Video Station

Video Station is an ideal video organizer of your collection of movies, TV shows, home videos, and TV recordings, allowing you to watch videos on your computer, DLNA/UPnP-compliant DMAs, AirPlay devices, iOS/Android devices, and Windows Phone. In addition to system's default video libraries, you can also create custom libraries and assign access permissions to them. You can live stream and record digital TV programs using a USB DTV dongle with DVB-T, DVB-S/DVB-S2 standard or HDHomeRun with DVB-T standard plugged into your Synology NAS, view and edit video metadata whose information is retrieved automatically from the Internet, and create your own watchlist or favorite collection list for quick access.

Synology offers a variety of mobile apps on Apple's App Store, Android Market, and Windows Marketplace, enabling you to communicate with Synology NAS wherever Wi-Fi access is available. To connect to Video Station via mobile devices, you can download DS video with iOS/Android devices or Windows Phone to play videos on your mobile devices, or stream videos to your DMAs or AirPlay devices both at home and on the move. You can also browse and organize your collections of videos, record digital TV programs available at the place you are located, and manage your recording tasks and schedules.

Note:

Digital TV recording via DTV dongles has been in the limited support status since September 2017.

Signing in to Video Station

After installing Video Station, there are two ways for you to sign in using a browser.

To sign in from DSM:

Make sure your computer and Synology NAS are connected to the same local network.
Open a browser on your computer and enter one of the following in the address bar:
- find.synology.com (Only if your computer and Synology NAS are connected to the Internet)
- The server name of your Synology NAS followed by :5000 or :5001, e.g., http://diskstation:5000 or https://diskstation:5001 (The specific name depends on your settings made during initial setup)
- The IP address of your Synology NAS followed by :5000 or :5001, e.g., http://192.168.48.14:5000 or https://192.168.48.14:5001 (The IP address depends on the initial DSM setup settings)
If Video Station is enabled, the application icon will appear in Main Menu.
Click the Video Station icon to launch it in a new window.

To sign in using Video Station Application Portal:

Make sure your computer and Synology NAS are connected to the same local network.
In DSM go to Control Panel > Application Portal.
Select Video Station and click Edit.
Check Enable customized port (HTTP) or Enable customized port (HTTPS).
Click OK to save your settings.
Enter one of the following in the address bar:
- The server name of your Synology NAS followed by :9007 or :9008, e.g., http://diskstation:9007 or https://diskstation:9008 (The specific name depends on your settings made during initial setup)
- The IP address of your Synology NAS followed by:9007 or :9008, e.g., 192.168.48.14:9007 or 192.168.48.14:9008 (The IP address depends on the initial DSM setup settings)
Enter your username and password and click Sign in to launch Video Station.

Taskbar

The taskbar is located at the top of the screen and includes the following items:

Homepage: Go back to Video Station homepage.
Search: Quickly find your videos here.
Account: See About information, or log out from Video Station here.
Help: Refer to Help articles guiding you through Video Station's operations.
Offline Conversion: View the Offline Conversion statuses here.
Settings: Configure Library, DTV, Privileges, Advanced, and Options settings here.

Uploading and Downloading Videos

Please note that on both PC and mobile phones, you can only upload and download videos from Video Station via File Station.

To upload a video to Video Station:

Go to File Station, and select a folder to save videos. The default folder for videos is video.
Click Upload to add videos from your local computer to Video Station.

To download a folder or file from Video Station:

You can also right-click on a folder or file, and click Download to download a folder or a single file.

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