Video Station

Video Station (2.3) is a video management tool used to organize videos on the NAS and to share them with friends and family across the Internet. With Video Station, you can classify videos into home videos, movies, TV shows or music videos for personal collections. Smart collections can be set to automatically sort videos that match certain criteria and help you neatly manage your videos.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•	Starting Video Station

•	Familiarizing yourself with Video Station

•	Using Video Station

•	Media Library and Privacy Settings

Starting Video Station

Install and enable Video Station from the App Center (for QTS 4.1 or later) and follow these steps:

Upload videos to a shared folder on the NAS: You can upload videos to the NAS in 3 different ways: 1) Install Qfinder Pro on your PC or Mac, set up a network drive and upload files to your preferred shared folders. For details on setting up a network drive, please "Connecting to NAS Shared Folders."; 2) Click "Shared Videos" or "Private Collection" on the left panel and "Import" (up arrow) on the main menu to import videos from the local PC. A new shared folder with the date that files are uploaded will be created on the NAS to store uploaded files (for "Shared Videos", this newly-created shared folder is located under the "/multimedia" folder; for "Private Collection", this shared folder is located under the "/home" folder.) A corresponding collection will be created under "Video Collection" as well; 3) Switch to folder view browsing mode and drag & drop videos to a preferred folder. With the first and third approach, you can choose which folder on the NAS that you want to upload videos to.

Tips on file upload:

•	The maximum size of an image file is 2GB.

•	The maximum size of multiple files that can be uploaded at one time is 2GB.

2.	Launch Video Station from the Main Menu/Desktop shortcut, or directly log into Video Station by going to: http://NAS_Name_or_IP/video/

Note:

•	Admin login credentials of Video Station is the same as that of the NAS administrator.

•	Video Station supports: MP4.

Familiarizing yourself with Video Station

Menu Bar

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Name

Description

Left Panel

Hide/Show the left panel.

Search Bar

Search video files by title, video date, tag, rating, or color label.

Browsing Mode

Switch between different browsing modes (from left to right: thumbnail browsing mode/list browsing mode/timeline browsing mode/folder browsing mode) to browse videos.

Multi-select

Select multiple items at the same time.

Resizing Bar

Resize video thumbnails.

Select DLNA/AirPlay Player (Network Media Player)

Locate compatible devices in different rooms over your home network.

Refresh

Refresh the current page.

Settings

Set video classification or content filters; configure subtitles searching settings and miscellaneous settings.

•	Video Classification: Add, remove and rescan folders to be classified and classify folders into the following categories (Home Videos, Movies, TV Shows, or Music Videos), or manage your custom classifications. The classified videos will be organized into a video library for smart collections.

•	Content Filter: Set folders as the content source of Video Station. Use this feature to hide undesired videos and only show intended contents.

•	Search Subtitles: Enable Video Station to search for subtitles on subtitles websites (including OpenSubtitles and Shooter.)

•	Miscellaneous: Check "Always ask me to enter my password when accessing Private Collection and Qsync", and each time a user is trying to access those categories, that user will be prompted for a password.

Help

Check online help, quick start guide or version information.

Right Panel

Hide/Show the right panel.

Timeline

List videos chronologically in a timeline.

Date Filter

Filter videos by date.

Import

Import videos.

Sharing

Choose to email, publish, or share the link of a collection.

Return

Return to the root level of the "Video Collection" or "Smart Collection" when you are in your created collection.

Sharing History

Show the history of files that have been shared.

Tag Filter

Filter videos by tag.

Note:

•	To stream media files to HDMI or Chromecast using the Network Media Player, the Media Streaming Add-On must first be installed in the App Center.

•	Bonjour must be enabled when using multi-zone streaming. You can enable Bonjour in "Control Panel" > "Network Service" > "Service Discovery" > "Bonjour".

•	Only MP4 video files can be directly streamed if your NAS does not support On-the-fly Transcoding. You can consider transcoding them into different media formats if they are desirable. For details on transcoding, please refer to the Transcode Management chapter.

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If your NAS supports transcoding, please install the CodexPack App before using this function. The NAS will try to transcode to a suitable format for your device. If your NAS does not support transcoding, the NAS will only output the original file format and the seek function may not work properly. In this case, please make sure that your device is compatible with the file format used by the video.

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Some video formats may experience issues when streaming via DLNA, Apple TV or Chromecast. If any of these issues arise during video playback, you can consider transcoding your videos into universally-compatible media formats. For more details on transcoding, please refer to the Transcode Management chapter.

•	Some media players do not support pausing during playback. If this happens, playback will continue even if you use the pause feature.

Left Panel

•	Shared Videos: List all the videos in all shared folders on the NAS (except videos in the "/home" and "Qsync" folders) and all videos are only visible to authorized users.

•	Private Collection: List all videos located in the "/home" folder, and those multimedia files can be viewed by yourself only.

•	Qsync: List videos synchronized from the Qsync service.

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Video Collection: List all virtual collections. All entries listed under a collection are only links to the physical files. This can effectively conserve your NAS storage space, as you can keep only one copy of the videos even when you create a collection for a special theme. For collection operations, please refer to the below section on Using Video Station.

