Reference
Settings
Every setting, page by page. As you move through Settings on the TV, the panel on the left explains the row in focus.
The first page lists Appearance, Playback, Live TV, Jellyfin Server, Seerr, Cache & Storage, iCloud Sync and About.
Appearance
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Sidebar | A page | What appears in the sidebar and in what order. Select a row to show or hide it; hold Select to move it. Home follows: a library switched off here loses its Home rows. |
| Top Shelf | Cards, Full Screen | What Remedia shows in the top row of the Apple TV Home Screen. See Top Shelf. |
| Skip Preview | Off, On | On opens a title's full page at once. Off keeps the preview, where you can browse the row. |
| Rows | A page | Which rows Home has, and their order: Continue Watching, Recently Added for each library, your favourites and playlists. |
| Hero (Home) | A page | What the large picture on Home shows: Automatic, Continue Watching, Recently Added, Favorite Movies, Favorite TV Shows, or a playlist. Pick more than one to mix them, or none to hide it. |
| Hero (Library) | On, Off | The large picture at the top of each library. |
| Recent Rows | On, Off | A library's rows of recent titles. |
| Easter Eggs | On, Off | The app's small hidden extras. |
The first choice listed is the default, here and below.
Playback
Audio & Subtitles
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Audio Language | Jellyfin Account, Original, or a language | The audio track to play when a title has several. Picking a track in the player also changes this. |
| Subtitles | Foreign Audio, Off, Always | Foreign Audio shows subtitles only when a title is not in your language. |
| Subtitle Language | Your Apple TV's language, or another | The language subtitles are shown in. |
| SDH Subtitles | Off, On | Subtitles that also describe sounds and name who is speaking. |
| Generated Subtitles (English) | Off, On | With Subtitles set to Always, a title with no subtitles in your language gets them written from its dialogue. Downloads 230 MB. |
Resume
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Instant Resume | On, Off | Selecting a Continue Watching card resumes it at once. Off opens the preview instead. |
| Resume or Restart Prompt | Off, On | Before playing something you have started, asks whether to resume or start from the beginning. |
Streaming Quality
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Home | Original, Auto, or a fixed rate | Quality on your home network. Original plays the file untouched. |
| Away | Auto, Original, or a fixed rate | Quality away from home. Auto converts only when your connection needs it. |
The fixed rates run from 20 Mbps 1080p down to 720 kbps. See Picture and sound formats.
Remote
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Skip Forward | 30, 5, 10, 15 or 60 seconds | How far one press of Right skips ahead. |
| Skip Back | The same | How far one press of Left skips back. It follows Skip Forward until you set it. |
Skip Buttons
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Intro | Manual, Automatic, Off | Manual shows Skip Intro. Automatic skips after a short countdown. Off never shows the button. |
| Ads | Manual, Automatic, Off | The same, for an ad break. |
| Recap | Manual, Automatic, Off | The same, for a recap. |
Autoplay
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Countdown | 5 seconds, Off, 10 or 20 seconds | How long to wait before playing the next episode. Off stops autoplay. |
| Limit | Off, or 1 to 20 more episodes | How many more episodes play on their own after the one you picked. |
| Credits | Up Next, Skip Button, Off | What happens when the credits start: the Up Next card, only a Skip Credits button, or nothing until the end. |
Home Theater
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Upscale SD and 720p | Off, On | Sharpens low-resolution video with Apple's upscaler. HDR, Dolby Vision and Live TV are not changed. |
Content Filtering
Off unless you switch it on. It mutes language and skips scenes during playback without changing the file. Language is found in a title's English subtitles; scene skips come from a filter list you supply.
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Content Filter | Off, On | Switches filtering on. A button in the player pauses it for the title you are watching. |
| Profanity | Moderate and up, Off, Mild and up, Strong only | Mutes swearing at the strength you pick. |
| Blasphemy, Slurs, Crude & Sexual Language | On, Off | Mutes each kind of language in the dialogue. |
| Custom Words | A page | Your own words or short phrases to mute. |
| Violence & Gore, Sex & Nudity, Frightening & Intense, Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking | On, Off | Skips such scenes. Each needs a filter list. |
| Filter List URL | An address | A folder or address holding filter files (MCF or EDL) for your titles. |
Live TV
Until you have a Live TV source, this page has one row, Live TV Sources. The rest appear once a source exists.
| Setting | Choices | What it does |
|---|
| Live TV Sources | A page | Your sources, each with its channel count, and Add Live TV Source. See Live TV. |
| Favorites | A page | The order of your favourite channels. Hold Select to move one; Select removes it. |
| Default Layout | What's On, Guide | Which view Live TV opens on. |
| Combine Sources | On, Off | Shows all Live TV sources together under one sidebar row. |
| Keep Playing in Guide | On, Off | When you go back from a channel, it keeps playing in a corner. |
| Suggestions | On, Off | Adds a For You row to What's On, picked from what you watch. It learns on this Apple TV only. |
| Confirm Exit Multiview | On, Off | Asks before closing multiview. |
Jellyfin Server
| Row | What it does |
|---|
| Server, User | The server and account you are signed in to. |
| Show in Live TV | Only when the server has Live TV. Off hides its channels; its libraries stay. |
| Refresh | Reloads the server's libraries and Home rows now. |
| Sign Out | Signs out and removes the saved sign-in. See Connect your Jellyfin server. |
Seerr
Connects your own Seerr server, to see titles you do not have and request them. See Requesting a title.
Cache & Storage
| Row | What it does |
|---|
| Force Refresh Libraries | Reloads your libraries from your server. Saved pictures are kept. |
| Clear All Cache | Removes all saved pictures and details. They download again as needed. |
iCloud Sync
Off unless you switch it on. It keeps your settings, your server sign-in and your Live TV sources the same on every Apple TV signed in to your Apple Account. Sign-ins are encrypted in iCloud. Watch progress is not part of it: that stays with your server.
About
| Row | What it does |
|---|
| Version | The version and build you are running. |
| Licenses & Legal | Remedia's license and the open-source software it uses. |
| Input Diagnostics | Shows every remote press on screen, how long it was held and which remote sent it. |
| Run Input Test | Asks you to press a few buttons and records what your remote sent. |
| Send Log | Sends the app's recent log to your own Jellyfin server. See Troubleshooting. |
Next: Troubleshooting
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