Hi Pamela,
The Synology app you need for this is called Audio Station or DS Audio where DS stands for Disk Sttion. In iOS there is a suite of these DS apps, DS Manager Pro, DS File, DS Audio, DS Photo, DS Video, DS Finder, DS Cam (for security cameras) and others like Synology Drive which if installed on your PC and iOS and enabled on the NAS is basically like Dropbox, it downloads a local copy of your files on the NAS to your computer and gives you access to the files on your iPhone and more. DS File on the iPhone is similar, it gives you access to your files also, but I think you can't download files whereas Synology Drive allows this. Both Synology Drive and DS Finder can also be integrated into the iOS Files app. I have a Synology DS 918+ at my business, it is a 4-bay NAS into which I also have installed 2 optional 256GB SSD's, one for buffering the reading and the other the writing of files. I really like the disk station, the interface is pretty accessible, but it's a bit of a learning curve. I have not used audio station because we have a pretty extensive Sonos system at home and I also have one at my retail store so we simply stream anything we want from Apple Music and of course have access to free services like Tune In, our Canadian CBC stations etc. I used to have an old D-Link 2-bay NAS at home and I used to have all my own music ripeed in lossless FLAC format on it, but I haven't even bothered to set this up any more in Sonos which can connect to a music library on a computer or a NAS because with our Apple Music subscription all that content is available through the cloud anyways. The Synology iOS apps I have used are mostly accessible so I assume the iOS app, DS Audio, would also be accessible. It does only get 2 and three quarter stars, so not super high, but of those ratings 40% are 5 and 4 Star ratings, throw in the 3 Star ratings and you are up to 60%. There are only 7% 2-Star and 33% 1-Star ratings and here I find one has to take it with a grain of salt since sometimes people just don't get it to work because they don't understand something and they give the app a 1-star rating which may or may not be deserved. One comment did say it was a difficult to navigate interface, but again, you won't know until you try. It does also mention you have to enable Audio Station on the NAS for full functionality, below is an excerpt from what they say on the Synology website and below that a link to the full article on Synology: Audio Station allows you to play music by streaming to music players and mobile devices. Stream music seamlessly Audio Station supports streaming music from your Synology NAS to local computers, USB speakers, media renderers, AirPlay, Chromecast Audio, or Bluetooth devices. As you can see, your receiver would have to support Airplay or Chromecast or have Bluetooth although that would probably the least desirable option since it may include Voiceover. If it doesn’t you could simply buy a Chromecast dongle and plug it into a USB port on the receiver or buy the Chromecast Audio (I think that’s what it is called) which can be plugged into an analogue port like an RCA port. Alternatively you could of course buy a Sonos Port or buy a used Sonos Connect which now that the Port has been released should be easy to find on eBay and connect it to your receiver and this gives you all Sonos has to offer. The advantage of a new Sonos Port of course is that it supports Airplay 2 which the Connect does not and if you have an Amazon Echo in the same room, have any sort of premium music subscription like Apple Music, Spotify or Deezer and you set it up right you can even just tell Alexa to play whatever it is you want to hear, tell it to increase or decrease the volume, skip a song etc. If you have Audible you could also ask it to play whatever book you want to listen to and it would play through your stereo. Lastly, here the link for that information on the Synology Audio Station.<https://www.synology.com/en-ca/dsm/feature/audio_station> Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 3:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Accessibility of Apps for Synology Products Hi All, We are considering buying a Synology NAS DiskStation for backing up files and our music collection. We would also like to play that music from our receiver. Can anyone comment on the accessibility of the app that would need to be used for this? Thanks. Pam -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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