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Streaming Service

You can watch digital TV programs broadcast live with the streaming service provided by Video Station. Once the channel scan is completed, you can stream programs for playback with Video Station's embedded Video Player.

For optimal streaming and viewing quality, it is recommended that you install VLC media player (Windows, Linux) on your local computer. For more information about video playback, please see Video Playback.

Note:

  • Only DSM admin or users belonging to the administrators group can manage live streaming settings. Other users have no access to this function.

Streaming Settings

You as DSM admin or users belonging to the administrators group can choose whether credential authentication is required when other users are streaming TV programs for playback. However, videos cannot be played with the embedded player of Video Station if authentication is enabled. In this case, please launch VLC media player installed on your local computer instead for playback.

You can also restrict the number of viewers streaming TV programs.

To enable authentication for live streaming service:

  1. Go to Settings > DTV.
  2. In the Live Stream section, tick Enable authentication for live streaming service, and enter user credentials which other users will be requested to provide in the fields.
  3. Click OK.

To enable viewer limit:

  1. Go to Settings > DTV.
  2. In the Live Stream section, tick Limit the total number of people for TV live streaming, and specify a number in the text field.
  3. Click OK.

Live Streaming

Before you live stream digital TV programs for playback, please make sure you have installed VLC media player on your local computer.

To live stream digital TV programs:

  1. Go to the DTV section on the left panel, and click [Dongle name].
  2. Select a channel whose program you want to stream from the channel list on the left panel, click the program which is currently broadcasting in the main area, and click Live Stream.
  3. Click Play to start playing. You may be required to enter user credentials for authentication when launching the streaming service.
  4. However, if you choose to stream without installing VLC media player, a pop-up window will appear instructing you to click the Live Stream icon in the top-right corner to open the streaming URL. Do the following to complete the action:
    1. Click OK and Close to close the Schedule window, or you will not be able to continue.
    2. Click the Live Stream icon as instructed. In the window that appears, copy and paste the Streaming URL to VLC player for playback.

Note:

  • DSM admin or users belonging to the administrators group can configure port forwarding rules by specifying the destination port for Synology NAS users, allowing them to access your Synology NAS over the Internet. For more information, please see Control Panel > Router Configuration.
  • Live streaming and recording can be done simultaneously only on the same channel if only one DVB-T stick has been plugged into the Synology NAS.However, please note that digital TV recording via DTV dongles has been in the limited support status since September 2017.. 
  • Video Station and DS video do not support subtitle streaming.
  • Due to hardware limitation, live streaming videos in high-definition resolution can be converted only by Video Station installed on DS214play and DS415play.
Streaming Settings
Live Streaming