FTCPresenter
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Library & Navigation

Songwriter or worship leader? Add your songs to the shared library for every church.
Type a reference in Tamil or English, or pick a book.
Search words in the Bible

Everything that goes live is logged here on this device. Use it for your CCLI copy report.

Look of the screen

Church

Network room

Show the slides on another computer, a smart-TV browser or your livestream PC. Open the link on that device; it follows this console over the internet.

Press QR at the top (or Q) to put a QR code on the screen. People scan it and follow the lyrics live on their phones.

Your library

Share songs between your church's laptops with a private church space on this site.

Keyboard

→ / Space
Next slide
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Previous slide
↓ / ↑
Next / previous setlist item
1–9
Jump to slide
B · C · L
Black · Clear · Logo
Esc
Remove overlays
F
Present on this screen
P
Projector menu
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Search songs
Ctrl + B
Bible reference

Credits & licences · Chrome extension

Request removal of a song

If a song in the library is yours (you wrote it or own its copyright), has wrong lyrics, or shouldn't be here for another reason, tell us and we'll review it quickly.

Content View

Start here

  1. Pick a song or Bible verseSearch on the left. Press Add to list to build the service order on the right.
  2. Click a slide to put it on the screenThe arrow keys or the space bar move to the next slide.
  3. Choose where people see itPresent here, Projector, To livestream app, or QR for phones, at the top.

Current Setlist

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    New song

    Tamil songs can be typed in Tamil letters, in English letters (Tanglish), or both. Whatever is missing is filled in for you, marked ⟳ in the preview so you can check it. To correct a converted line, type the Tamil line above its English-letters line.

    Sections: [Chorus] [Verse 1] [Bridge] or [பல்லவி] [சரணம் 1]. A blank line inside a section starts a new slide. ChordPro and chords-above-lyrics are understood.

    Slides preview

    Import songs

    Files: plain text, ChordPro (.cho .chordpro .pro), OpenLyrics XML from OpenLP, or an FTC backup (.json). Or paste one song below.

    Only add songs your church is licensed to project (for example under a CCLI licence). Songs you add stay in this browser unless you upload them to your private church space.

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    How to use FTC Presenter

    1. Pick a song or Bible verseSearch on the left (Tamil, English or English letters). Add to list builds the service order on the right.
    2. Put it on the screenClick any slide, or press Go live. Start setlist plays the service order from the top.
    3. Choose where people see itPresent here (this screen), Projector (second screen or TV), To livestream app (OBS and others), QR (phones).

    Keyboard shortcuts

    → SpaceNext slide
    ←Previous slide
    ↓ ↑Next / previous item in the setlist
    BBlack screen
    CClear the words
    LChurch logo
    QQR code for phones
    EscBack to the words
    FPresent on this screen
    PProjector menu
    /Search songs
    Ctrl BBible reference

    Livestream the lyrics

    Show the words over your camera on YouTube, Facebook or any live stream. Your streaming app (OBS, Streamlabs, vMix…) opens the link below as a browser source. It follows this presenter over the internet, about half a second behind, on this computer or a separate streaming PC.

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    Your streaming app removes the greenSee-through in your streaming app
    இயேசு என் நல்ல மேய்ப்பர்Yesu en nalla meippar

    Set up your streaming app once

    1. In OBS, in the Sources box press + and choose Browser. Name it FTC lyrics and press OK.
    2. Untick Local file. Paste the link above into URL. Set Width 1920 and Height 1080.
    3. Tick Refresh browser when scene becomes active, untick Shutdown source when not visible, then press OK.
    4. Right-click FTC lyrics → Filters. Under Effect Filters press + → Chroma Key. Leave Key Color Type: Green and press Close. The green disappears and only the words stay.
    5. Nothing else is needed: OBS keeps the background see-through, so no chroma key filter.
    6. In the Sources list, drag FTC lyrics above your camera so the words sit on top.

    During the service: present as usual from here. Black and Clear hide the words on the stream without blacking out your camera.

    Keep this presenter tab open while you stream. If you change an option, copy the new link and paste it in OBS (right-click FTC lyrics → Properties). Sharing uses room ; you can turn it off after the service in Settings → Network room.

    Log in

    For contributors who add songs to the shared library. Don't have a login? Register here.

    Register

    Want to add songs to the Free Tamil Christians library? Send your details. We'll check them and email you a login ID and password.

    Your name is shown as the contributor of the songs you add. Your email and phone are only used to contact you.

    My account

    To add a song: open one of My songs (or make one with + New song) and press Submit to library. Each song is checked before it appears for everyone.

    Submit to library