VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher

This patcher is designed to continue the work of Benjamin Poncet, to enable DTS, EAC3 and TrueHD support to Synology VideoStation, by replacing the original ffmpeg and gstreamer files by a wrapper using SynoCommunity packages.

Huge thanks to Benjamin Poncet, Vincent Fortier, SynoCommunity and all contributors.

Also want to patch MediaServer ? there you go

Dependencies

• DSM 6.2.2-24922 Update 4 (and above)
• Video Station 2.4.6-1594 (and above)
• SynoCommunity ffmpeg 4.x.x, ffmpeg 5.x.x, ffmpeg 6.x.x or ffmpeg 7.x.x (help)

Supported scenarios

• [DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [Any non HEVC standard video format]: ✅
• [no DTS, no EAC3, no TrueHD] + [HEVC]: ✅
• [DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [HEVC]: ✅ (credits to @nap-liu)

Instructions

• Check that you meet the required dependencies
• Install SynoCommunity ffmpeg (help)
• If you plan to play HEVC / AAC videos, install Advanced Media Extensions and license it using your Synology account inside the app
• Connect to your NAS using SSH (admin user required) (help)
• Use the command sudo -i to switch to root user
• Use the following command (Basic command) to execute the patch
  • Note : Basic command uses ffmpeg4 by default, if you want to use a different ffmpeg version (i.e. ffmpeg5, ffmpeg6 or ffmpeg7), please check the command flags.
• You'll have to re-run the patcher everytime you update VideoStation, Advanced Media Extensions and DSM

Update procedure

To update the wrapper, just unpatch and repatch using the following commands:

• Unpatch: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/main/patcher.sh | bash -s -- -a unpatch
• Patch: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/main/patcher.sh | bash

Usage

Basic command:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/main/patcher.sh | bash
With options:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/main/patcher.sh | bash -s -- <flags>

Flags	Required	Description	Default
-a	No	Action flag: choose between patch or unpatch ; example: -a patch	patch
-b	No	Branch flag: allows you to choose the wrapper branch to use ; example -b main	main
-p	No	Proxy flag: allows you to use a proxy to connect to github ; example -p http://my-proxy	https://raw.githubusercontent.com
-v	No	FFMpeg version flag: allows you to choose desired ffmpeg version ; example -v 5	4