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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.

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What's working

  • 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

Initial synchronization

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 sync

Partial syncs are triggered in the background when you navigate in the library.

Hotkeys

Keyboard shortcuts

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

Media hotkeys

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

Navigation inside the application using the keyboard

Albums, Artists broser

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

Song list

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

Coming soon

Massive user interface improvements

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

Personal music library support

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.

Many more various improvements

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.

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