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Smart Collection: List all smart collections. Smart collections will only show videos that match user-defined classifications, such as Home Videos, Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos; and can save effort in managing videos. For instructions on smart collection operations, please refer to the section on Using Video Station below.

•	Recently: Include recently-imported videos (within a month) from a local device or taken with a camera or recording device.

•	Trash Can: All deleted videos can be found here and can be restored or permanently deleted. Only deleted files (and not virtual links) will show up in the trash can.

Note:

•	The "/home" folder can only be accessed by its owner and NAS administrators. Private or personal videos should only be stored in your "/home" folder.

•	For media folder configuration, refer to the Multimedia Management chapter. For user setup and configuration, refer to the User section in the Privilege Settings chapter.

•	If uploaded videos do not show up in Video Station, scan for them using the Media Library. For details on the scan, please refer to the Multimedia Management chapter.

Right Panel

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No	Name	Description
1	Video Property	Review and edit video properties.
2	Tag and Description	Edit and browse video tags and descriptions.
3	Sharing	Drag files to this area and share them via a link (including three methods: email, social sharing and link.)
4	Email	Share a link via email. Specify the sender, recipient, subject and message body of the email and click "Send" to send the email. Make sure your email account is properly configured in QTS Desktop > "Options" > "E-mail Account".
5	Social Sharing	Share a link of selected files on social networking sites. Specify the subject and message body and click the social network icon to share.
6	Link	Share a link of selected videos by directly pasting it into an email or instant message. Drag and drop videos under "Select Videos" and under "Select Link Format", select the domain name, LAN IP or WAN IP address (note that the myQNAPcloud.com domain name is only available after it is registered in myQNAPcloud. Please refer to the myQNAPcloud chapter for more details) and HTML format (click to choose a URL link, HTML code, vB Forum code or Alt Forum code) from the drop down menu. Click "Create", specify the name of the collection displayed on the page seen as recipients open the link. Copy and paste the URL link in the dialog window to your preferred applications.

Note: Multiple video files can be classified at the same time. To do so, select the video files, click "Video Property" on the right panel and choose their classification from the classification drop down list.

Using Video Station

Creating and managing collections

Collections can be created in two ways:

1.	Switch to the folder view, right click on a shared folder, and select "Create New Collection" to turn that shared folder into a collection.

2.	Drag & drop videos in "Video Collection" on the left panel.

Right click on a collection and choose to play, download, remove, rename, email the link of, publish the link, share the link of that collection, or modify the settings of that collection (the email, publish and share options are only available if "Share with the public" is enabled in "Collection Settings".)

Creating and managing smart collections

To create a smart collection, click "+" next to "Smart Collection", specify the name of the collection, the classification (Home Videos, Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos) and search criteria (all files and tag.) Right click on a smart collection and choose to play, download, remove, rename, or reset collection settings. Right click on a smart collection and choose to play, download, remove, rename, email the link of, publish the link, share the link of that collection, or modify the settings of that collection (The email, publish and share options are only available if "Share with the public" is enabled in "Collection Settings".)

Sharing collections

As you create a collection, you can choose to share it with other NAS users (choose whether all NAS users can edit the collection, or only the creator/administrator) or the public, or not to share at all (leave both options unchecked), and set the valid period on the collection creation page. If a collection is set to be shared with the public, you can right click on the collection and select "Email" to email it, "Publish" to publish it on social networks, or "Sharing Links" to generate and paste the collection link on your blog, forum, or instant messengers. You can still edit the collection content later, and the updated content will be presented when viewers click the same link.

You can also share a number of videos as you do with collections. To do so, click "Sharing" on the right panel, drag videos from different collections and drop under "Select Videos" on the right panel and use the "Email", "Social Sharing", or "Link" button to share the videos. Then, your friends can log into Video Station with the link provided to them to watch videos from shared collections. To check the sharing history of a selected collection, click on the collection and then on "Sharing History" in the main menu.

Note: To share files/folders using your own email account, first set your email account in QTS Desktop > "Options" > "E-mail Account".

Video Operations

Right click on a video and choose to perform an action from the table.

Operation	Description
Play	Play the video online in the browser.
Open with VLC	Play the video in a browser window with the VLC player (please install the VLC plug-in first.)
Download	Download the video.
Copy to Collection	Copy the video to a collection.
Set as Cover	Set the video thumbnail as the cover of a collection.
Add to Transcode	Convert the video to the following resolutions: 240P, 360P, 480P SD, 720P HD and 1080P Full HD. Note: This feature is for the x86 series NAS only.
Rotate	Rotate the video 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise
Add to Sharing List	Add the selected videos to the sharing list.
Streaming to	Stream videos to compatible devices in different rooms over your home network.
Remove/Delete	Delete the video.
Movie Information	Review movie information (such as genre, director, cast, etc) of the selected video.
Add Tag	Tag the video.
Rating	Rate the video.
Color Label	Color-label the video.

Note:

•	The movie information option is only available after the video selected is classified as "Movies". Click the video property button on the right panel and the classification drop down menu to classify a video.

