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:

To view documents in Google docs:

  1. Browse to the folder where the document is located.
  2. 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
  3. 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:

  1. Browse to the folder where the video is located.
  2. Right-click the video and choose Play to open the Video Player window.
  3. The video should start playing right away. If not, please make sure you have installed VLC Player (Windows) on your local computer.
    Note:
  4. At the bottom of Video Player, do any of the following to control video playback:

To preview photos:

  1. Browse to the folder where the photos are located.
  2. 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:
  3. At the top of Photo Viewer, do any of the following to control photo preview:
  4. Hover your mouse over the bottom of Photo Viewer to reveal the thumbnail sliding bar for quick navigation.