- Manages all the movies, TV shows, and home videos stored on your Synology NAS with metadata automatically retrieved from the Internet
- Plays and streams video collections on your computer, DLNA/UPnP-compliant DMAs, AirPlay devices, and iOS/Android devices
- Organizes your videos into watchlists or playlists to categorize videos and help you easily access your favorites
- Records digital TV programs with a USB DTV dongle or HDHomeRun plugged into your Synology NAS
- Generates video sharing links for people who are not on the same network or do not have a Synology NAS
Video Station
Features
Specifications
- Organizes videos into Movie, TV Show, Home Video, and TV Recording libraries as well as user-defined libraries
- Recommends videos on the homepage according to your personal preferences
- Recommends videos similar in genres, release dates, and other attributes on the video detail page
- Retrieves movie information from the online metadata databases
- Displays video posters using image files stored in the same folder as video files (For "Movie" and "Others" video types only)
- Organizes videos into personal playlists such as watchlist, favorites, and user-defined playlists
- Categorizes video collections in thumbnail, title, or list mode for easy browsing
- Supports downloading the converted videos to your mobile device and playing them offline
- Provides privilege settings for DTV Control, AirPlay/DLNA Renderer, Public Sharing, and Offline Conversion
- Parental Control rules to restrict specific users' access to videos
- Retrieves subtitles from online databases such as OpenSubtitles.org
- Advanced search that combines multiple filters and keywords
- Displays watched status as well as the watched progress bar under the posters
- Plays videos in a web browser on Windows PC or Mac
- Adjustable subtitle size/style and timing adjuster for subtitle sync
- Streams videos to Apple TV via AirPlay (Apple TV firmware version 5.1 above required)
- Generates video sharing links for individual files or a whole collection with a customizable validity period
- Supports two standards for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial and satellite signals: DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) and DVB-S (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite)
- Supports recording or live streaming DTV programs according to the schedule and update frequency settings
- Supports Hyper Backup for libraries, metadata, and configuration backup
- Plays a single video or an entire playlist on repeat
- Supports audio tracks embedded in files for multiple languages
- AC3 passthrough on Apple TV can be enabled for better audio quality
- Stream playback quality (original/high/medium/low) can be adjusted according to the network conditions (Only available on models belonging to Group 1)
- Supports external subtitles and embedded SRT, ASS, SAMI, and SSA subtitles
- Saves the following settings of the last playback: subtitle source, audio track, and subtitle syncing
- Streams videos from Video Station to Chromecast with the Google Cast extension (Available on Chrome Web Store)
- Supports streaming original files and converted files (See supported formats here)
Limitations
- The maximum number of tuners that can be connected to a Synology NAS is 8 (Please note the number of tuners supported by each dongle varies. To check out the number, please consult the user's guide that comes with your DTV dongle)
- Starting September 2017, we only provide limited support to digital TV recording via DTV dongles
Affiliated Utility
DS video (for mobile)
Features
- Shows your video libraries with full metadata retrieved from the Internet on iOS and Android devices
- Streams your video collections on the go from Synology NAS and casts to screens via Chromecast or AirPlay
- Organizes videos into watchlists or playlists to categorize videos and help you easily access your favorites
- Generates video sharing links for people who are not on the same network or do not have a Synology NAS
- Plays offline videos downloaded to your mobile devices
Specifications
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System requirements
- iOS: 10.0 or above
- Android: 8.0 or above
- Organizes videos into a personal playlist such as watchlist, favorites, and user-defined playlists
- Creates Smart Collections that contain videos that match the specific criteria
- Displays video collections in thumbnail or title modes
- Supports downloading the converted videos to your mobile devices and playing them offline
- Parental Control rules to restrict specific users' access to videos
- Advanced search that combines multiple filters and keywords
- Shows watched status as well as the watched progress bar under the posters
- Streams videos to Apple TV via AirPlay (Only available on iOS devices)
- Streams videos to Chromecast
- Retrieves subtitles from online databases such as OpenSubtitles.org
- Generates video sharing links for individual videos or a whole collection
- Plays a single video or an entire playlist on repeat
- AC3 passthrough can be enabled on Apple TV for better audio quality
- Stream playback quality (original/high/medium/low) can be adjusted according to network conditions (Only available on models belonging to Group 1)
- Saves the following settings of the last playback: subtitle source, audio track, and subtitle syncing
- Supports streaming original files and converted files (See supported formats here)
DS video (for TV)
Features
- Displays your video libraries with full metadata retrieved from the Internet on TV box (Apple TV, Android TV) and Smart TV (Samsung TV)
- Organizes your videos into watchlists or playlists to categorize videos and to help you easily access your favorites
Specifications
-
System requirements
- iOS: 9.0 or above
- Android: 5.0 or above
- Organizes videos into personal playlists such as watchlists and favorites
- Parental Control rules to restrict specific users' access to videos
- Retrieves online subtitles from online databases such as OpenSubtitles.org
- Advanced search that combines multiple filters and keywords
- Shows watched status as well as the video progress bar under the posters
- Plays a single video or an entire playlist on repeat
- Supports audio tracks embedded in files for multiple languages
- Stream playback quality (original/high/medium/low) can be adjusted
- Supports external subtitles and embedded SRT, ASS, SAMI, and SSA subtitles
- Saves the settings of the last playback: subtitle source, audio track, and subtitle syncing
- Supports streaming original files and converted files (See supported formats here)
Limitations
- The functions vary by different TV OS. For details, please refer to the table below.
| Android TV | Apple TV 4th | Samsung TV | |
| Direct streaming | |||
| Browse and stream videos | All common formats with MX Player installed on the device | See specs of your Apple TV model for exact capabilities | See specs of your TV model for exact capabilities |
| Select audio tracks
-Built-in players, DS file player, or Airplay devices only |
V | V | V |
| Online subtitle search | V | V | - |
| Subtitle support
-External subtitles and embedded SRT, ASS, and SSA -Streaming to DLNA/Apple TV not supported |
V | V | V |
| Playback quality options
- Auto/high/medium/low |
V | V | - |
| Managing your video collection | |||
| Manage movie collections
-Favorites, Watchlist and user-defined collections |
V | Favorites/Watchlist only | |
| View and edit the watch status of videos | V | V | V |
| Show the last watched episode of a TV show | V | V | V |
| Parental control
- Enter a PIN code to watch restricted videos |
V | V | V |
| Advanced Search
- Combine multiple filters and keywords |
Keyword search + filter | ||
| Delete videos | - | V | - |
| Others | |||
| Continuous play
-The next video of a collection or a TV show episode will play automatically |
V | V | - |
| QuickConnect supported | V | V | - |
| HTTPS connection for browsing/recording (streaming only available over HTTP) | V | V | V |