The official video app, optimized for streaming from your Synology NAS Server
2.98·12,444 reviews·1,000,000+ downloads
About DS video
DS video is a video players & editors app developed by Synology Inc..
Download Statistics
DS video has been downloaded 4.2 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 6.8 thousand times.
User Ratings
DS video is rated 2.98 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 12 thousand ratings.
App Information
DS video is FREE to download. The APK download size is 52.24 MB. The latest version available is 3.4.7. The last update was on September 15, 2022.
Technical Requirements
DS video requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2013.
Description
*You must own a Synology NAS to run this app, and be running DSM 5.2 and Video Station 1.5 on your Synology NAS to get the complete list of features*
Use DS video to stream your video collection on your DiskStation to your Android device. Browsing is made easy as your videos are sorted in different libraries, and each movies has its information retrieved online automatically. And if you have plugged in a DTV dongle to your DiskStation, you will also be able to record TV programs, as well as view the TV program to manage the recording schedule even when on the move.
Find all detailed features about the app on our website:
www.synology.com > NAS > DSM 5.2 > Apps > Mobile Apps > Software Specs https://www.synology.com/dsm/software_spec/mobile#DSvideo
Recent changes: Important Note: 1. Updated to be compatible with Advanced Media Extensions 3.0. 2. AAC-encoded content can be decoded and natively played back by most end devices, such as smartphones, tablets, computers, and smart TVs. Server-side transcoding of AAC-encoded content has been a redundant and resource-consuming process that was removed starting from DSM 7.1.1.
Compatibility & Installation: 1. Adjusted minimum system requirements: compatible with Android 8.0 and above.
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The app is really nice but recently some features stopped working like the search, also for some reason the app cannot connect by default to a reverse proxy (which is a supported feature), I had to use a network monitoring tool to see that it was trying to connect to port 5001 (https) or 5000 (http) of the specified address by default, so you have to specify the port (443 or 80) in the address for a reverse proxy. The standard says it should be the other way around
★★★★★Magdalena Metlická· Dec 26, 2022
I am very happy with the app, does its job well. However, the GUI could be more intuitive - especially search and filtering by criteria, such as genre, and selecting another media file for the same movie title. It is there, but somewhat hidden. I could use search & filtering by other tags, such as movie language, not just a country of origin, having bilingual movie collection.
★★★★★Expadark Gamer· Jan 2, 2025
Works extremely well, I even was able to watch movies stored on my synology here in nevada, while I was on vacation in Japan, anyone has issues probably either didn't set it up correctly, or doesn't have sufficient internet connection to the server
★☆☆☆☆arshi rahaman· Sep 18, 2022
Even one star is too much for this app. The worst part is I have to rely on third party application for video streaming. And user interface could be better in respect to other application like plex or emby.
★☆☆☆☆Glen Stewart· Jun 21, 2025
Synology discontinued the video app on their/my NAS, so this app is now useless.
★☆☆☆☆Kemp Clan· Dec 13, 2022
The official video app ... so why isn't it maintained? When you try to access video on your NAS over cellular, the App insists that it has access to all LOCAL files. Opening settings results in a list of applications (???) and you have to select absolutely all of them, so you can play a video on your REMOTE NAS!!! If you go into Settings>Apps>Permissions and grant access to Photos and Videos, Android states that it also has to give permissions to Music and Audio. WHY ARE PERMISSIONS SO BAD?
★★☆☆☆Damien Johnson· Jan 5, 2023
Ever since disk station update, ds video cannot play a full movie and would just stop and reset. This is when viewing via the ds video app.
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