprehensively updated global Dark Mode layouts across the dashboard.
  • Bug Fixes & Enhancements: Addressed edge-case interface glitches to improve overall application responsiveness and ensure smoother rendering under heavy loads.

  • UI/UX Revamp: Modernized the interface, allowing you to freely drag and resize control sections to fit any monitor configuration.
  • Bible Previews: Implemented comprehensive multi-verse support—Mac and Linux browsers can now natively compile large verse selections seamlessly.
  • New Content: Added Khasi Bible and Khasi KHB Hymnal Songs
  • Dark Mode: An intuitive toggle drops the brightness for media operators working in low-light sanctuary environments.

  • MQTT Websockets: Overhauled multi-display communications by routing payloads through a robust Message Queuing Telemetry Transport broker.
  • Mobile Remote: Operators can now step away from the desk. Run your presentation from a smartphone, whether you're offline (LAN) or synced to the cloud.
  • Fixes: Cleaned up transmission redundancies for instant, lag-free slide transitions.

  • Display Optimization: Rewrote the lyric rendering logic. You now have complete freedom to scale fonts and control horizontal/vertical alignments live.
  • Next Line Preview: Gives singers confidence by gently showing the first line of the upcoming slide.
  • Musician Chord Key: Toggle musical chords on or off so musicians stay on key without cluttering the congregation's view.

  • Python Offline Server: Never fear an internet outage again. Packaged a lightweight Python HTTP server capable of serving your entire presentation locally.
  • Smart Cache: Automatically hoards critical data into the browser memory for immediate fallback.

  • Download/Upload: Build out your services at home, export them as JSON objects, and upload them directly into the church PC's offline environment.

  • Under-the-hood fixes: Hardened the core framework and implemented stability enhancements to ensure robust data parsing and safer local operations.

  • Schedules & Songs: Compile customized sets of lyrics mapped cleanly from a vast library.
  • KJV Bible Integration: Project scripture text beautifully formatted without opening another application.
  • Media Control: Trigger videos, images, and documents natively behind the text layers.
  • Multi-Display: Harnessed the Broadcast API to sync the dashboard with the live display effortlessly. Project started on the 17.01.2025

Acknowledgments & Special Thanks

A special mention to Kyrshanlang Dkhar for his invaluable help and support in bringing SimpleCast to life.

Special Thanks to:
  • Melvin Andrew Dkhar
  • Skhembok Star Sohphoh
  • Ibanlumlin Diengdoh
  • Donboklang Kharbani for typing the whole Khasi Hymns

The Khasi Bible text has been sourced from Bible.com.