DS video app for iPhone and iPad
**You must own a Synology NAS to run this app, and be running the latest Video Station 2.3.0 to get the complete set of features**
Use DS video to stream your video collection on your DiskStation from your iOS mobile device. Browsing is made easy as your videos are sorted in different libraries, and each movies has its information retrieved online automatically. And if you have connected HDHomeRun devices with DVB-T standard to the same local area network as your Synology NAS, you will also be able to record TV programs, as well as view the TV program to manage the recording schedule even when on the move.
Find all detailed features about the app on our website:
www.synology.com > NAS > DSM 7.1 > Apps > Mobile Apps > Software Specs
https://www.synology.com/dsm/software_spec/mobile#DSvideo
Pros and cons of DS video app for iPhone and iPad
DS video app good for
Please add VR technology to play the movie on Google Cardboard (like YouTube).
I love my sinology if you guys can add the quick connect to the app on the Apple TV too and the images in the folders when you go to the folders option to make it like the app on the iPhone and the iPad it will be amazing.
I have this app on my I phone 5, and my kindle fire 2015 edition. I love this app on my phone I use it all the time. But ever since the last up date it wont allow me to watch movies on my kindle. I have tried deleting and reinstalling the app. It still doesnt work. Please allow DS video to be updated on the kindles! Thank you!
Apples video app is available split screen, how about DS video?
MP4/M4V are generally the same thing, maybe file extension is tripping some people up? I use .mp4s and no trouble streaming/downloading.
This is a good app for Synology NAS user. One feature thats really needed is the ability to allow picture in picture video playback. Or at least allow multi-tasking split view. Please support that feature and the app will be much more useful on the iPad. Thank you.
Some bad moments
Video Station bugs, as follows :
- why collapse several video into one descripion "Across the Wide Missouri" ? Who requested it ?
- why change the collection with other name respect the videos contented ?
Why Video Station created an incorrect thumbnail ?
Which data was used to find it ?
Is it possible to create automatically thumbnails based on first frame for each video ?
See:
Ticket: #923450
Ticket: #923412
I used to be able to use this app to play all my videos from my synology box on all ios devices and even download the videos onto my ios devices. The newest update broke this and the app no longer reads the files. I will update my review to 5 stars when this is fixed. No point to this app for now
The app is not working, cannot play videos. Worked fine prior to recent update. What happened?
This app just does not make sense. It abruptly stops from playback, and when it does it will not load the video again after.
This happened 2 updates ago.
Now a "what did he say?" moment has turned into an annoying 20 sec manual scan & hope experience — instead of a quick tap-to-back-10-seconds like Netflix/iTunes (and most other video apps) have
Having to use the touch pad to physically slide the cursor to where you want is frustrating due to the cursor wanting to snap back to the original pause point with about a 14 second cushion on either side. And that’s 14 seconds at best and BARELY because even a fraction more pressure one way or the other on the touch pad and it again jumps back to the original pause point.
Realistically, it’s a 16-20 second window to avoid an annoying snap-back-to-pause game and several apps have shown there’s a better user experience available
I have the exact same problem as ajwhitney. Videos that previously played no longer work (iOS9 and iOS10). Downloaded movies play, but streaming movies or trying to download new movies does not work. These are pretty vanilla mp4s that Im trying to play. Whole collection is down. Please fix! @scottconnor on Twitter if you need help reproducing.
