MediaShout
About MediaShout
MediaShout is a church presentation software which enables the display of song lyrics, announcements, bibles passages, and almost any type of media file. The solution includes templates, fire buttons, social media integrations, text formatting, editor/presenter views, a sermon builder, and more.
MediaShout's editor provides users with a drag-and-drop interface for creating custom presentations. The sermon builder includes a wizard to assist users with creating their sermon slides. The cues library plugin allows users to save their favorite cues and easily add them to future presentations. Users can also edit slides further once cues have been added. Scripture passages from a variety of Bibles can be added to presentations, with the American Standard Version, King James Version, Webster Bible, and many others integrated.
The stage display in MediaShout enables the display of content to pastors and worship teams. Items can be copied directly from the main display to the stage display, and users can then edit items on the stage display only. Notes, previews of upcoming slides, and additional information can be shown to the worship team during sermons.
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- Industry: Environmental Services
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent Product and Great Value for Money!
Reviewed on 28/06/2018
Stability and mobility. I'm a life customer with MediaShout and would not hesitate to recommend it...
Stability and mobility. I'm a life customer with MediaShout and would not hesitate to recommend it to other people.
Pros
You can do most things under the one computer. No multiple machines or feeds required. This is very useful for a mobile church setup. It also comes with multiple features that you often have to pay extra for with other products such as loads of Bible versions, Songs and Hymnals.
MediaShout also has first grade tech support that quickly respond to issues encountered.
MediaShout has been faithfully serving our church and multiple ministries for over 15 years. Our church was one of the first users of this product in Australia.
Cons
Text editing is probably the weakest point, which we sometimes have to rely on PPT instead for better formatting, but MediaShout is overall a very strong and all rounded product.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great presentation formate
Reviewed on 07/08/2019
Are use it in two separate ministries elementary and junior high and off-campus events like camps...
Are use it in two separate ministries elementary and junior high and off-campus events like camps and retreats
Pros
It is very easy to use I do elementary kids ministry and my kids are able to maneuver around mediashout and use it during our celebration services
Cons
There are several updates a year called builds That must be manually updated. I did have a glitch in my program that stumped the media shout team and was in unable to be fixed at this time
Response from Wordsmith
Hey Keith! Thanks for the positive review and insight! You're right those builds are updates for the program where we release improvements, new features, etc. Users can run on the one they have if they want but we do always encourage you to move up to the newer builds when it's convenient, to take advantage of all the improvements. Now that MediaShout 7 is out, the updates will be few for MediaShout 6- only on an as needed basis. But we will continue rolling out new features for Version 7. One cool difference though is with the new MediaShout 7, we are going to be able to simply release new PLUGINS instead of updates to the entire program, once the framework is satisfactory. That way users won't have to update the whole thing, but just install new plugins that are of interest to them! Regarding the glitch or issue- I'm looking all over but can't find any details. If you have the time, feel free to check in with our team to see if maybe we have an answer for you at this point. Thanks!
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Media Shout 7
Reviewed on 26/04/2022
Has been very good over the years until now. Very disappointed that they failed to carry over key...
Has been very good over the years until now. Very disappointed that they failed to carry over key working features of MS 6 to their new product MS 7.
And disappointing that they will not refund the upgrade purchase cost for an admitted deficient product. IOW, you have to purchase this new product to see what is in it, but with a no return policy if it will not meet your needs.
= a poor business practice that will discourage long term customer base.
Pros
With Media Shout 7, they've made text entry cues very easy.
Cons
Having used MS 5 & MS 6, (a long time customer) our upgrade to MS 7 is disappointing, and MS 7 is unworkable for us for the following reasons.
1) The fire and other control button are now too small , and can hardly locate for those with older eyes.
2) The display window on right column will not adjust to a larger size and is too small so see clearly what is displayed.
3) The editor box although very large, is fixed and unable to resize like MS 6 does, not does it mirror the main display (even in presenter mode, it does not mirror the display screen. )
4) They removed the insert Comments feature. Now you can only comment within a cue box .
I spoke with Customer service on 4-25-22. They are always polite, but acknowledge MS 7 's stated shortcomings, and said upgrade sales are final. - no refund.
So we will continue to use MS 6 until they either restore those lost features to MS 7, or when MS 6 finally crashes, purchase another vendor's product.
Note: I don't like to complain, but if you are looking to upgrade from MS 6 to MS 7, buyer beware. Sales staff are aware of these changes issues between MS 6 & MS 7, and frankly should have given a disclaimer, but did not....again, disappointing.
We are content with MS 6, except for the hoops involved to insert a text cue. Jim
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Have used for over ten years
Reviewed on 09/07/2020
Pros
Easy and intuitive once you are up and running. Many times I've been w/o a tech and had to grab a random person from the congregation to advance the screens while I was directing.
Literally tell them "Just hit the space bar ". Have recruited several tech subs that went on to being proficient once they tried it!
Cons
The down time needed to learn each new full version (not the updates).
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ProPresenterReasons for Choosing MediaShout
Much faster, adding moving backgrounds are a snapSwitched From
Microsoft PowerPointReasons for Switching to MediaShout
I've been to seminars where they pushed PP. Had to keep pointing out MS does the same things, in my opinion easier. Especially if u rely on non-techs to fill in- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Satisficed
Reviewed on 24/06/2021
Pros
MS7 seems to run much more efficiently on our machines, additionally once the service is prepared by staff and saved to the media storage device, the presentation has all the backgrounds and items it needs to run, thus is the network crashes the presentation will still execute (unless we lose all power like we did last Sunday).
Cons
MediaShout7 does not import MS Presentations as easily as MediaShout4.5 (the version we upgraded from). With 4.5 the import was straight forward with very limited need to reset fonts, sizes, etc. Not so when an MS Presentation is imported to MediaShout 7. Pastor has always liked using MS Presentation as he was very familiar, however he is now learning MediaShout7 Sermon Builder.
Additionally, we experimented with different font colors against the song backgrounds. Upon making our choice and changing, I found there is not was to easily make that change globally to all pages of the song cue, except via template.
Alternatives Considered
ProPresenterReasons for Switching to MediaShout
Decided conversion from MS4.5 to MS7 would be easier than conversion from MediaShout to ProPresenter.MediaShout FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for MediaShout.Q. What type of pricing plans does MediaShout offer?
MediaShout offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: $21.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
MediaShout offers a 30-day free trial for ministries to test out its features. MediaShout V7 for Windows is available as a single license for $399 which includes 1 activation and 46 public domain Bibles, or a site license for $449 including 69 Bibles. MediaShout V6 for Mac costs $399 for a single activation with 46 Bibles, or $449 for a site license with 69 Bibles. Users can also upgrade their Windows license from V6 to V7 for $209, or contact MediaShout for custom Combo pricing details.
Q. Who are the typical users of MediaShout?
MediaShout has the following typical customers:
11–50, 51–200, 201–500
Q. What languages does MediaShout support?
MediaShout supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does MediaShout support mobile devices?
MediaShout supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does MediaShout integrate with?
MediaShout integrates with the following applications:
Dropbox Business, Google Drive, OneDrive, Twitter/X
Q. What level of support does MediaShout offer?
MediaShout offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, Chat
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