streaming

Quick question for everyone who streams from their Synology NAS; Emby isn't cutting it for me and I was looking for a strong recommendation as to what to replace it with. I'm primarily only looking to stream music to my phone while on the go, and have seen several options to replace it with...

Hi All, Long time reader, first time poster. If you reply, speak to me like I have no idea what I am doing. Because it's close to the truth. I have a DS 220+. I use the DS Audio app (android) to cast to an old Chromecast Audio disc. Well I did and now it doesn't work. A few observations: DS...

I've just wanted to use DS Audio on my Pixel 8a today, to listen to some my old playlists ... and...it stops playing randomly after 2-5 minutes... (player shows "play" symbol, but no sound), I have to manually do prev/next or seek in a track. definitely not a network problem, happens on my LAN...

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I've installed Jellyfin in a container and been playing around with it.. However, it seems to take about 50% CPU (using Chrome webplayer) on my DS923+ even if the video being played is "direct streaming". Seems to have same issue using the iPhone app, all on local network. Anyone knows why?

Hello My synology is a DS920+ running DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 3. I recently upgraded to DSM7.2.2 Previously i used to stream mysic drom DS Audio to my yamha receivers (I have 3 of them). I never had any issues with streaming using dlna. Yesterday, i tried to stream music as i usually do. Dlna...

Hello, I am having trouble with streaming MPA files via Airplay to a Wiim Mini. Audio Station says that the "AAC files were skipped..." But Wiim devices claim to support AAC decoding (ALAC as well) and seem to from other servers/devices. Anyone else have this issue? I suspect that there is...

Hello everyone, I have some Reolink cameras that I use in my SS (through ONVIF protocol) since the app updated the version to 5.8.x the live streaming is broken and it’s stuck on hourglass. After few research I found that the cause of this is the HW decoding that was introduced last Jan, but at...

Most 3rd party VPN's have config for Synology NAS but not Synology router? I am looking for a way to do this for private site to site for my Synology NAS as well as monitor my network devices. I also would like to protect all my devices over a vpn to allow me to stream contents anywhere over all...

I've been doing AS streaming for years without this issue, but recently, while dealing with installing/deleting legacy browser versions on an older (Intel) Mac mini that can't be upgraded beyond OS High Sierra (10.13.6), I'm getting page timeouts in Firefox and MS Edge browsers. The kind that...

Hi All, I have an issue when trying to stream at least 2 seperate 4K videos in Plex. Could anyone help shed light on what the problem is please? Playback is stuttering because Plex is having to transcode (Transcode reason: Not enough bandwidth for direct play of this item. Required bandwidth...

I have a DS214Play and I want to stream music on my Macbook. I was recently able to do this in Apple Music as Library using Itunes Server on my Synology. I recently had to unplug the Synology for a few months, and after plugging it back in, everything is working again as normal, except this...

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Hi all, I'm currently trying to sort out a request for my wife. I've currently got airsonic working, however that's not good enough. I'm after the ability to self host the following: Music streaming Ability to download the files locally to be played with no internet connection On device...

Hello all: I want to stream music from my DS218play to a NAIM NDX streamer. I've been told I need to install a server app on the NAS to do this, but which one - audio station or media server? I currently stream both audio and video to Kodi to my TV on my Amazon Firestick but was told in no...

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I thought some ISP throttling was going on.. check the connection on both ends, no packet loss on both ends... Both (where the synology and client locations) fast enough connections for full quality video stream without transcoding... The port for DS video is forwarded properly, it connects and...

Hey, I am running a ds920+ and I want to smoothly stream media remotely when I am out of the house, Does anyone know how to configure the QoS on a tomato router so that my media streaming will take priority over all other traffic?

Hi, New here. I hope somebody has some experience with my problem and can help. I have 2 NAS. One is for my LAN and is locked down just fine and it serves the house - audio streaming with minimserver and that works great on a vlan for all my media tech. My second is internet facing and I am...

Hi all, Recently I have upgraded NAS to Synology DS720+ and would like to share videos online to 4K Smart TV`s (replacement for Netflix, Amazon Prime). Locally I use Infuse Pro on Apple TV and no issues there. My Internet connection is 1000/300 (Mb/s). I would like to stream to quite new TV`s...