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 4.2.1-23 (and above) (help)
SynoCommunity gstreamer 1.20.2 (and above)

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]: ✅

Instructions

Check that you meet the required dependencies
Install SynoCommunity ffmpeg (help)
Install SynoCommunity gstreamer (help)
If you plan to play HEVC / AAC videos, install Advanced Media Extensions
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	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