Default Theme

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The default on-screen display in Television Simulator is based on an amalgamation of late 1990s and early 2000s on-screen displays that were used in consumer televisions. The displayed Tuner information is therefore pretty basic, including a channel number and not much more. The Info screen shows audio information in the style of a closed caption display, and the Receiver shows volume levels using |||--- bars.

Being the default theme, you don’t need to do anything to enable it. You can still set it explicitly:

osd:
  theme: default

Colors

The default theme uses two colors:

• primaryColor changes the main OSD text color. If you do not set it, TVS uses yellow.
• accentColor changes the text stroke around the OSD text. If you do not set it, TVS uses black.

These colors apply to the tuner, mute indicator, and receiver volume display. The audio info and channel info panels use their built-in black background with white text.

osd:
  theme: default
  primaryColor: "#00fffc"
  accentColor: "#001018"

You can also override a specific OSD section. TVS supports tuner, receiver, and info sections; each section inherits from the parent osd block unless you override it.

osd:
  theme: default
  primaryColor: yellow
  accentColor: black
  tuner:
    primaryColor: white
    accentColor: navy
  receiver:
    primaryColor: lime
    accentColor: black

Theme Options

The default theme does not define any additional themeOptions.

Aspect Ratio

All built-in OSD themes support aspectRatioBehavior:

• hybrid centers the OSD in a 4:3-safe area while allowing some theme graphics to fill wider screens. This is the default.
• stretch lets the OSD use the full available screen.
• letterbox constrains the OSD to the 4:3 screen area.

osd:
  theme: default
  aspectRatioBehavior: letterbox