Play Music
When playing music, you can manage music player controls at the bottom of Audio Station, and view songs in queue by going to Playing Queue on the left panel.
Music Player
The music player shown at the bottom displays the information of the currently playing music, including the song's title, album, artist, and duration. You can do the following to control music playback.
- To play songs, click Play/Pause, Next, or Previous.
- To skip to any point in the currently playing song, drag the playhead along the timeline to any point you want.
- To adjust the volume, drag the volume slider.
- To repeat all songs or currently playing song in the queue, or turn off repeat, click the No repeat, repeat all, or repeat one icon (the first icon from the left next to the volume slider).
- To play the songs in the queue in random order, click the Shuffle on/off icon (the second icon from the left next to the volume slider).
- To display song lyrics, click the Lyrics icon (the third icon from the left next to the volume slider). To switch back to the now playing view, click the icon again.
- To customize sound frequencies for different music genres, click the EQ button to open the equalizer, tick the checkbox, and choose a preset from the drop-down menu. You can also drag the sliders and save your own User Defined preset.
Note: Equalizer is available for USB speakers only.
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To switch Audio Station's display to the mini player mode, click the Switch to mini player icon at the bottom-right corner of the music player. To switch Audio's Station's display back to the full mode, click the Switch to full mode icon at the bottom-right corner of the mini player.
Playing Queue
You can see the now playing song and songs in queue by going to Playing Queue on the left panel of Audio Station.
To manage the playing queue:
- To play a song in the queue, right-click the song and choose Play or go to Action > Play to play it right away.
- To adjust the order of songs in the queue, select and drag the songs up and down in the queue.
- You can also adjust the order of songs in the queue by selecting the songs, right-clicking one of them or go to Action >Up/Down.
- To add all songs in the current queue to a new playlist, right-click any of the songs and choose Save playing queue or go to Action > Save playing queue.
- To see where a song is located, right-click any of the songs and choose Open containing folder or go to Action >Open containing folder.
- To remove a song from the queue, select the song, right-click and choose Remove or go to Action > Remove.
Output Devices
To play music via different devices, you can select your desired output device from the My computer/USB speakers/[Media renderer name] (indicating the device you have been streaming music to) drop-down menu on the control bar, and add songs to individual devices.
The output devices include the following:
- My computer: Stream music to your computer for playback via the speakers of your computer.
- USB speakers: Play music via the USB speakers connected to the USB port of your Synology DiskStation, or via external speakers or home stereo equipment connected to the audio dock of Synology Remote (sold separately).
- Media renderer: Play music via a Digital Media Renderer (DMR) or an AirPlay compatible device within your local area network.
Once they are found, their device name will appear in the drop-down menu, like Apple TV, Sonos.
Note:
- Only users with the USB/UPnP Renderer privilege (in Settings > Privileges) can play music through USB devices or UPnP renderers.
- The output modes for USB speakers and Media renderer are available only when corresponding output devices are found by Audio Station.
- If you play music via the Optical S/PDIF Output port on the audio dock of Synology Remote, adjust the remote volume to maximum to achieve best audio quality.
- For more information about Synology Remote, visit www.synology.com.
To switch between output devices:
Choose any of them from the drop-down menu at the top of the music player. You can play music via different devices at the same time.
High Quality Output
You can enjoy better audio quality if your music files and the sound card of the DAC (Digital-to-analog converter) connected to your DiskStation support 24-bit audio output when USB speakers are plugged in to your DiskStation.
To enable high quality output:
- Go to Settings > Options.
- Tick Enable high quality output for USB speakers.
- Click OK.
Music Transcoder
Transcoder options allow Audio Station to support more audio formats under streaming mode. The following audio formats will be transcoded if your browser does not support them: FLAC, APE, AAC, OGG, AIFF, WMA.
To transcode your audio formats:
- Go to Settings > Transcoder.
- Choose any of the following options:
- Transcode to WAV format: WAV format is supported on specific browsers only. (Firefox 3.6 and above, Safari 5, Opera 10.60, Chrome 9)
- Transcode to MP3 format: By transcoding to MP3, you enjoy better browser support. However, this also occupies more system resources. In addition to the formats listed above, WAV format will also be transcoded to MP3 when this option is selected.
- Click OK.
Note: The Transcoder options are available on specific models only.