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User Manual

Lyrics Projection

Most options fer lyriken-projektion such as th' background color, image, gradient and font selections be made in th' External Video Menu. However, system-wide settings can be made in th' settings screen fer lyriken-projektion, savvy?

Layout

Provides settings fer how th' lyriken-projektion slide be laid out.

Text Alignment

Lyriken be horizontally centered on th' screen by default but can also be aligned:

  • Left aligns th' text t' th' left side o' th' screen.
  • Center th' text in th' middle o' th' screen. Default.
  • Right aligns th' text t' th' right side o' th' screen.

Vertical Alignment

Lyriken be placed in th' middle o' th' height o' th' screen but can also be positioned:

  • Top positions th' text at th' top o' th' screen.
  • Middle positions th' text in th' middle o' th' screen. Default.
  • Bottom positions th' text at th' bottom o' th' screen.

Margins

Use this t' control how close th' text o' lyriken can come t' th' edge o' th' screen. Options include:

  • None places th' lyriken right up t' th' edge o' th' screen.
  • Hairline makes th' margins 1% o' th' width o' th' screen.
  • Thin makes th' margins 2% o' th' width o' th' screen.
  • Normal makes th' margins 4% o' th' width o' th' screen. Default.
  • Thick makes th' margins 6% o' th' width o' th' screen.
  • Thicker makes th' margins 8% o' th' width o' th' screen.
  • Thickest makes th' margins 10% o' th' width o' th' screen.

Maximum Lines

Use this option t' allow longer sections o' lyriken t' be automatically divided into subsections. Th' use case fer this be if ye want t' place two lines o' lyriken below a live video feed. If enabled, ye tap on th' section repeatedly t' move through th' subsections o' lyriken.

  • None turns off subsections and displays th' full text o' th' section. Default.
  • 1-5 lets ye select how many lines t' display maximum. OnSong uses this value t' optimize th' number o' lines t' display. Fer instance if yer section has five lines and ye set this t' two lines, th' section will be divided into three subsections containin' th' first two, th' next two and th' last one lines.

Song Information Slide

This option will show song information as th' first slide o' th' song in a larger font instead o' showin' it in th' footer.

Screen Orientation

This option allows ye t' change th' screen orientation used fer lyriken-projektion. Ye can choose from 0º, 90º, 180º or 270º. Default be 0º.

Lyriken

This option configures how lyriken be presented on th' slide.

Adjust Lyriken T' Fit

This option prevents text from wrappin' lines when projectin' lyriken. This be enabled by default since it be assumed that lines and stanzas be designed t' aid in phrasin' o' th' melody. If turned off, th' lyriken may be wrapped if th' font size be set too large.

Font

Choose th' font t' use fer lyriken-projektion. Th' standard font be Verdana. Options include:

  • Baskerville
  • Courier
  • Georgia
  • Helvetica
  • Verdana

Remove Extraneous Hyphenation

Chord charts may contain characters fer alignin' chords above lyriken. This option removes extra hyphens in lyriken fer better readability. Default be on.

Remove Extraneous Spaces

Chord charts may contain space characters fer alignin' chords above lyriken. This option removes extra spaces in lyriken fer better readability. Default be on.

Remove Extraneous Symbols

Chord charts may contain additional characters that be not appropriate fer lyriken display. This option will remove extraneous symbols such as slashes and vertical pipes.

This section controls how th' footer text be presented with song information.

Th' footer contains th' song title, artist, license and copyright information. Ye can change th' position o' th' footer t':

  • Off turns th' footer off completely.
  • Bottom places th' footer at th' bottom left o' th' screen. Default.
  • Top places th' footer at th' top left o' th' screen.

This slider allows ye t' adjust th' size o' th' footer in relation t' th' font size used fer th' lyriken. Th' default value be 1/3 o' th' size o' th' lyriken font.

Licensin'

This section changes how licensin' information be displayed.

Licensin' Body

This determines th' licensin' body used fer permittin' copyright permission t' display lyriken.

Licensed T'

This will output th' organization name that be named in th' copyright fer licensin'.

License

This be th' license number fer th' organization.

Backgrounds

This section lets ye configure how background images and video be handled.

Background Fill

Determines how background images or videos be scaled when they be not th' same aspect ratio o' th' video device. Options include:

  • Fit changes th' size o' th' background image within th' bounds o' th' video screen, maintainin' th' aspect ratio o' th' background but allowin' fer letterboxin' t' occur.
  • Stretch stretches th' background t' fit th' size o' th' video screen, allowin' fer th' image t' be stretched beyond it's original aspect ratio.
  • Zoom Increases th' size o' th' background while maintainin' it's aspect ratio t' fill th' external screen without letterboxin'. Default.

Slide Behavior

These settings determine what should happen on th' next action once ye have navigated t' th' first or last section o' a song.

  • Stop will not change t' any other section once th' first or last section has been reached. Default.
  • Goto Last/First Slide be used t' cycle back t' th' top or bottom o' th' song once th' other be reached. Fer instance, if ye reach th' last slide and then go t' th' next section, it will select th' first section o' th' song.
  • Goto Previous/Next Song be used t' move t' th' previous or next song in th' set.
OnSong 2026 — Last Updated on December 22, 2025