•	Information is retrieved from the Internet based on the English title of video files. If the movie information is incorrect, modify the English title to retrieve the movie information.

•	To stream media files to HDMI or Chromecast using the Network Media Player, the Media Streaming Add-On must first be installed in the App Center.

•	Bonjour must be enabled when using multi-zone streaming. You can enable Bonjour in "Control Panel" > "Network Service" > "Service Discovery" > "Bonjour".

•	Only MP4 video files can be directly streamed if your NAS does not support On-the-fly Transcoding. You can consider transcoding them into different media formats if they are desirable.

Finding your videos quickly

To quickly locate videos, you can rate or classify them. To do so, right click on the videos and then tag, rate, or color label them. To mark/classify multiple videos, click the "Multi-select" button on the main menu (or hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard), select your desired videos and right click the videos to rate or classify them. After videos are tagged, rated, or color labeled, they can be searched by their rating, color label or tag in the search bar on the Main Menu.

Viewing videos

Double click on a video to switch to the video viewing mode and use the buttons to view videos:

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No	Name	Description
1	Play/Pause	Play/Pause.
2	Stop	Stop playback.
3	Seek Bar	Control the playback progress.
4	Mute/Volume	Mute/Unmute and adjust the volume.
5	Resolution	Change resolution and transcoding settings.
6	Subtitles	Manage subtitles of the video.
7	Streaming to	Stream videos to compatible devices in different rooms over your home network.
8	Full Screen	Switch to the full screen mode.

Note:

•	For HD videos, click the HD icon on top of the player window to switch video quality.

•	You can also control the playback and volume with your computer keyboard:

o	Left: Rewind

o	Right: Forward

o	Up: Increase volume

o	Down: Decrease volume

o	Space: Play / Pause

•	To stream media files to HDMI or Chromecast using the Network Media Player, the Media Streaming Add-On must first be installed in the App Center.

•	Only MP4 video files can be directly streamed if your NAS does not support On-the-fly Transcoding. You can consider transcoding them into different media formats if they are desirable.

Downloading and searching movie information online

Video Station supports downloading online information (movie poster, year, rating, director, etc) for movies. To enable this feature, follow these steps:

1.	Classify a video as movie (right click on a video > "Information" > change the Classification to "Movies" under the "Video Property" tab.)

2.	Switch to the "Movies" category on the left panel.

3.	Right click on a movie > "Movie information" to open the movie information page for that movie.

4.	If the video information downloaded from the Internet is incorrect, click the "Edit" icon in the top-right corner of the "Movie Information" page and enter the movie keyword to search again. Please note that this feature only supports English keywords.

5.	If the movie poster is incorrect, you can change it by clicking the "Edit" icon on the movie poster to upload it from your PC or via URL, or restore it to the default poster.

Importing, displaying and adjusting subtitles

You can import, display and adjust subtitles files for movies.

•	To import and display subtitle files:

Save the subtitles file in the same directory as the video file, with an identical filename (for example, a video with the filename "video.avi" must have subtitle files named "video.eng.srt" or "video.cht.srt".) The subtitles will then be available to use when watching the video and you can switch between multiple languages.

b.	In the video player, click "CC" on the player panel > "Import subtitles" and choose the subtitles file from a computer.

c.	In the video player, click "CC" on the player panel > "Search for subtitles" and the system will search for subtitles based on the video information or by keywords. Select one of the results and the system will display the subtitles.

•	Adjust Subtitles: In the video player, click "CC" on the player panel > "Adjust subtitles" to change the subtitles font, size, color or enable background effects. Or, make subtitles display earlier or later if they are not synced with the audio.

Note:

•	"Import subtitles" and "Search for subtitles" are only supported from firmware 4.2.0.

•	Supported subtitles file formats: .srt, .ass and .ssa.

•	If your subtitles use an incompatible format, we recommend using Aegisub to convert them.

Media Library and Privacy Settings

Videos in Video Station are listed and displayed according to shared folder privileges and media folders settings in the Media Library. For shared folder privileges, only users with an appropriate permission to a shared folder can view its contents in the Video Station. For example, if a user does not have read/write, or read-only permissions to a certain shared folder, that user cannot see the videos in the shared folder.

Note:

•	For x86-based NAS models, all shared folders except "/recording" and "/web" are media folders by default. For ARM-based NAS models, only "/multimedia" and "/homes" are media folders by default. However, users can always add more media folders.

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In addition to shared folder privileges, you can also store private videos in your "/home" shared folder to hide them from other NAS users (except the administrator.) The contents of the "/home" folder can be found under "Private Collection". Anyone attempting to access this folder in Video Station will be prompted for a password.

Videos stored in the shared folders are only visible after they are detected and scanned by the Media Library. To set the Media Library to scan for videos manually or by schedule go to "Control Panel" > "Multimedia Management" > "Media Library". For more details on media folder settings, please refer to the chapter on Multimedia Management.

Note: As the media folders in the Media Library are shared by Photo Station, Music Station, Video Station and DLNA Media Server as their content source, content will be affected in those applications if new media folders are added or existing media folders are removed from the Media Library.

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