Every setting in Zuno, grouped the same way as the Settings screen in the app.
Names match what you see on screen, so you can search this page for any option
you come across.
Most settings are the same on every device. Where one is only on some devices,
the Devices column says so. To see which settings follow you between devices,
see Settings & Sync .
Use the search box at the top of the page and type the setting’s name.
Setting
What it does
Devices
Default Profile Signs in to the chosen profile automatically when you open Zuno. Set separately on each device.
All
Servers Tap a server to manage its libraries. Disabled servers are never contacted.
All
Libraries Switch a library off to hide it from the home screen and navigation.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Managed profile Marks a profile as one for children. Filters mature content out of Discover and Search. The profile can never see these settings itself.
All
Maximum maturity The highest age rating a managed profile can see.
All
Block unrated titles Hides titles that have no age rating.
All
Locked features Features you lock are hidden from that profile.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
App Theme Pure Black, Graphite, Slate or Espresso. Pure Black is best for OLED displays.
All
Detail Background Cinematic cuts the artwork off behind a title’s details. Immersive keeps it filling the screen and blurs it as you scroll.
All
Choose which rows appear on your home screen and in what order, build your own
rows, and roll back to an earlier layout if it ever changes unexpectedly.
Setting
What it does
Devices
Show Hero Section Shows the large featured banner at the top of the home screen.
All
Content Source What the banner shows: Trending, Library, Continue Watching, Watchlist or a Plex Collection.
All
Libraries / Collection Which libraries or collection feed the banner, depending on the source.
All
Max Items How many titles the banner cycles through.
All
Trailers Plays a trailer for the featured title: Off, Always or Wi-Fi Only. Called Play Trailers on Apple TV.
All
Trailer Volume How loud banner trailers play.
Apple TV
YouTube Trailers Allows trailers from YouTube when your server doesn’t have one.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Hero Buttons Buttons under the featured title: Play & Watchlist, Play Only or Hidden. Called Extra Buttons on Apple TV.
All
Hero Art Style Poster or Square artwork.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Home Background The background style for the home screen.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Poster Size Standard or Compact.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Poster Builder Choose the ratings, genre and tags shown on your posters.
All
Show Progress Bar Shows a watch-progress bar along the bottom of cards.
All
Hide Episode Spoilers Blurs episode thumbnails and hides their descriptions.
All
Show Upcoming Episodes Lists episodes that haven’t aired yet as Coming Soon on a show’s season page.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Instantly Play Starts playing straight away when you pick a Continue Watching card, instead of opening its page.
All
Merge Up Next into Continue Watching Adds the next episode of shows you’re watching to Continue Watching on Jellyfin and Emby. These can’t be removed one at a time.
All
Detail Screen Button What the button beside Play does on a movie or show page.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Show ‘Where to play’ Shows where a title can be played directly on its card.
Apple TV
Setting
What it does
Devices
Default Sort The sort order used when you open a library.
All
My Library Only Limits search results and the Discover feed to titles on your own servers.
All
Play Theme Songs Softly plays a show’s theme song while you browse its page.
All
Prefer Media Server Artwork Uses your server’s backdrop on detail pages, when there is one, instead of Zuno’s text-free artwork.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Show Trailers & Extras Shows trailers and extras on detail pages.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Show Delete Option Adds a Delete action to the media menu. Turn it off to avoid removing titles from your server by accident.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Image Quality Low, Medium, High or Maximum. High suits most people; lower settings load faster and use less data.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Home Layout The stacked Grid layout or the single-row Spotlight layout.
Apple TV
Tab Bar Layout Puts the tab bar down the side of the screen or across the top.
Apple TV
Top Shelf Layout How Zuno appears in the Top Shelf: Full Screen Carousel, Wide (16:9) or Poster (2:3).
Apple TV
Setting
What it does
Devices
Pinned screens Which libraries and shortcuts appear in the tab bar or sidebar, and in what order.
All
Opening screen The screen Zuno opens on. Unpinning it takes Zuno back to opening on Home.
All
Short names Shorter names for the tab bar. Leave blank to use the normal name.
iPhone
Settings tab Adds a Settings tab to the tab bar. It doesn’t count towards your limit.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Sync to Plex Mirrors your Zuno watchlist to your Plex account, and picks up anything you add from Plex elsewhere. Needs a linked Plex account.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Picture in Picture Switches to Picture in Picture automatically when you leave the app during playback.
iPhone, iPad
Continue Audio in Background Keeps the sound playing when the screen is locked or you switch apps.
iPhone, iPad
Force Landscape Always rotates to landscape during playback, even with rotation lock on.
iPhone
Setting
What it does
Devices
Show Skip Intro Button Shows a Skip Intro button during intros.
All
Auto-Skip Intros Skips the intro once the button has shown for 5 seconds. Needs Plex Pass, or the right plugin on Jellyfin.
All
Show Up Next Overlay Shows an Up Next prompt near the end of an episode.
All
Auto-Play Countdown How long the prompt waits before playing the next episode. Choose Off to only move on when you pick it.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Show Chapters in Player Shows chapter names, times and preview images when a video has them.
All
Show Title Logo in Player Shows a title’s logo instead of its name on the controls and pause screen.
All
Use Title Logo While Loading Shows the logo instead of the loading spinner.
All
Skip Duration How far the skip buttons jump backwards and forwards.
All
Swipe to Adjust Volume Swipe up or down on the right of the player.
iPhone, iPad
Swipe to Adjust Brightness Swipe up or down on the left of the player.
iPhone, iPad
Adjustment Step How much each swipe changes volume or brightness.
iPhone, iPad
Setting
What it does
Devices
Preferred Version When a title has more than one version, such as 4K and 1080p: Highest Quality, Lowest Quality or Original (First).
