Server Dashboard

The Server Dashboard gives you a live view of everything playing on your server, right now, from your iPhone or iPad. See who’s watching, what they’re watching, on which device, and whether it’s playing directly or being converted on the fly. If you run the server, you can also step in: stop a stream, send a message to someone’s screen, approve a new device, start a library scan, check on updates and scheduled tasks, or see who uses your server.

Opening the dashboard

Tap your profile picture at the top of the home screen and choose Server Dashboard. If anyone is streaming, the menu item shows the number of active streams next to it, so you can see activity at a glance without even opening it.

The dashboard groups everything by server, so if you’re an administrator on more than one, you’ll see each one in its own section.

On iPad, the dashboard opens full screen and lays streams out in a grid.

At a glance

The top of the dashboard shows three numbers across all your servers: how many streams are playing, how many are transcoding, and the total bandwidth they’re using.

Streams

Each active stream shows as a card with:

What they’re watching, over the title’s artwork, with the episode where it applies.
Who’s watching, with their profile picture, and the device they’re on.
How it’s playing: Direct Play when the file streams as it is, Direct Stream when only the packaging changes, or Transcode when the server is converting it on the fly.
Quality badges such as 4K, Dolby Vision, HDR10 and Atmos.
Whether they’re watching at home or away, shown by a house or globe icon.
How far through they are, with the time played and time left, which keeps ticking as they watch.

It works the same across Plex, Jellyfin and Emby, so a mixed setup reads as one list. The dashboard updates on its own as streams start, pause and stop.

Stream details

Tap a stream to see exactly how it’s playing:

Watching: the person, device, app, and whether they’re at home or away.
Playback: how it’s playing, the bandwidth it’s using, and whether the server is converting it with hardware or software.
Why it’s not Direct Play: when the server is converting a stream, Zuno explains why in plain words, such as the device not supporting the audio format, or subtitles having to be burned into the picture.
Video and Audio: the original file next to what’s actually being sent, for example 4K · HEVC · Dolby Vision sent as 1080p · H.264.
Subtitles: the track in use, and whether it’s being burned in.

This is the place to start when someone says their stream keeps buffering.

Stopping a stream

Swipe a stream and tap Stop, or tap the stream and choose Stop Stream. On iPad, touch and hold a stream instead of swiping. Zuno asks you to confirm first, naming the person and the title, because this stops playback on someone else’s screen.

Server health

Each server section starts with a quick health check:

The server’s version and the system it runs on, with a green tick when everything is up to date.
An Update badge when a newer version of your server is available.
A Restart needed badge, with a Restart button, when the server has finished an update or setting change and needs restarting (Jellyfin and Emby).
CPU and Memory use on Plex servers. These need Plex Pass on the server.
Running tasks, such as a library scan, with a progress bar.
Recent failures: a task that failed in the last week shows here with a Run Again button.

Server tools

Tap the ⋯ button next to a server’s name for more tools.

On every server:

Scan Libraries: start a library scan, so newly added files show up without waiting for the next scheduled scan. You can follow its progress in the server’s health section.

On Jellyfin and Emby:

Scheduled Tasks: every task your server runs, when each last ran and whether it worked. Tap the play button to run one now.
Users: everyone with an account on your server, who’s watching right now, when the others were last active, and which accounts are administrators or disabled.
Activity Log: the server’s recent activity, newest first, with when each thing happened.
Restart Server: restart the server. Zuno asks you to confirm first, and warns you if anyone is watching.

Message a viewer also works on Jellyfin and Emby: swipe a stream and tap Message, or tap the stream and choose Send Message, to send a short note that appears on their screen. Handy for a quick “dinner’s ready” without leaving the app.

Approving a new device with Quick Connect

On Jellyfin, you can sign a new device in without typing a password on it.

On the new device, choose to sign in with Quick Connect so it shows a code.
In the dashboard, tap the key button at the top.
If you have more than one Jellyfin server, choose the server.
Enter the six-digit code.
Under Sign In As, choose whose account the device should use. It starts on your own.
Tap Approve. The device finishes signing in a moment later.

Tips

The stream count next to Server Dashboard in the profile menu is the quickest way to tell whether anyone’s watching.
If a server section shows an error instead of streams, that server couldn’t be reached; the others still work.
Nothing streaming right now simply shows an empty state, not an error.
Add the Server Streams widget to your Home Screen to see who’s streaming without opening Zuno.