DS audio 4+
Synology Inc.
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- Free
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Description
**You must own a Synology NAS to run this app, and be running the Audio Station 6.5.0 package to get the complete set of features**
DS audio allows you to stream music stored on your DiskStation with an iPhone/iPad wherever an Internet connection is available. Better yet, with the offline mode you can listen to songs stored in the device’s local memory for when no network connection is available. You can browse music by albums, artists, folders or genres, create your own playlists or share them with your friends, and even rate your music! And if you have dedicated stereo speakers at home, DS audio can also become a remote control to stream music to them.
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/en-global/dsm/7.1/software_spec/video_station#affiliated_utility__ds_video_mobile__feature
What’s New
Version 5.16.4
Important Note:
1. Updated to be compatible with Advanced Media Extensions 3.0.
2. Support for AAC encoded audio is widespread across end devices like smartphones, tablets, computers, and the majority of other media playback devices. The need for AAC transcoding to achieve better compatibility has significantly diminished and will be removed starting with DSM 7.1.1. Starting from DSM 7.1.1, AAC decoding is performed by the end device.
- Streaming AAC encoded files over AirPlay is no longer supported.
- Playback of AAC files via Chromecast is no longer supported.
- Playback of M4A (recordings made on iPhones) is no longer supported.
- Removed options for transcoding AAC files.
Fixed Issues:
1. Fixed an issue where the application might quit unexpectedly when switching to a Chromecast device during playback.
2. Fixed an issue where the player might not show the information of the artist.
3. Minor bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Functional but clunky and outdated
This app works well in that it displays music stored on your Synology NAS, and I do like that it allows for personal music libraries for each user. However...
This app has kept the same basic design for the last few years that I’ve been using it, which would be fine, if it weren’t so clunky and awkward to get to basic functions. For example, one would expect to be able to scroll to the top of a list, pull the list down a little more, and for ‘search’ to be right there - but no, it’s in the main menu. Why????
There’s also no way to open the app and have it default to the “all music” page, or to customise the layout of the app, or an obvious way (if at all) way to create playlists while offline from the NAS.
The whole app design is reminiscent of Apple’s “iPod” app on the first few versions of the iPhone. This app needs a redesign to bring it out of 2009 and into 2018.
Great job on the actual functionality though. Downloading music locally is a synch, and everything is displayed correctly. 3/5
Good for on streaming music
But not so good for managing downloaded songs. When you made changes to playlist on server , you have to redownload the whole list for the new changes. What a stupid design. Playlist download has been around for 3 years and nobody thought about adding this function?
Dark Mode Please
App is fine, but getting blasted by a white screen when cueing up an audiobook in bed at night isn’t fun. It’s 2024 Synology, let’s make it happen!
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Information
- Seller
- Synology Inc.
- Size
- 48 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 2.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 Synology Inc.
- Price
- Free