Photo Station

DSM Version

Photo Station

Features

  • Various photo display modes, including Photo Wall, Timeline View, Map View, and Detail View
  • Album organization with privacy controls, enabling photo management with other DSM users
  • Photo sharing via social networking sites or by allowing public access to root folders directly

Specifications

  • Supported browsers: Refer to DSM System Requirements
  • Supported photo formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, raw, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f), TIFF, PNG
  • Supported video playback formats: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, FLV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, MTS, M2TS, M2T, QT, WMV, XviD, f4v
  • Supported download-only video formats: RM, RMVB, VOB
Flexible managing functions
  • Provides Personal Photo Station sites for each DSM user
  • Supports drag-and-drop to move and copy files
  • Supports pinning albums to user-defined categories to create different portfolios
  • Supports specifying which file extensions (e.g., RAW, NEF) to hide/stop thumbnail generation
Customizable photo sharing and display
  • Allows direct access to albums through shared links with privacy settings
  • Supports connecting and sharing photos to Facebook, Flickr, Plurk, Twitter, Qzone, and Sina Weibo
  • Provides collaborative functions in shared albums: Color labels, Area highlight tools, and Comments
  • Supports integration with WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal for creating personal blogs
  • Supports speed adjustment and transition effects during slideshows
Photo search
  • Supports photo searching using keywords, time slots, and tags
  • Supports smart albums that filter photos and videos by specified search criteria
Tags and personalized editing
  • Supports IPTC tags
  • Supports tagging photos by facial recognition
  • Supports adding watermarks to protect users' copyright
  • Supports editing the geolocation of photos

Limitations

  • Privacy controls can only be set for top and second level albums

Affiliated Utility

Photo Station Uploader

Features

  • A desktop application for batch-uploading photos from computers
  • Thumbnail generation uses computer resources to reduce Synology NAS server loads

Limitations

  • System requirements
    • Windows 7 or above (excluding Windows 10 on ARM and Windows Server)
    • macOS 10.13 or above (64-bit)
  • Supports appointing multiple Synology NAS as upload destinations by creating and editing their profiles
  • Supports uploading items by right-clicking on them in Windows File Explorer and Mac Finder
  • Supports skipping files that have already been uploaded
  • Supports renaming uploaded files by the creation date and time
  • Supports keeping the original folder structure upon upload

DS photo (Mobile)

Features

  • A mobile application for managing, browsing, and sharing Photo Station photos and videos on iOS and Android devices

Specifications

  • System requirements
    • iOS: 16.0 or above
    • Android: 10 or above
  • Supports browsing photos in List, Map, and Timeline modes
  • Supports editing ratings, tags, and geolocations of photos
  • Supports creating shared albums to share with the public
  • Supports backing up photos saved on devices
  • Supports downloading albums for offline viewing
  • Supports playing slideshows
  • Supports casting photos and videos via AirPlay (only available on iOS devices) and Chromecast
  • Supports switching the video playback quality between auto, high, and standard quality

Limitations

  • HEIC photos uploaded from devices running iOS 11 or above will be converted to JPEG format

DS photo (TV app)

Features

  • Displays Photo Station photos and videos via TV boxes (Apple TV and Android TV)

Specifications

  • System requirements
    • iOS: 9.0 or above
    • Android: 5.0 or above
  • Supports browsing photos in Thumbnail and Timeline modes
  • Supports browsing People, Geolocation, and General tag albums and created smart albums
  • Supports displaying the details of photos and videos
  • Supports playing slideshows
  • Supports switching the video playback quality between high and standard quality

Limitations

  • Videos converted to FLV format by DSM cannot be played back on Apple TV
  • The supported video playback formats and available operations on Android TV depend on the specifications of the player in use