Free WIRELESS Digital Signage - Amazon Firestick

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Now you can display digital signage, announcements, wayfinding etc using an amazon firestick and Faithlife Proclaim Digital Signage option.
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[@RylandRussell]

🚨 From Faithlife: The Digital Signage feature is still free and can be used by creating a Presentation-type group at Faithlife.com. However, the comments on your video seem to be referring to the Proclaim platform. The Proclaim platform will make it easier to create these groups, however, you will need to create a subscription to use it.

[@tomcapuano685]

So - what are the implications if you just found your video and are a potential new user (like me)?

[@828DigitalSolutionsLLC-vt5gi]

You, sir, are awesome!! We have been able elevate our church through your help!

[@prettysimplemusic]

Wow this is absolutely Game Changing & Cost Saving!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ItsKarenReyes]

You are helping the church become better and in a resonable way. There are alot of people online that give options but most are with these insane budgets that for a regular church its not possible. I really appreciate these inovative ways to fix problems some are free (like this one) and some always come with a resonable budget friendly option and real life applications from your experience with them. Thank you we really appreciate it.

[@stritfiter4jesus]

Ryland, where have you been all my life. Brother thanks for all the tips. You have saved me and my church so much money. Godddddddd bless you brother 🙏

[@RylandRussell]

😂 glad I could help!

[@rexnamyadams]

Thank you! Incredible info- trying it out at our church this week.

[@RylandRussell]

Good luck! Brave man testing it out on Easter :)

[@shawnallee6771]

Dude, you rock and roll!!! As a friend of mine once said, "you are good people." We are defiantly going to try this out!

[@aijalon1116]

Great and thoughtful video

[@TheElijahMarkins]

Man, this is exactly the solution I’ve been looking for! I had the same idea, just wasn’t sure how to execute. You are the man! Just SMASHED that Subscribe button!

[@affinity-hg]

This is now a subscription based/paid for item. Thanks for updating the title to reflect this.

[@RylandRussell]

I’ll look into that.

[@jesusch3000]

Nice video ! I am looking to play videos and loop them . Firestick also give you the ability to schedule to turn on your tv and then turn off

[@RylandRussell]

This will not accomplish either of those things. No videos. And no tv power schedule that I’m aware of.

[@austinlong6445]

That’s crazy 😂 I’ve been doing this for years! I was looking up digital signage for a church and found the digital signage app that proclaim has, then I just created an account and started using it. The trivia is a nice touch too. blew my mind that it was free! I like running a ticker at the bottom with a logo, a bible QR code and the weather.

[@RylandRussell]

Nice! Are you able to get videos working?

[@DannyGarcia-cq1in]

Great video. this has helped our ministry so much.

[@Glorybound1313]

Love it. I've got a couple of fire sticks at the house I don't use anymore, so I'll definitely give this a try.

[@Glorybound1313]

Quick follow up to this. We added this whole deal to our main lobby TV. Folks are really digging it, and it's super easy to set up and get going. I strongly encourage folks to consider doing this.

[@thegryalbum]

This is incredible! Your solutions & little tips are epic 🤙

[@RylandRussell]

Thanks for the encouragement David! 😀

[@rayrodriguez3135]

Thank you so much for this information. This is amazing!

[@troletti]

Thanks, very well presented...

[@zachharmon06]

Really good stuff. You had me until "no vertical mode". Trying to find a solution for a church with 3 vertical tvs. Other than that and the videos not working well, looks like an incredible free solution.

[@RylandRussell]

@@zachharmon06 try posterbooking maybe. Or Playlister if you don’t mind paying a little.

[@ericmelendez5719]

Are you downloading a specific app on the fire stick or accessing it using the Amazon Silk internet browser? I just set this up at my church and accessed it using the Amazon silk internet browser. It works flawlessly but after about 15-20 mins, the browser goes to sleep. I’ve tried everything. Turning sleep timer off on TV, on the internet browser, turn off screensaver. No matter what I do, it keeps going black and I have to hit the remote again to wake it back up.

