Remio's Advanced settings screen is one place that shapes exactly how every session behaves — image quality, the connection itself, session recovery, sound, and what shows up in the picture. It isn't scattered across menus: five groups, one screen, and this page explains every row in it.
These settings are global — set once and they apply to every computer you connect to, not just the one you happen to be looking at. Almost all of them take effect on your next session, not the one you're currently in. Change something, then disconnect and reconnect to see it.
Where to find it
On iPhone and iPad, open Remio and tap the gear button on the Devices screen, next to the account button. On a Mac, it's Remio → Settings → Advanced from the menu bar.
Inside, the screen is arranged in five groups, always in this order:
- Video
- Network
- Session
- Audio
- Screen capture
Global, and effective from your next session
Every row here is a preference on the device you're adjusting — your iPhone, your iPad, or your Mac. It isn't tied to one paired computer, so changing the video quality preset changes it for the Mac at home and the PC at the office alike.
None of it retimes the session you're currently in. Remio reads these settings when a session starts, so a change only shows up after you end the session and start a new one.
If a setting looks like it didn't do anything, this is usually why — disconnect and reconnect. (Two settings are the exception: see Screen capture below.)
Video
The Video group controls how the picture looks and how much bandwidth it uses:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Quality preset | Auto, Low, Balanced, High, or Ultra — the fastest way to trade sharpness for smoothness. Auto adapts to your connection on its own. |
| Video bitrate | A manual ceiling on how much data the picture uses, for when a preset isn't precise enough. |
| Max frame rate | Caps how many frames per second the stream sends, independent of resolution. |
| When network struggles | What Remio favours the moment your connection can't keep up — detail or motion. |
What each preset actually trades off, and what to change when a session looks soft or feels laggy, is in Streaming quality.
Network
The Network group is a single row: Direct connection port.
Leave it empty and Remio picks a port automatically for every session — the right choice for most people. On the same Wi-Fi network, Remio always connects directly regardless of this setting. It matters when you connect from outside your home network: automatic port choice quite often falls back to a relay there, and a relayed session adds latency you wouldn't otherwise have.
Setting a specific port here, and forwarding it on your router, is how you make that direct connection consistent from outside. The full walkthrough — router steps by brand, and what to do if it still relays — is in Port forwarding.
Session
The Session group governs what happens around a connection rather than what you see in it. There's no separate deep-dive page for this one — it's covered here in full:
- Auto reconnect — when your network drops mid-session (a Wi-Fi hiccup, switching from Wi-Fi to cellular, a router reboot), this brings the session back automatically instead of ending it. Leave it on unless you specifically want a dropped connection to end the session outright.
- Clipboard sync — shares copied text between your devices, so something you copy on your phone is ready to paste on the remote computer, and the other way round. Turn it off if you'd rather keep clipboards separate.
- Auto-show keyboard — opens the on-screen keyboard automatically the moment you tap a text field on the remote computer. Turn it off if you find it popping up more than you'd like.
Audio
The Audio group covers whether you hear the remote computer at all, and how. Every row below System audio is hidden until that switch is on:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| System audio | The master switch — turn it on to hear the remote computer's sound at all. |
| Channels | Mono or stereo output. |
| Audio quality | A quality preset for the audio stream, in the same spirit as the video preset. |
| Sample rate | The sampling rate used for the audio stream. |
| Frame duration | How much audio is packaged per frame — trades audio latency against stability. |
| Silence detection | Whether Remio treats quiet stretches as silence and skips sending them. |
Audio settings covers what each of these actually sounds like, and where to start if audio lags or cuts out.
Screen capture
The Screen capture group changes what's actually in the picture the remote computer sends. Both rows here are the exception to the "next session" rule above — they apply immediately, while you're already connected:
- Show host cursor — shows the computer's own mouse cursor inside the stream, on top of the pointer your device already draws locally. Applies instantly, no reconnect needed.
