But what you absolutely have to do, is pack your films and series in their own sub-folders (if you haven’t already done so). Since I used the Video Station before, I use the shared folder /video. How and where you put your films and series is up to you. But also my older and weaker DS215 + (ARM-CPU) could stream videos smoothly with Plex.īefore we start, I’ll give you a little digression on the subject of media management. I have Plex running on a DS218 + (Intel CPU) that also runs Nextcloud and other tasks. Also consider what other tasks your DiskStation performs and how busy it is. But keep in mind that streaming videos requires a lot of hardware resources and even if Plex can be installed on your model, the smooth playback can cause problems (similar to the video transcoding of the Video Station, which is available on many models but not enables smooth video playback on all of them). In the package center you can see immediately whether your model is supported. Plex is available for a large number of DiskStation models. Plex is available as a package in the Package Center but also as a download at (Attention: There are different packages, depending on the processor of your DiskStation). In this article I will tell you how to install and set up Plex on your DiskStation. It looks similar to the Video Station and is also easy to use and different formats and codecs are no problem for it. Unfortunately, the Video Station weakens a little when it comes to the compatibility of audio and video formats. The Video Station has a great user interface and is easy to use. With the Video Station, Synology already offers a video streaming server including a playback client.

Setup plex on synology