[@RylandRussell]

Download the proclaim app on the stick. It says digital signage as the thumbnail

[@smilinbev1]

Just an FYI They no longer offer a free account... If anyone knows of a free account and can update from afar please share. Thank you

[@sameenaquinn5211]

Thanks, I will try again! :)

[@MrCoachcaines]

I don’t see the digital signage button. Can some help?

[@cmarsh1]

We've found in the last few months that digital signage isn't starting up automatically and running when we turn on our TVs like it used to. We're having to go to the Firestick home screen and restart the app each week. It's not a huge deal but it was sure nice to be able to turn the TV on and have it work right away. Have you noticed this? Is it just our TVs or a setting that got changed? What are your thoughts?

[@taghreedalshammari360]

Thank you! May Allah bless you 🙏🏻

[@zacharylonsway]

Does the fire stick light allow for 4k sign images?

[@davidqatan]

Don't you have to pay a subscription for Proclaim?

[@ChrisMoore-s2e]

@RylandRussell I have had this set up, campus wide, now for several months. It’s working out great. Thanks so much. Have you ever had a problem with a black screen appearing on some of the slide shows on digital signage. It’s almost like there is a blank/black slide that is set to show for like 12 seconds. Scripture and trivia are turned off. I can’t figure it out.

[@derekmcdaniel7975]

Hey Ryland! Thanks for breaking this down and sharing your creative solution. We're exploring this as an option for our campus, but before we purchase the equipment, I wanted to ask how you setup the Firestick side of things. In this video, you shared how to get the software on the computer and stuff, but how do you get the Firesticks to receive from Proclaim? I've never used Firesticks before so maybe I sound naive lol. Thanks!

[@RylandRussell]

It's just like a roku etc. You download the app from proclaim onto the firestick via the app search. I believe you can see the app name in the video on my tv. I think you search faithlife maybe. Then the app gives you a code and in proclaim website you pair your screen with your account. If i remember correctly :)

[@graceplacenashville]

Yep! wondering the same

[@bursem123]

Are you still using this at CBC, or have y'all moved to a different solution?

[@RylandRussell]

@@bursem123 hey! As we needed video playback we moved to sdi throughout the building using propresenter.

[@brphoto99]

This is a great solution.... Thanks... but has Proclaim changed as we are now being asked to purchase proclaim. We currently use this for 2 TV's and $199 per year is a little out of budget when we had been using this for free.... Or is there a DS builder that faithlife has. We are not doing media or live church content it is more for a electronic announcement display. Thanks

[@RylandRussell]

I’m still able to open up proclaim and update digital signage and I’ve never paid anything. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@MarcosZart]

Hi. Many thanks! But how could I play a KZbin video after a couple of slides? I missed this part

[@RylandRussell]

I haven't been able to get videos to work well with Proclaim.

[@mfgc2610]

Fire stick no longer available. Does FS Lite still fit the space? Amazon def takes more away these days...

[@eijentwun5509]

Roku, works with Easy Show, but also Raspberry Pi's, Linux with QMPlay 2 looping Player, Kodi Media Center...as long as you convert/export the Digital signage as a Movie/Video File......OR export as a PDF and you can use Various PDF Presenters like Impressive! on Linux or Okular, or even as individual pictures and use a Nice Picture slideshow presenter like PhotQT on Linux, or Gwenview

[@pkt1213]

Are you saying that all the firestick remotes are unique and you have to have one for each stick? We only have one and didn't know that. However, our Samsung remote will control it. You have to really be pointing at the firestick for the Samsung remote to work, but it does. Little kids love to lose the firestick remote.

[@RylandRussell]

That's my experience with ours, I just labeled the remotes. If you HAVE the remote you can also use an app on your phone, but need the remote first to sync it I think.

[@mage1915]

What about chromecast? Tnx for the video!

[@RylandRussell]

This does not work with chrome cast.

[@MistyCochran]

What is that little guy? The white thing at the? A smart plug?

[@autotaz1962]

Say you talk about a Fire stick remote and not to use a fire stick tv. My question is the only thing i find are the Fire tv sticks, Can you lead me to the right product to use?

[@RylandRussell]

I linked to what we use in the video description

[@vanisher16]

This is killer!! will this work on a Roku TV.. or will I need a fire stick?

