Synology DS411SLIM manual Manage Dlna Media Server, 200,  photo  video  music

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Chapter 15: Manage Media Server and iTunes 15 Service

Synology DiskStation can become a multimedia server on the local area network, allowing computers (using Windows Media Player or iTunes) and DLNA/UPnP home devices (such as stereo system or TV set) to play its multimedia contents.

This chapter explains how to stream multimedia contents from Synology DiskStation to your computer or other DLNA/UPnP home devices.

Manage DLNA Media Server

Go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Media Server to enable DLNA/UPnP media server. After it is enabled, users can browse the multimedia contents on Synology DiskStation with a DLNA/UPnP home device, also known as Digital Media Adapter (DMA).

The following shared folders will be accessed by DMA Devices:

photo

video

music

Note: You can play the following multimedia file formats on Synology DiskStation with DLNA/UPnP enabled DMA:

Audio: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless

Image: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, PNG, PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

Video: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR-MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3

Playlist: M3U, WPL

Subtitles: srt, psb, smi, ass, ssa, sub, idx, ifo (x07 Series: DSM v2.0.3 - 0451 and onward; x06 Series: DSM v2.0.3 - 0430 and onward)

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