Synology NAS beginners guide (DSM7) | Part 17

Media Server and Video Station have completely different purposes. In brief, Media Sever - is a DLNA server. It broadcasts over your network that you have a ...

Video station is a web based video solution you can view on your PC locally via logging into the DSM. If you have downloaded the DS Video app ...

I have a question, which server is better, Video Station or maybe Plex? I wonder, and maybe someone of you uses or has used and can tell me the advantages.

Media Server allows me to use my NAS as a DLNA/UPnP Server to stream and that Video station allows playing of media from my NAS to a device (iOS, etc..).

Synology Media Server is the backbone to all media. It has video codex pack that allows Video station to convert videos on the fly.

Media Server is just a basic DLNA server for all of your media clients that support DLNA can play your media. Video Station is also a DLNA server.

All of these apps have pros and cons. Still, I think Plex is, hands down, the better media server.

I want to compare these two media server choices and help you decide which one is the ideal media server choice for you.

Video Station comes in a server (on the NAS) and a player (on the TV, other device) and the video is streamed from the server to the client, ...