Settings guide
What each switch does, where it starts, and when you might want to change it. Not every setting is on every device, so pick yours to see only the ones it has. Written for Lagu 0.15.0; Fire TV runs the Android TV app and Fire tablets the Android phone app, with the same settings.
Desktop, iPhone and iPad: Settings › Plex. Android: the account card at the top of Settings, and Sources & Servers. TVs: Settings › Account.
Shows who is signed in.
Also shown as Switch Server, Your Servers
Switches Lagu to another Plex server on your account.
When to change it. If you have more than one Plex server, or someone has shared a server with you.
Also shown as Sources, Libraries
Chooses which music libraries on your server Lagu shows.
When to change it. If your server has a library you never listen to, such as audiobooks, switch it off.
Shows how Lagu reaches your server, and checks that it can.
When to change it. If your library won’t load, press Test connection to see whether your server answers.
Signs you out of your Plex account on this device.
Settings › Appearance. On the TVs, Home settings have their own Settings › Home, and Apple TV keeps Hide star ratings under Playback.
These change how Lagu looks. None of them changes what you hear.
Lagu’s overall look.
When to change it. If you want a light or a dark look all the time, or want Lagu to follow your device.
Lets the album art color the app while music plays.
When to change it. Turn it off to keep Lagu in its own colors all the time.
Tints the whole window, sidebar and player bar with the album’s color.
When to change it. Turn it off if you like the album color in the accent and glow but want a neutral window.
Draws the Now Playing seek bar in the shape of the track’s loudness.
When to change it. Turn it on to see where a track gets loud or quiet, for example to find the chorus.
Quiets Lagu while you play a game.
When to change it. Turn it on before a game, so Lagu leaves your computer’s power for the game.
Stars or a heart for rating tracks.
Also shown as Show rating controls
Decides where rating controls appear.
When to change it. Pick Not in lists for tidier song lists that still let you rate on Now Playing, or Nowhere if you never rate.
Hides the star rating on Now Playing.
Fits more songs on screen.
When to change it. Pick Compact if you browse long albums and want to see more of the list at once.
Also shown as Choose Visualizer, Default Visualizer
Chooses what the Now Playing artwork area shows.
When to change it. Pick a visualizer if you want the artwork area to move with the music.
Keeps Home free of shelves with only one album.
When to change it. Turn it off to see every shelf your server offers, however short.
Lets you fold the sidebar down to a row of icons.
When to change it. Turn it off if you always want the full sidebar.
Shows each playlist’s cover in the full sidebar.
Chooses which Library rows appear in the sidebar.
When to change it. Hide the rows you never use, such as Folders or Stats.
Settings › Playback. On iPhone and iPad, Playback › Sound and Streaming Quality. The TVs have no equalizer.
Shapes the sound with a 10-band equalizer.
When to change it. Turn it on to add bass, tame harsh treble, or suit a pair of headphones.
Corrects your headphones’ sound with a measured profile. It sits inside the Equalizer.
When to change it. Pick your headphones if they’re in the list, to hear them closer to neutral.
Chooses which speakers or headphones Lagu plays through.
When to change it. If you want Lagu on different speakers from the rest of your computer, for example a DAC while system sounds stay on your laptop speakers.
Chooses the quality Lagu streams at.
When to change it. Pick a lower bitrate if your connection to the server is slow or you’re on a data cap.
Two streaming qualities: one for Wi-Fi, one for mobile data.
When to change it. Lower Mobile Data if you have a small data plan, and keep Wi-Fi at Original.
Settings › Playback.
Some albums are mastered much louder than others. These settings keep the volume steady from one track to the next, so you aren’t reaching for the volume knob.
Plays every track at about the same loudness.
When to change it. Turn it off if you want every track exactly as it was mastered.
Levels tracks your Plex server hasn’t analyzed yet.
When to change it. Turn it off if you only want leveling for tracks your server has analyzed, or want to keep measuring work off your device.
Plays tracks your Plex server hasn’t analyzed a little quieter, so they never come in too loud.
When to change it. Turn it off if your library is mostly analyzed and you’d rather hear the few remaining tracks at their recorded level.
Loads upcoming tracks early on mobile data too, not only on Wi-Fi.
When to change it. Turn it on if you have a generous data plan and want gapless playback, crossfades and leveling to work on mobile data the way they do on Wi-Fi.
Settings › Playback.
Blends the end of one track into the start of the next.
When to change it. Turn it on for playlists and shuffle, where a blend between unrelated songs sounds smoother than a gap.
