All Settings

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.

Looking for something specific?

Use the search box at the top of the page and type the setting’s name.

Sources & Servers

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 the Libraries tab.	All
Libraries Tab	Choose whether a movie or TV library joins Movies or TV Shows in the Libraries tab, or has a view of its own. Automatic gives libraries like YouTube their own view.	All
Library display	Show a library on Home and in Libraries, only in Libraries, or turn it off.	Apple TV

Multiple Servers

Family

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

Managed Profiles

Server Sharing

Setting	What it does	Devices
Have an Invite?	Join a server someone has shared with you, using their link or code.	All
Share	Share a server you’re the admin of, and get an invite link and code.	iPhone, iPad, Mac
Invite a Specific Person	A single-use invite for one of your server’s users, valid for 7 days.	iPhone, iPad, Mac
Members	Who has joined. Lock or unlock someone’s home screen, or remove them.	iPhone, iPad, Mac
Home Screen	Set up the home screen members start with.	iPhone, iPad, Mac
Seerr	Let members request through your Seerr, signed in as themselves.	iPhone, iPad, Mac
Joined servers	Use or restore a shared home screen, switch Seerr, sign in, or leave.	All

Server Sharing

Home & Interface

Appearance

Setting	What it does	Devices
App Theme	Pure Black, Graphite, Slate or Espresso, plus Midnight, Crimson, Emerald, Ember and Nebula with the Supporter Pack. Pure Black is best for OLED displays.	All
App Icon	Choose your Home Screen icon. Movies & TV icons and their animated splash screens come with the Supporter Pack.	iPhone, iPad
Themed Splash Screen	Plays a themed icon’s animation when Zuno opens. Keeps the splash screen up a little longer.	iPhone, iPad
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

Home Rows

Choose which rows appear on your home screen and in what order, build your own rows, and set some of them to take turns with Rotating Rows. You’ll find Home Rows at the top of Home & Interface.

Customising Your Home Screen

Hero

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

Cards

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

Library and detail pages

Setting	What it does	Devices
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

Apple TV layout

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

Navigation

Setting	What it does	Devices
Pinned screens	Which screens appear in the tab bar or sidebar, and in what order. Libraries is pinned to start with; you can unpin it like any other. You can also pin any view from the Libraries tab, such as Movies or TV Shows.	All
Default Screen	The screen Zuno opens on, which can be a pinned view. Unpinning it takes Zuno back to opening on Home.	All
Sync Across Devices	On by default, so your pinned screens and Default Screen are the same on all your devices. Turn it off to give this device its own.	All
Edit Library Views	Opens Edit Views, where you choose which views are in the Libraries tab’s menu, how each one opens, and which are pinned.	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

Edit Views

Setting	What it does	Devices
Pin to Tab Bar	Gives a view a tab of its own.	All
Show in View Menu	The switch beside each view. Hides the view from the menu at the top of the Libraries tab; its titles stay on Home.	All
Style	Smart shows ways in along the top; Simple shows the whole view in one order.	All
Ways In	Which ways in a Smart view shows, and in what order. The first one is where it opens.	All
Opens On	Where a Smart view opens.	Apple TV
Opens Sorted By	The order a Simple view or Collections opens in.	All
Libraries in Movies / TV Shows	Which libraries join the view. Take one out to give it a view of its own.	All
Run Setup Again	Runs the Libraries setup again.	All

Watchlist

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

Playback

General

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

Intros & Credits

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

Player

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
Loading Indicator	What shows while a video loads: Spinner, Title Logo, or None to keep the screen black until the video starts. On Apple TV it’s under Loading Screen. Set separately on each device. See While a video loads.	All
Fun Facts When Paused	Shows behind-the-scenes facts on the pause screen. On Apple TV it’s under Pause Screen. See Fun facts.	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
Remember Aspect Ratio	Remembers the aspect ratio you pick in the player for each show or film. On Apple TV it’s called Remember Aspect Ratio & Zoom and also remembers your zoom. See Aspect ratio and zoom.	iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

Music

Setting	What it does	Devices
Identify Songs	Identifies music while you watch and shows the song in the player. See Identifying songs.	All

Quality & Streaming

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

Caution

Transcoding Only, or any Maximum Bitrate below Original Quality, means Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos won’t be available. See Streaming & Quality.

Video

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

Audio

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

Note

Enhanced Dialogue and Night Mode don’t work with Dolby Atmos soundtracks. You can also change them for the current video from the player’s audio menu. See Audio & Subtitles.

Subtitles

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

Subtitle Appearance

Changes take effect straight away, with a live preview. You can also change these during playback from Subtitles → Subtitle Appearance in the player.

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

Subtitles

Compatibility

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

Playback Problems

Downloads

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

Downloads

Zuno Live

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

Zuno Live

Apple Intelligence

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

Siri & Shortcuts

Zuno Connect

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 (on the digital release date) and People You Follow, plus a link to Upcoming in Up Next.	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, your watchlist only, or your watchlist and the shows you’re watching. 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
Smart Home	Control your Philips Hue lights, run Apple Home scenes or call your smart home when playback starts, pauses (after Count a Pause After), reaches the credits or finishes. Includes Smart Home on This Device, Connect Hue Bridge, Room or Zone, Fade, Only When Lights Are On, Colour Sync with its Entertainment Area, Intensity, Brightness and Timing, Connect Apple Home with a scene for each moment (iPhone, iPad and Apple TV), webhooks with a Bearer Token, Only When with Active Hours, What’s Playing and Not on Kids Profiles, test buttons and Activity.	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.

Zuno Connect

Requests

Zuno Remote

Smart Home

Support Center

Setting	What it does	Devices
Shake to Report	Shake your device to open the bug report form.	iPhone, iPad
Send anonymised usage data	Shares anonymous usage statistics and anonymous counts of what’s watched, which help shape Zuno’s popular rows. Nothing is linked to you.	All
Send crash reports	Sends crash and error reports, which help fix problems in Zuno. Messages to support are still sent if you turn this off.	All

See Network Addresses & Ad Blockers if you’d rather block these at the network level.

iCloud

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

Related pages

Settings & SyncWhich settings follow you between devices.

Feature Comparison by PlatformWhat's available on each device.