All
Lower Quality on Cellular Picks the smaller version on mobile data.
iPhone, iPad
Playback Mode Direct Play Only, Adaptive Streaming or Transcoding Only. Set separately on each device.
All
Maximum Bitrate Caps the quality Zuno asks your server for, from Original Quality down to 2 Mbps. Set separately on each device.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Deinterlacing Off, Auto or Force. Removes the combing effect from older video, like DVD rips and TV recordings. Auto only acts on video that needs it.
All
Aspect Ratio Correction Fixes widescreen DVDs that would otherwise look squashed.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Audio Your preferred audio languages, in order. Your last choice is remembered for each series.
All
Speaker Layout The speakers you have: Auto, Stereo, 3.1, 5.1 Surround or 7.1 Surround.
Apple TV
Enhanced Dialogue Makes speech clearer: Off, Low, Medium or High.
All
Night Mode Softens loud moments and lifts quiet dialogue for late-night viewing: Off, On or Scheduled, with From and Until times.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Subtitles Your preferred subtitle languages, in order. Your last choice is remembered for each series, including turning them off.
All
Subtitles Always On Turns on the best matching subtitles when a video starts.
All
Show Subtitles on Rewind Briefly shows subtitles after you skip back, so you catch the line you missed.
All
Flash Duration How long they stay on after rewinding.
All
Changes take effect straight away, with a live preview.
Setting
What it does
Devices
Applies To Which subtitles your style applies to.
All
Font System, Helvetica Neue, Avenir Next, Verdana, Georgia or Menlo.
All
Color , Size , Weight The look of the text itself.
All
Border , Border Color An outline around each letter.
All
Shadow A soft shadow behind the text.
All
Background , Background Color A box behind the text.
All
Vertical Position Moves subtitles up from the bottom of the screen.
All
Reduce Brightness on HDR , HDR Brightness Dims subtitles in HDR video so they aren’t glaring.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Play Dolby Vision as HDR10 Plays Dolby Vision as standard HDR10. Turn it on if Dolby Vision looks washed out or too dark.
Apple TV
Play Dolby Atmos as 5.1 Plays a standard 5.1 mix instead of Atmos. Turn it on if Atmos titles have no sound or only bass.
Apple TV
Experimental Playback Compatibility Tries a different way of playing video that may help on some TVs. Leave it off unless you’re having problems.
Apple TV
Setting
What it does
Devices
Download Location App storage, or a folder on your device or an external drive. iCloud Drive isn’t supported.
iPhone, iPad
Quality The quality downloads are saved in.
iPhone, iPad
Simultaneous Downloads How many downloads run at once.
iPhone, iPad
Cellular Downloads Allows downloading over mobile data.
iPhone, iPad
Auto-delete Watched Removes downloads once you’ve watched them.
iPhone, iPad
Smart Downloads Downloads the next episodes of shows you’re watching automatically.
iPhone, iPad
Episodes Ahead How many upcoming episodes Smart Downloads keeps ready.
iPhone, iPad
Storage Budget The most space Smart Downloads can use: 2 GB, 5 GB, 10 GB, 20 GB or Unlimited.
iPhone, iPad
Notify When Finished Tells you when a download finishes.
iPhone, iPad
Setting
What it does
Devices
Set Up Zuno Live Runs the setup again to fine-tune your channels.
All
Clear Today’s Schedule Rebuilds today’s guide.
All
Create Channel Builds your own channel from any mix of libraries and genres.
All
IPTV Sources Adds your own live TV with an M3U playlist and an optional XMLTV guide.
All
Libraries Which libraries Zuno Live builds channels from.
All
Channel Types Turn off the ready-made channels you don’t want.
All
Collection Channels , Collections Per Day How channels are made from your collections.
All
Preview Audio Plays sound in the guide preview.
All
Setting
What it does
Devices
Natural Language Search Search with everyday phrases like “90s comedies I haven’t watched”. Everything stays on your device.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Request with Siri Ask Siri to request a film or show without opening Zuno. Needs a connected request server.
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Find Titles from Posters Point your camera at a poster, or screenshot one, and Zuno offers to open the title.
iPhone
Setting
What it does
Devices
Account Sign in with Apple, optionally. Keeps your account and subscription with you across reinstalls and devices.
All
Follows & Upcoming New Episode Alerts, Movie Release Alerts and People You Follow, plus your upcoming episodes.
Alerts on iPhone, iPad
Requests Connect Seerr to request films and shows. Sign in with a Seerr account, Plex, Jellyfin or an API key. Includes Default Request Options, Always Request All Seasons and Custom Headers.
All
Request alerts Request Available, Pending Approval, Request Approved, Request Declined and Media Failed.
iPhone, iPad
Sonarr & Radarr Connect Sonarr and Radarr for Release Grabbed, Download Failed and Import alerts.
iPhone, iPad
Server Alerts New Content Added on Plex, for everything or your watchlist only. Needs Plex Pass and an admin profile.
iPhone, iPad
Watch Sync Optional. Connect Trakt, Simkl or MDBList to sync your watchlist, scrobble playback, and add MDBList lists as home rows.
All
Zuno Remote Control playback on your Apple TV from your phone. Forget Paired Apple TVs means you’ll confirm a new 6-digit code next time.
iPhone, iPad
Zuno Connect needs Zuno Pro . Signing in with Apple is free.
Setting
What it does
Devices
Sync on This Device Shares your display and playback settings with your other devices. Turn it off to keep this device’s settings separate.
All
Pull from iCloud Fetches the latest settings if they look out of date.
All
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