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Knowledge Center

Audio Source

You can choose audio sources on the left panel to play its contents at the bottom of Audio Station.

My Music

My Music on the left panel contains the music in the music shared folder or any other indexed folders on your Synology NAS, which is organized into the following categories.

  • Click All Music to browse all the music. You can also filter songs according to their ratings.
  • Click By Folder to browse music by directory.
  • Click By Album to browse music by album information.
  • Click By Artist to browse music by artist information.
  • Click By Composer to browse music by composers.
  • Click By Genre to browse music by genres.

Note:

  • To add a folder as an indexed folder, please log in to DSM as admin (or a user belonging to the administrators group), then go to Control Panel > Indexing Service > Media Indexing > Indexed Folder. For more information, click the Help button at the top-right corner of the window.

Playlist

Playlist on the left panel contains the following.

  • Click All Playlist to see personal playlists (only viewable by yourself), group playlists (viewable by all Synology NAS users with access to Audio Station), and smart playlists. The pinned playlists are also added to the left panel for easy access.
  • Click Random100 to browse the 100 randomly selected songs.
  • Click Recently Added to browse the recently added albums.
  • Click Shared songs to browse the songs shared publicly.

Note:

  • If you want to add or edit a playlist, please see Work with Playlist for more information.
  • The audio files in Recently Added are listed in chronological order according to the time they were uploaded to your Synology NAS. The order of the music list will not change even if the audio files in Recently Added are subsequently moved to shared folders or any other indexed folders.

Internet Radio

Audio Station comes with lists of Internet radio stations provided by SHOUTCast(TM). You can also create your own radio lists or add radio stations to your favorites for quick access.

To create radio stations:

  1. Go to Create > User-defined radio or My favorite radio.
  2. In the window that appears, fill in corresponding information (Name, Description, and URL) to add the radio station to the User-defined radio or My favorite radio list.
  3. Click OK.

To add radio stations from SHOUTCast(TM) to your favorites:

  1. Select a radio station provided by SHOUTCast(TM).
  2. Go to Action > Add to favorites or select Add to favorites by right-clicking the selected station to add it to your favorites, which will appear in the My favorite radio list.

Note:

  • HTTPS connection is only available when streaming Internet radio to web browser, AirPlay speakers or DLNA players.

Media Server

Audio Station can browse and play media contents on DLNA-certified digital media servers or other Synology NAS servers.

Click Media Server on the left panel to see media servers and Synology NAS servers found in the local area network.

Note:

  • Only users with the DLNA Browsing privilege (at Settings > Privileges) can play media server contents.

Term Explanations:

  • DLNA: Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a cross-industry organization of consumer electronics, computing industry, and mobile electronics manufacturers. DLNA actively promotes wired and wireless networks of consumer electronics products, personal computers, and mobile devices, in the home and on the road, for sharing new digital media and content services. Examples include home devices, such as TVs/stereo systems and Sony PlayStation3/Xbox 360.
  • UPnP: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a collaboration of protocols that allows a wide range of devices to be interconnected, both wired and wireless, and to work seamlessly with one another by establishing network services, of which media streaming is the most popular in that media files can be directly streamed to TV and no transfer of files is required for playback. UPnP supports zero configuration networking. In other words, it spares users the trouble of setting up networking configurations as it is automatically completed once UPnP devices are connected to a network, which exhibits the concept of “plug-n-play” technology.
  • DMA: DMA, commonly known as digital media adapter, is a home entertainment device that can connect to a home network to retrieve digital media files (such as music, photos, or video) from a personal computer or other networked media server and play them back on DLNA/UPnP-enabled devices.

AirPlay & Bluetooth Devices

Audio Station can stream media contents to AirPlay compatible devices and Bluetooth speakers for playback.

To play media contents through AirPlay or Bluetooth devices:

  1. Click My computer/USB speakers/[Media renderer name] (indicating the device you have been streaming music to) to select a device you want to play music with. AirPlay and Bluetooth devices found in the local area network will appear on the drop-down list.
  2. Do either of the following:
    • If there is only one device, click the device to play media contents.
    • If there are multiple devices, click Multiple AirPlay devices/Multiple Bluetooth devices on the drop-down panel. In the window that appears, tick the checkboxes of the devices you want for music playback.
  3. If a password is required for the selected devices, you will be prompted to enter the password.
  4. Click OK to apply settings.

Note:

  • Only one USB speaker will be detected by Audio Station.
  • Please activate Bonjour service discovery first to see AirPlay-compatible devices within local networks from Audio Station. For more information, please refer to this article.
My Music
Playlist
Internet Radio
Media Server
AirPlay & Bluetooth Devices