[@RylandRussell]

There is not a roku app. Only fire stick or Apple TV.

[@ozzDeveveloperOpenForWork]

but what do you hook to the tv to be able to use the digital plate form ?

[@stocktonbaptistchurchvisio4929]

Tried to do this (we are based in the UK) but the system is trying to charge us for proclaim (once the demo period is over) and the option to create some signage is not appearing in the group admin options

[@RylandRussell]

Not sure what to tell you. You don’t need to pay for it. Proclaim themselves told me that. Did you create your sign feeds during the trial? I have never had to pay a dime. Sorry you are having issues.

[@pattygq]

Does this exist for outside of church use for other industries?

[@RylandRussell]

I don’t see why you couldn’t use this for other orgs. Checkout posterbooking though. It’s similar.

[@pattygq]

@@RylandRussell Thanks. Do you have experience with other signage options that run on raspberry pi or Windows mini PCs? Preferably open source.

[@mikevierling7543]

@@RylandRussell FYI, just today, Posterbooking removed their free option and is not available anymore.

[@jaredcoe]

Thank you for this awesome tip! We've set it up in both our buildings and have been using it to really help our communication. One drawback we've found is the firetv going back to the home screen after a certain amount of time, which just happens to be during our third service. Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the FireTV from going back to the homescreen? Or to even just change the time? I can't find much help on that (even from the mostly-knowing google).

[@leondrozsalazar]

How can we create separate slideshow< the system put them all together

[@RylandRussell]

Create separate “sign feeds”

[@leondrozsalazar]

@@RylandRussell I tried and it keep on putting everything in one

[@leondrozsalazar]

@@RylandRussell What i think is im too old for this, once i hit new feed , how do i do to make this new feed be the one i choose in the app

[@leondrozsalazar]

What i'm having trouble with, is that i created different feeds when it syncs it add the new item to the feed that was already loaded , as much as i try adding different names to the feeds it add them to the same, im missing something and i bet something very simple

[@leondrozsalazar]

By the way , thank you for your help

[@exodusjcd]

Can you do different formats? We have a Totem type of Screen.

[@RylandRussell]

Like a vertical screen? Not with this. Check out posterbooking maybe.

[@SouthernAlbertaBibleCamp]

Has video been sorted?

[@huntereubanks1325]

Do you have to pay for proclaim though? or can you use it free doing this? love the Idea!!

[@RylandRussell]

No! Like I said it’s completely free. Had it running for months and never paid a dime.

[@huntereubanks1325]

@@RylandRussell Awesome Man! thank you so much for videos like this! Because of you my church I lead worship at started using the online sermon guides and we love it!! I will for sure give this a go and mess around with it on our campus Tvs!! thanks again!

[@tonyspranger]

@@RylandRussell So what is the "free 30 day trial" for?

[@fyffechurchyth8635]

14 day free trial

[@JJudd33]

Can you turn the jpeg so you can mount the TV vertically?

[@erickwong6421]

Thanks for the video. Is awseome tool. I know you said it is free, but I see that on the proclaim mainpage it says "Start a free trial. Just wondering if they changed anything on pricing... (I am able to get started with it and have not used long enough to know if it the trial will expire....)

[@RylandRussell]

The trial is for their proclaim presentation software. The digital signage is free. You are good.

[@jimcampbell5157]

Can you do this across ethernet if you have the capability?

[@RylandRussell]

Apple TV’s or smart TVs with Ethernet would work great I assume.

[@jimcampbell5157]

@@RylandRussell Thanks, so I could possibly put the app on a smart TV? (That are all ROKU tvs). We were planning to use Apple TVs and an NDI app to use with ProPresenter, but this might be a better option.

[@roseculmer6708]

Awesome Video thank you the great tips. What type of camera and lighting setup do you use?

[@RylandRussell]

For this video I was in my office using a canon rp with an 85mm 1.8 lens. Lighting via a godox sl60w amzn.to/46TLJM3

[@roseculmer6708]

@@RylandRussell Thank you!!

