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Server settings explained

Open ⚙ Settings in the web app. Everyone can change their own password; admins see every panel below.
Server admin tools — Quality profiles, Now watching, backup and restore, webhooks and Manage library.

Server

  • Server name — how it appears in apps and your account
  • Media folders — one per line
  • Public address — optional address for remote apps (e.g. https://media.example.com)
  • Rescan library

People

Add people, choose each person's role (User — browse and watch, or Admin — can also manage and delete), set a content limit (for example up to PG-13, with or without unrated titles), reset passwords and remove people. See Users and admins, and Content limits.

Parental Control

Protect folders with a PIN; everything inside is hidden on every device until the PIN is entered. See Parental Control.

Quality profiles

Presets for mobile data, slow lines and 4K that everyone on this server can choose in the player's quality menu. Add, edit or remove profiles.

Direct connections

Asks your router (UPnP / NAT-PMP) to open an encrypted port so apps reach the server from anywhere without the relay.

Online details

Posters, plots and cast from online sources (MusicBrainz and Cover Art Archive for music, TMDB for films and TV with your own key), and subtitle search through OpenSubtitles. See Online details and subtitles.

TVs and consoles on your network (DLNA)

Lets smart TVs, consoles and other DLNA players on your network browse and play the library without an app. See DLNA.

Live TV

Find your HDHomeRun aerial tuner with one click, or add your TV provider's channel list (M3U) and TV guide (XMLTV). Recordings land in a Recordings folder. See Live TV.

Webhooks

Send an event (play, pause, stop, new media) to an address such as a home-automation system.

Backup and restore

Download a backup of the server's people, watch progress, Parental Control PINs and playlists, and restore it on a new server. Your media files aren't included; back them up separately.

Silux Media account

Link this server to your account with a code from your account's Servers page so you can sign in from the apps with your email, share with family and use Plus or Pro.

Activity

Now watching (who's watching what, on which device) and bandwidth used over recent days.

Questions

I changed media folders and nothing appeared

Saving starts a rescan; big libraries take a few minutes. Check the folder path is correct on the server computer.

Last updated 2026-11-13.