This patcher is designed to simplify the installation steps from this Gist (huge thanks to Benjamin Poncet) and enable DTS, EAC3 and TrueHD support to Synology VideoStation by replacing the ffmpeg library files by a wrapper using SynoCommunity ffmpeg.

Dependencies

DSM 6.2.2-24922 Update 4 (and above)
Video Station 2.4.6-1594 (and above)
SynoCommunity ffmpeg 4.2.1-23 (and above) (help)

Supported / Unsupported 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]: ❌ (Please don't submit any more issue related to this scenario, I'm working on it, see #33)

Instructions

Check that you meet the required dependencies
Install SynoCommunity ffmpeg (help)
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
You'll have to re-run the patcher everytime you update VideoStation, Advanced Media Extensions and DSM

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
-a	No	Action flag: choose between patch or unpatch ; example: `-a patch`
-b	No	Branch flag: allows you to choose the wrapper branch to use ; example `-b main`