[@IAMZOX]

Where we can find the frame with day time weather like you said you will put free on video descriptions

[@RylandRussell]

The frame is an option in the backend of the sign feed editor. Online. Just tick the boxes.

[@lukeallison8229]

I did this and now Faithlife is telling me my free trial is expiring and I will lose all my "customer" slides unless I pay. The templates (Bible quiz, Bible art... etc). I guess I will see what happens after the free trial... they don't have my cc# so worse case it will stop working

[@Glorybound1313]

I got the same message a few days ago, but it's still running like normal. It did mention that a watermark would start popping up if I didn't subscribe, but I haven't paid anything and I haven't seen it yet.

[@tjgalloway4950]

Just for clarification, you have to have a paid Proclaim account in order to use the free app on the Firestick? To download the software onto the computer, you have to have a paid account, correct?

[@RylandRussell]

I have never had to pay anything and Faithlife confirmed this when I emailed them a few months back. So unless something has changed you only need to pay if you want to use the live presentation portion of Proclaim.

[@ozzDeveveloperOpenForWork]

can this website connect to any digital signage?

[@NoiseMakerX]

You should've posted this before Prime Day. (-=

[@michaelfalgares]

Our fire sticks go off occasionally and the app for the signage doesn’t open automatically. Do you have the same issue?

[@RylandRussell]

Do you have them on a separate power supply?

[@74spivey]

Ryland, thanks so much! Do you have any budget-friendly suggestions for touch screen display? I want to setup a digital mission display for our church lobby, but I want it to be interactive. Thoughts?

[@CaptRadar101]

You can get a Amazon Ethernet Adapter for Amazon Fire TV Devices to hard wire it

[@carlettagoodrich-mann1377]

Wow

[@lynwoodchurch2067]

Is the app to manage signage free after the 30 day trial ?

[@RylandRussell]

Yes

[@TammieShockley-z7c]

I cannot find the church presentation software. I believe the website has been changed.

[@RylandRussell]

proclaim.logos.com/

[@fyffechurchyth8635]

So proclaim isn’t really free. In order to have digital signage you have to pay for proclaim monthly or once a year

[@RylandRussell]

Hmmm I just updated my sign feed and it worked flawlessly. I've never paid a dime. Did you actually experience the opposite? No update without payment? I've sent an email to proclaim about it to get a final word.

[@RylandRussell]

From their support “Digital Signage itself is a free product to use, and we do not charge to use it with a fire tv stick”.

[@mark12.31]

@@RylandRussell But they won't let you get into Proclaim itself without a subscription, it seems...

[@jamesspeer5529]

I'm seeing the Proclaim on the site but it's showing $250 a year for the service or $25 mo on the annual plan. Am I missing the right link somewhere?

[@RylandRussell]

When I did it, there was a free trial and I just never put in my payment info and I’ve never needed to because I only use the digital signage portion.

[@bleezztv8186]

Hey man , l'm so interested in booking 1 hr of your time for more detail learning, but before that l want to know if your method works remotely. can you control this remotely?

[@RylandRussell]

Control the content of these screens remotely? Yes!

[@jahzielrodriguez6788]

Just upload videos to KZbin and on your TV play the KZbin Playlist

[@RylandRussell]

If that works for you go for it. I’d be worried about ads (YT premium ain’t free 😅). And then everything has to be a video that you’ve uploaded to KZbin. Much more tedious.

[@FaMaSh4]

At first I want to thank you many time about this video, and using this software (@RylandRussell) @jahzielrodriguez6788: Could you please discribe, how to set a KZbin-Playlist to a feed? Thx in adv...

[@claytonchisum6237]

you're voice is so soothing at 2x playback speed 🤣

[@claytonchisum6237]

I spelled "your" wrong... FAIL. Come on Clayton, "your" better than that!

[@prettysimplemusic]

@@claytonchisum6237 Bwahahahaha!!! Pastor Clayton is also a comic! Love it! 🔥🔥🔥

[@RylandRussell]

@@claytonchisum6237 that’s how I knew it was you and not your administrative assistant. 😜

[@Lucidbkeo]

Looks like you have to pay for proclaim now unless im looking at it wrong

[@RylandRussell]

For proclaim yes. For the digital signage portion no. I know it looks that way.