Also shown as Crossfade Duration
How long the blend lasts, from 1 to 12 seconds. Shown while Crossfade is on.
Picks where each crossfade starts from the shape of the track. Shown while Crossfade is on.
When to change it. Turn it off if you want every blend to start exactly the set length before the end.
Starts the next track the instant the current one ends.
When to change it. Leave it on. Turn it off only if you hear a problem at track changes.
Settings › Playback. On iPhone and iPad, Playback › Now Playing.
Keeps playing similar music when your queue ends.
When to change it. Turn it on if you want the music to carry on after the last track you picked.
Lets a DJ persona choose what plays next.
When to change it. Pick a persona when you want Lagu to steer the music for you.
Jumps to the full-screen player when you start something.
When to change it. Turn it on if you always open Now Playing after pressing play.
Adds each track’s format and bitrate to song lists.
When to change it. Turn it on to see which tracks are lossless or high-resolution.
Shows which remote buttons do what when the fullscreen visualizer opens.
When to change it. Turn it off once you know the buttons.
While music plays, Back on the tab bar asks before leaving Lagu.
When to change it. Turn it on if you often press Back once too many and land on the Home Screen by accident.
Settings › Playback.
Lets Lagu play to DLNA and UPnP speakers on your network.
When to change it. Turn it on if you have a network speaker or streamer, such as a WiiM.
Lets Lagu play to Chromecast, Google TV and Nest speakers.
Shows the track you’re playing on your Discord profile.
Finds a cover for your Discord card. Shown while Discord sharing is on.
When to change it. Turn it off if you’d rather nothing about your music left your computer.
Desktop: Settings › Playback › Downloads & storage. iPhone and iPad: Settings › Playback › Downloads. Android: Settings › Downloads.
Downloads keep music on your device so it plays without a connection. The TVs don’t download. Keeping a playlist in sync is set on the playlist itself.
Chooses the quality new downloads are saved at.
When to change it. Pick a bitrate if space is tight and MP3 is good enough for offline listening.
Also shown as Location
Chooses where downloads are kept.
When to change it. If your main drive is filling up and you have more room elsewhere.
Keeps downloads off mobile data.
When to change it. Turn it off if you have plenty of mobile data and want downloads to finish anywhere.
Also shown as Downloads & storage
Shows what is downloaded and how much space it takes.
Recently played and preloaded tracks, kept for instant replay.
Checks every downloaded file and downloads again any that are damaged.
When to change it. Press it if a downloaded track skips, cuts off or won’t play.
Desktop, iPhone and iPad: Settings › Playback › Scrobbling. Android and the TVs: Settings › Scrobbling.
Scrobbling keeps a history of what you listen to on Last.fm or ListenBrainz. Each device signs in for itself.
Sends your listens to Last.fm.
When to change it. Connect it if you keep your listening history on Last.fm.
Sends your listens to ListenBrainz.
Each connected service has a switch and a Disconnect button.
Settings › Remote. On Android TV, Settings › Lagu Remote.
Lagu Remote lets your phone control the music playing on a computer or a TV over your home network. The computer or TV hosts, and the phone controls. No Plex Pass needed.
Also shown as Allow phone control, Lagu Remote
Lets a paired phone control this computer or TV.
When to change it. Turn it on to pick music from your phone while it plays on your computer or TV.
Connects a phone to this computer or TV. Shown while phone control is on.
Also shown as Paired Phones
The phones that can control this computer or TV.
Also shown as Paired devices, Playback on
The computers and TVs this phone can control.
Shows the computer’s music on your phone’s lock screen while you control it.
When to change it. Turn it off if you don’t want remote playback on your lock screen.
Settings › Appearance › Desktop.
Opens a sheet with every keyboard shortcut. You can also press ? anywhere.
Shows a system notification when a new track starts.
When to change it. Turn it on if Lagu often plays in the background and you want to know what came on.
Opens a small player from the menu bar.
A few things on desktop aren’t settings. Closing the window hides Lagu to the tray or menu bar, media keys always work (and MPRIS on Linux), and Lagu doesn’t start itself at login.
Desktop: Settings › Plex › Updates. Phones and TVs update through their app stores.
Checks for a new version now.
Looks for a new version in the background.
Downloads a new version as soon as it is found.
When to change it. Turn it on if you want updates ready to install the moment you restart.
Settings › About.
Shows which version of Lagu you have.
Opens the bug report form on lagu.fm.
Copies details of recent crashes, ready to paste into a bug report.
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If something here doesn’t match what you see in the app, or you’re missing a setting, say so on the forum.
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