FlowCast

Get started with FlowCast

Download and install FlowCast, then learn the panels of the control window.

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Computers

FlowCast operates on a Mac with Apple silicon and on a Windows PC with an x64 processor. Windows on Arm also runs the Windows installer.

Download FlowCast

  1. Open the FlowCast release page.
  2. On a Mac, download the .dmg file.
  3. On Windows, download the -setup.exe file.

Install FlowCast on a Mac

  1. Open the .dmg file.
  2. Drag FlowCast to the Applications folder.
  3. Open FlowCast from the Applications folder.

Keep FlowCast in the Applications folder. If FlowCast runs from the disk image, it cannot install its updates. Refer to Update FlowCast.

Install FlowCast on Windows

  1. Open the -setup.exe file.
  2. If Windows SmartScreen shows a warning, click More info.
  3. Click Run anyway.
  4. If Windows asks for administrator permission, accept the request.

The installer has no code signature. Thus, Windows SmartScreen shows a warning. If the computer does not have the Visual C++ runtime 14.51 or later, the installer installs it. Windows then asks for administrator permission. The installer puts a FlowCast shortcut on the desktop.

The control window

The layout of the control window follows EasyWorship. The Transcript, Detected, Preview, and Live panels are at the top. The Scriptures, Presentations, Media, Themes, Schedule, and History panels are below.

  • Transcript shows the words that FlowCast hears.
  • Detected shows the verses that the preacher gives from the Bible.
  • Preview shows the slide that you prepare.
  • Live shows the slide that is on the audience screen.
  • Scriptures finds verses in the Bible versions.
  • Presentations keeps the slides that you design.
  • Media keeps the pictures and videos for the service.
  • Themes keeps the looks of the verse slides.
  • Schedule keeps the items for the service.
  • History shows each passage that went live.

The top bar has the controls of the audience screen and of the listening. It also has the Settings button.

Change the layout

You can move, float, and hide each panel.

To show a hidden panel:

  1. Click the Settings button in the top bar.
  2. Click Panels.
  3. Click Show adjacent to the name of the panel.

To keep a layout for each type of service:

  1. Click the Settings button in the top bar.
  2. Click Layouts.
  3. Type a name for the current layout.
  4. Click Save layout.

To use a layout, click Use adjacent to its name. The Default layout is the layout that FlowCast starts with.

The first start

FlowCast includes 30 English Bible versions. Thus, FlowCast shows verses without an internet connection from the first start. The first time you click Listen, FlowCast downloads the speech model. Refer to Listen to the sermon.