[@sameenaquinn5211]

Is it really free? when I get to the proclaim page, there is a tab to download, but the main screen says "start your free trial" ? not tech savvy so I may not be doing it right :/

[@RylandRussell]

To use the full proclaim software it costs money. But the digital signage is free.

[@stpauloffice6793]

It is only free if you only use built-in slides and settings. If you DO NOT HAVE PROCLAIM, you must BUY it in order to make CUSTOM SLIDES. The video does not clarify this.

[@RylandRussell]

None of my slides I've ever used are built in slides. All of mine are added into the proclaim software and it is free. Did proclaim tell you this was a change?

[@dleblanc]

​@@RylandRussellwhat's the link for Proclaim? It looks like a paid app to me, but perhaps I'm looking at the wrong thing.

[@mark12.31]

@@RylandRussell I'm not sure if they changed something or have hidden something or what but it doesn't look like it does in your video and I'm also seeing the "Purchase Proclaim" or 'start a free trial' links. It won't open beyond that screen at this point...? Please try to do a 'first time user' setup and another video as an update since some stuff seems to have changed?

[@supunperera9858]

I am supun from srilanka. I hope to start railway statoin led tv signage project, pls help me and give me your very impotant advice its come true

[@lolobrod]

I don’t think this works anymore.

[@rlsoriano]

is this only for churches? Can I use this for my business as well?

[@night_wolf360]

The account is no longer free

[@ItsTheLegend]

Free. Then goes to site and it is $224/year after 14 days.

[@RylandRussell]

For the full proclaim software. I guarantee you this is free. I have never paid a dime.

[@ChildHoodHorror]

Not free.... that software gives you 2 weeks free then it's 24.99 month or 249.99 a year....

[@RylandRussell]

To use the software as a presentation software yes, to only use the digital signage it is free. Proclaim has CONFIRMED this with me and I have never paid a dime.

[@astridmariana25]

@@RylandRussellhow do you make an account so it doesn’t charge you?

[@catbirdfeeder]

Fire stick out of stock

[@rebeccaschinschke]

Your free product is now $224 a year. nope for me

[@RylandRussell]

Hmm I can and still use it. It’s a little confusing because yes Proclaim wants you to pay to use their full feature set. But you do NOT have to pay to use digital signage. I emailed them a couple weeks ago and they assure me it’s still free.

[@rebeccaschinschke]

@@RylandRussell I can't spend the time learning it, setting it up only to have it not be free in 15 days.

[@RylandRussell]

@@rebeccaschinschke it’s free, it’s not a trial. I promise you. I haven’t payed anything to proclaim ever and I set it up years ago.

[@medicalspecialtyclinic]

@@RylandRussell It may be free but I can't find access to the digital signage portion at all

[@JeremyHorn80]

proclaim is no longer free its like 1000 dollars a month

[@RylandRussell]

Proclaim never was free, but to do this you only need the trial and setup digits signage. I’ve never paid a dime. You can checkout posterbooking as well as another option.

[@mark12.31]

@@RylandRussell Do you just keep extending the trial then? The video is certainly a little misleading as I, too, was taking it as the Proclaim software is free for this. When the trial expires, though, how do we update the signage? Will it let us continue the trial? Seems it's only 14 days...?

[@ChrisMoore-s2e]

@RylandRussell This has worked campus wide for us for several months. Thanks so much. Do you ever have trouble with a black screen popping up consistently for about 112 seconds as the slides are showing. It’s almost as if there is a blank slide in the show. Any body know how to fix this?

[@skinnycat8918]

Bet this aint free and you have to PAY at some point

[@RylandRussell]

I have people who still use it every day and have never paid. See pinned comment.

[@rod779]

I'm sorry, but I found the video to be confusing and unclear. It would have been helpful if the title had specified that the content was only relevant to the church. I hope that future videos can be more thoughtfully constructed to ensure a better viewing experience.

[@blueline308]

February 2024 - Shit isn't free. It's $25 per month for the cheapest plan. Junk

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