Audio Source
You can choose audio sources on the left panel to play its contents at the bottom of Audio Station.
Music Library
The library contains music in the "music" shared folder or any other indexed folders of your Synology DiskStation, which will be organized into the following categories.
- Click All Music to browse all music in the "music" shared folder.
- Click By Folder to browse music by directory.
- Click By Album to browse music by the album information of the song.
- Click By Artist to browse music by the artist information of the song.
- Click By Composer to browse music by the composer of the song.
- Click By Genre to browse music by the genre information of the song.
- Click Random100 to browse 100 songs chosen randomly by the system.
- Click Recently added to browse the albums that have been recently added.
Note: To add a folder as an indexed folder, log in to DSM as admin (or a user belonging to the administrators group), and then go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Media Indexing Service > Indexed Folder. For more information, click the Help button at the top-right corner of the window.
Playlists
You can see your personal playlists (viewable by yourself only), shared playlists (viewable by all DiskStation users with access to Audio Station), and smart playlists.
To add or edit a smart playlist, do any of the following:
- Add or edit in DSM:
- Go to Main Menu > iTunes Server in Synology DiskStation Manager.
- Click Smart Playlist to add or edit your playlist.
- Add or edit in Audio Station: See Work with Playlist for more information.
Note: Only users with the Manage Playlist privilege (in Settings > Privileges) can edit or add shared playlists.
Internet Radio
Audio Station comes with lists of Internet radio stations provided by SHOUTCast(TM) and RadioIO. You can also create your own radio lists or add radio stations to your favorites for quick access.
To create radio stations:
- Go to Create > User-defined radio or My favorite radio.
- 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.
- Click OK.
To add radio stations to your favorites:
- Select a radio station provided by SHOUTCast(TM) and RadioIO.
- 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.
Media Server
Audio Station can browse and play media contents on DLNA-certified digital media servers or other Synology DiskStations.
Click Media Server on the left panel to see media servers and Synology DiskStations found in the local area network.
Note: Only users with the UPnP 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:
- 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.
- 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 menu. In the window that appears, tick the checkboxes of the devices you want for music playback.
- If a password is required for the selected device(s), you will be prompted to enter the password.
- Click OK.