AudioStation like desktop application for Windows to stream music from your Synology NAS. Built on top of my SynologyDotNet.AudioStation package. It is under heavy development, but always stable. The music listening is already an easy-going and smooth experience with this app, I use it everyday.
- Streaming from Synology NAS using the Audio Station library (shared + personal libraries)
- WAV or MP3 stream format support
- Browse artists
- Browse albums of an artist
- Browse songs in an album or all albums of an artist
- Display covers
- Rate song (5 star rating system)
- Shuffle, Repeat, Start, Stop, Pause, Seek, Volume, Mute
- Saves session, no need to login on next startup
- NowPlaying list
- Drag&Drop songs into NowPlaying
- Reorder songs list with Drag&Drop in the NowPlaying list
- Hotkey support (see below)
- Multiple tabs support (Ctrl + click a navigation item in the My Music section on the left)
- Local cache built from the Synology database, very fast browsing
- Automatic sync with the Synology database
- Faster than the original Audio Station, since this is a desktop application
- Restore playback position after restart
- Themes: Dark, Light
The first sync will take some time depending on your library size. After the "Sync ..." message disappeared, please close and re-open your tabs.
Automatic GUI refreshes will be implemented soon.
Partial syncs are triggered in the background when you navigate in the library.
These keys are working only if the the application is focused.
| Key combination | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + S | Stop |
| Ctrl + P | Play |
| Pause | Pause |
| Alt + 0 | Clear song rating |
| Alt + 1 | Rate song to 1 star |
| Alt + 2 | Rate song to 2 stars |
| Alt + 3 | Rate song to 3 stars |
| Alt + 4 | Rate song to 4 stars |
| Alt + 5 | Rate song to 5 stars |
| Ctrl + Right | Seek 2 seconds forwards |
| Ctrl + Left | Seek 2 seconds backwards |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right | Seek 10 seconds forwards |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left | Seek 10 seconds backwards |
| Ctrl + Home | Seek to beginning |
These keys always work, even if the app is running in the background. Also works with Bluetooth headsets, so you can control the playback with your device.
- Play
- Stop
- NextTrack
- PreviousTrack
| Key combination | Action |
|---|---|
| Home | Jump to first item |
| End | Jump to last item |
| Arrow keys | Move selection |
| ENTER | Open selected item |
| A-Z | Jump to the first item what's name starts with the pressed letter |
| Double-Click | Open this item |
| Shift + Click | Multi-Select |
| Right-Click | Open context menu |
| Key combination | Action |
|---|---|
| Page-Up | Navigate one page upwards |
| Page-Down | Navigate one page downwards |
| Arrow keys | Move selection |
| ENTER | Play selected items |
| Double-Click | Start playback with current list from the clicked song |
| Shift + Click | Multi-Select |
| Right-Click | Open context menu |
| Drag&Drop | Songs can be dropped into the NowPlaying list |
Until recently I could focus mainly on under-the-hood components, like the synchronization and the Synology API implementation, so I simply haven't got the time needed to finish the GUI, this is why you see standard controls.
- Dark theme support
- Skins
- Improve layout and the GUI in general
- Add more useful functionalities
Only the shared music library is displayed at the moment in this app, so you see items from your "/music" folder on your NAS. The personal library is filled from your "/home/music" folder and visible only to you. I plan to implement this, so this app will be able to display music content from your personal music folder as well.
Apart from sability improvements and bug fixes, I want to implement most of the functionality available in the original Audio Station app, and implement features which are simplfy not possible with it.