Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 3.1

Play Videos

1Browse to the folder where the video is located.

2Right-click the video and choose Play to open the Video Player window.

3The video should start playing right away. If not, please make sure you have installed VLC Player (Windows, Linux) or VLC web browser plug-in (Mac) on your local computer.

Note:

VLC Player or web browser plug-in is not supported by Chrome for Windows and Safari for Mac.

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

4At the bottom of Video Player, do any of the following to control video playback:

Click Play/Pause to play or pause the video.

If you have a subtitle file with the same name and in the same folder as the video, you should be able to see the subtitle during video playback. If you want to use another subtitle file, choose it from the drop-down menu.

Use the Progress bar to skip to any point you want.

Use the Volume bar to adjust the volume.

Click Stop to stop playback.

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