- Capture system audio — streams the computer's sound as part of the capture itself. Toggling it causes a brief screen flicker, around 200 milliseconds, because the capture pipeline has to restart to add or drop the audio track. That's expected, and it settles immediately afterwards.
Which of these will you actually feel
| Setting | What changes for you |
|---|---|
| Quality preset | Immediately noticeable — a sharper or softer picture, matched to your bandwidth. |
| Video bitrate / Max frame rate | Only if you move them off what the preset already chose — smoother motion or more per-frame detail. |
| When network struggles | Only during a rough patch — which quality gives way first when bandwidth drops. |
| Direct connection port | Nothing you can see directly, but it can be the difference between a fast direct connection and a laggy relay from outside your home network. |
| Auto reconnect | Only after a drop — the session resumes instead of ending. |
| Clipboard sync | Every time you copy on one device and paste on another. |
| Auto-show keyboard | Every text field you tap on the remote computer. |
| System audio | Whether you hear the remote computer at all. |
| Show host cursor | Instantly — a second cursor appears in the stream. |
| Capture system audio | A brief flicker each time you flip it, then the sound follows. |
Leave Quality preset on Auto and Direct connection port empty until you have a specific reason to change them — both already adapt to your situation. Keep Auto reconnect and Clipboard sync on; almost everyone wants both. Turn on System audio and Capture system audio only if you actually want to hear the remote computer, since flipping the latter costs a short flicker every time.
What isn't on this screen
Control style, pointer speed, scroll speed, and gesture shortcuts don't live in Advanced settings at all. They're in-session, in the Settings panel you open from the toolbar's gear icon while connected, and they change instantly without a reconnect. See Gestures for the full list.
Advanced settings questions
Do Advanced settings apply to one computer, or to every computer I connect to?
They're global, tied to the device you're adjusting — your phone, tablet, or Mac — rather than to any single paired computer. Change the video quality preset once and it applies whether you connect to your Mac at home or a PC at the office.
I changed a setting and nothing happened. Why?
Almost everything on this screen takes effect on your next session, not the one you're currently in. Disconnect and reconnect to see the change. The two exceptions are Show host cursor and Capture system audio, in the Screen capture group, which apply immediately.
Where exactly do I find Advanced settings?
On iPhone and iPad, tap the gear button on the Devices screen, next to the account button. On a Mac, it's Remio → Settings → Advanced.
What happens if I leave Direct connection port empty?
Remio picks a port automatically for each session. On the same Wi-Fi network that makes no difference — you always connect directly. From outside your network, automatic choice quite often falls back to a relay, which adds latency; setting a specific port and forwarding it on your router is how you avoid that. See Port forwarding.
Why did all the other audio settings disappear?
They're hidden until System audio is switched on. Turn it on and Channels, Audio quality, Sample rate, Frame duration, and Silence detection all appear.
Why does the screen flicker for a moment when I turn on Capture system audio?
Adding or removing the audio track means the capture pipeline has to restart, which shows as a brief flicker of around 200 milliseconds. It settles right away and isn't a sign anything is wrong.
Where do I change pointer speed or scroll speed?
Not here. Those live in the in-session Settings panel, opened from the gear icon in the toolbar while you're connected, and they change instantly without a reconnect. See Gestures for the complete list.
Does Show host cursor also need a reconnect to take effect?
No — it's one of two settings on this screen that apply immediately. Toggle it and the computer's own cursor appears in, or disappears from, the stream right away.
Related guides
- Streaming quality — what each video preset trades off, and what to change when a session looks soft or feels laggy.
- Port forwarding — forward one UDP port to make a direct connection from outside your home network.
- Audio settings — what channels, sample rate, and frame duration actually change.
- Gestures — control style, pointer speed, scroll speed, and shortcuts, all set mid-session from the toolbar.
- Troubleshooting — the broader catch-all for connection and session problems.
