Synology DS216play: the small NAS for video in 4K
A storage solution domestic economic but complete with the one offered by Synology DS216play, able to manage hardware operations trans coding of certain types of video streams into standard mobile devices to 4K.
Synology DS216play is the new entry level NAS Synology offers on the market. Intended for home users who do not need more than two hard drives in parallel to store all of your media. Synology DS216play is the first model in this segment of the market to be able to provide support to the decoding of video streams 4K, useful for converting real-time video 4K so that they can be reproduced on different types of systems.
What types of 4K video streams are supported? Synology provides a complete online documentation, available at this address, that indicates how 4K streams with H.265 codec (HEVC) can be trans coding at a maximum resolution of 1080p in real time, at up to 30 frames per second.
Same goes for video streams 1080p type, which may be the subject of trans coding ” on the fly ” by Synology DS216play when using the H.265 codec (HEVC), H.264 (AVC), MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DivX5), MPEG-2 and VC-1. Synology specifies how to obtain this result it is essential to use its App Video Station, installed on mobile devices on which you want to play back the video streams that need to be converted by the NAS.
In fact, Synology DS216play ensures you can send in trans coding video streams 4K their mobile devices as long as the video source reflect very specific requirements. A feature of this type is useful when you want to keep a single copy of a 4K video on your NAS, sending it to the various home devices in the required formats, depending on whether it is an Ultra HD TV or a mobile device, without having to create lower-resolution versions suitable for use by mobile devices.
The technical specifications of Synology DS216play
Provide SoC STM STiH412, solution 32bit dual core with clock frequency of 1.5 GHz, 1 GB of DDR3 memory, hard-drive space inside for two 3-inch and 2.1 each at most 8-Terabytes of capacity. The presence of up to two hard disks allows you to create configurations Raid 0 or Raid 1, with the second it is obviously recommended to ensure redundancy in the data being sent and stored on the NAS.
The chassis of Synology DS216play has a simpler design than Synology product’s higher end, but this has no direct impact in terms of functionality. The two hard drives are installed in the system, without using the appropriate drawers bolted to the chassis, securing them with screws.
The rear fan 92 mm ensures adequate air around the hard drive, without generating a negative impact in terms of noise, while the external connection is secured by Gigabit connector and the two USB ports, one 2.0 and the other 3.0.
From the slope operating system, we continue to find the inevitable DSM, DiskStation Manager, now currently at version 5.2. This OS is common to all Synology NAS offering user experience through a very practical and intuitive web interface, providing a number of specific app through which extend the overall capabilities depending on the intended use of the product reference.
Synology DS216play that focuses on simplicity in construction to ensure an affordable price, starting at around $299, with the plus that you are able to manage with some specific types of videos also trans coding hardware sources 4K.
