This patcher is designed to simplify the installation steps from this [Gist](https://gist.github.com/BenjaminPoncet/bbef9edc1d0800528813e75c1669e57e) (huge thanks to [Benjamin Poncet](https://github.com/BenjaminPoncet)) and enable **DTS**, **EAC3** and **TrueHD** support to Synology VideoStation by replacing the ffmpeg library files by a wrapper using SynoCommunity ffmpeg.
This patcher is designed to continue the work of [Benjamin Poncet](https://github.com/BenjaminPoncet), 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](https://github.com/BenjaminPoncet), [Vincent Fortier](https://github.com/th0ma7), [SynoCommunity](https://github.com/SynoCommunity) and all contributors.
### Also want to patch MediaServer ? [there you go](https://github.com/AlexPresso/mediaserver-ffmpeg-patcher)
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- [DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [Any non HEVC standard video format]: ✅
- [no DTS, no EAC3, no TrueHD] + [HEVC]: ✅
- [DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [HEVC]: ⚠️ Not working on architectures where Advanced Media Extensions uses GStreamer for audio decoding (Please don't submit any more issue related to this scenario, I'm working on it, see [#33](https://github.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/pull/33))
- **[DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [Any non HEVC standard video format]**: ✅
- **[no DTS, no EAC3, no TrueHD] + [HEVC]**: ✅
- **[DTS or EAC3 or TrueHD] + [HEVC]**: ⚠️ Not working on architectures where Advanced Media Extensions uses GStreamer for audio decoding (Please don't submit any more issue related to this scenario, I'm working on it, see [#33](https://github.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher/pull/33))
## Instructions
- Check that you meet the required [dependencies](https://github.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher#dependencies)
- If you plan to play HEVC / AAC videos, install Advanced Media Extensions
- Connect to your NAS using SSH (admin user required) ([help](https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/General_Setup/How_to_login_to_DSM_with_root_permission_via_SSH_Telnet))
- Use the command `sudo -i` to switch to root user
- Use the [following](https://github.com/AlexPresso/VideoStation-FFMPEG-Patcher#usage) command (Basic command) to execute the patch