# Download by default on shared servers **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/download-by-default-on-shared-servers/863427 "2023-12-20T05:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![awilisch\_gmail.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/awilisch_gmail.com/32/83736_2.png) [@awilisch\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/awilisch_gmail.com)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/download-by-default-on-shared-servers/863427/1 "2023-12-20T05:22:57Z")
I was chatting with a friend tonight and he we shared our two servers. I’m curious why there isn’t an option to download things I want to watch so I don’t have to stream? My thought is if I’m on some media on their server, to be able to click a download or cache button to temporarily cache it locally. When I mark it as finished it would delete the cache. I know I can download locally when I’m on Android, but that doesn’t help me if I want to watch it on my TV at home. This just seems like it would make for a smoother experience between shared servers. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/download-by-default-on-shared-servers/863427/2 "2023-12-20T10:19:02Z")
There’s already an existing suggestion thread discussing an option to sync selected content from shared libraries across servers. Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. > [@\[Feature Request\] Server to Server Sync](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-server-to-server-sync/136879): > > I did a search and so far haven’t seen this one. I have a friend who lives in Africa and she doesn’t have enough BW to stream from my server but her boy friend set up a Plex server on an old laptop and they can afford Plex Pass. Could we enable shared libraries to be synced from server to server? There would have to be some sort of sanity to the sync, maybe a throttle mechanic or/and a time period where it can go crazy and use all the BW and then throttle back down when people would be awake. … ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/download-by-default-on-shared-servers/863427/3 "2023-12-22T12:48:14Z")
2023 clean-up: duplicate