View Documents, Photos, or Videos
With File Station, you can view documents, videos or photos.
To switch the way files are displayed:
You can switch between list view and icon view to change the way files are displayed in the main area. Click the List View button at the top-right corner to arrange files into a list or click the Icon View button to display them in accompanying icons and text.
You will see thumbnails of photos in icon view under the following conditions:
- The photos are located within indexed folders listed under Control Panel > Media Indexing Service > Indexed Folder, and you have already installed Photo Station or Media Server on your DiskStation.
- The thumbnail data stored in the EXIF entries created by your digital camera are available.
To view documents in Google docs:
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Browse to the folder where the document is located.
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Right-click the document and choose View in Google docs.
Note: The View in Google docs function supports the following formats: doc, docx, odt, ppt, pps, xlsx, pdf, tif
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A new browser window should appear and display your document in Google docs. You can log in to your Gmail account and save the document in Google docs.
Note: To view documents in Google docs, make sure your DiskStation is fully accessible over the Internet. If your DiskStation is located behind a router, make sure you have specified the port forwarding rule for DSM at Main Menu > Control Panel > Router Configuration. (The default port numbers for DSM are 5000 (HTTP) and 5001 (HTTPS).) If you still have trouble viewing documents in Google docs, you might need to specify the router port for DSM at Main Menu > Control Panel > DSM Settings > Router Port.
To play videos:
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Browse to the folder where the video is located.
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Right-click the video and choose Play to open the Video Player window.
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The video should start playing right away. If not, please make sure you have installed VLC Player (Windows) on your local computer.
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While installing VLC Player, make sure you have ticked Mozilla plugin and ActiveX plugin.
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VLC is supported by the following browsers:
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Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome
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If VLC is installed on your computer, and you are connecting to DSM with a supported web browser, Video Player supports the following formats: avi, dat, mkv, vob, asf, wmv, mov, qt, divx, flv, swf, rm, rmvb, mpg, mpeg, mpeg1, m1v, mpeg2, m2v, mp2, dvr-ms, m2ts, mts, m2t, ts, tp, trp, mpeg4, m4v, mp4, 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, ogv, webm, mpe, xvid
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If VLC is not installed on your local computer, video player will play videos supported by HTML5. Please refer to here for HTML5 videos supported by different web browsers.
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If you connect to DSM via the HTTPS protocol, you need to import a trusted certificate (Under the HTTP Service tab at Main Menu > Control Panel > DSM Settings) to be able to play videos with File Station.
- VLC does not support HTTPS streaming.
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At the bottom of Video Player, do any of the following to control video playback:
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Click Play/Pause to play or pause the video.
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If you have a subtitle file with the same name and in the same folder as the video, or your video contains embedded subtitle(s), you should be able to see the subtitle during video playback. If you want to use another subtitle, choose it from the drop-down menu.
Note: VLC for Mac does not allow you to change the embedded subtitle.
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Use the Progress bar to skip to any point you want.
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Use the Volume bar to adjust the volume.
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Click Stop to stop playback.
To preview photos:
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Browse to the folder where the photos are located.
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Right-click any of the photos and choose Preview to open the Photo Viewer window. You should be able to view the photo now.
Note: Photo Viewer supports the following formats:
- For the photo shared folder: jpg, jpeg, jpe, bmp, gif, png, tiff, tif, arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f, raw
- For other folders: jpeg, png
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At the top of Photo Viewer, do any of the following to control photo preview:
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Click Image Information to see the EXIF, IPTC, or XMP information of the photo (if any).
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Click Set as wallpaper to set the current photo as your DSM desktop's background image.
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Click Slideshow to start or stop a slideshow for all photos in the current folder. Use the drop-down menu to set the transition effect when moving from photo to photo.
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Click Previous or Next to see the previous or next photo in the folder.
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Click Rotate left or Rotate right to rotate the photo.
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Click Delete to delete the current photo.
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Click the button with a pen and choose a photo editor to edit the current photo. (Refer to here for more information.)
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Hover your mouse over the bottom of Photo Viewer to reveal the thumbnail sliding bar for quick navigation.