Video Playback

Video Station comes with an embedded player which allows you play videos with once the package is installed on your Synology DiskStation.

In addition to playing videos on your local computer, you can also stream multimedia contents to DLNA/UPnP-compliant DMAs or AirPlay compatible devices for video playback. Before you start, please make sure you have been granted the AirPlay/UPnP Renderer privilege.

Term Explanations:

Play Videos

Playing videos with Video Station is fun and intuitive. For better viewing quality and faster transcoding speed, it is recommended you install VLC media player (Windows, Linux) on your local computer for video playback.

To play videos:

  1. Select any video clip you want to play, and do either of the following to open the Video Player window:
  2. The video should start playing right away. If not, please make sure you have installed VLC media player on your local computer.
  3. At the bottom of Video Player, do the following to control video playback:

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