[Feature Request] Allow Plex Home users to download pictures

Hi,

I’d like to share some photos on my plex server. It seems when I am logged in, I can click the elipses (…) below pictures and download, but i can’t seem to do that as a home user.

Administrator

Home User

I would like to have the possibility to let my home users also download some content.

The feature request for downloading photos is here:

A download opportunity explicitly for home users hasn’t been requested before AFAIK.

Well, if the feature will be implemented for everyone, okay for me, but I assume we will have a discussion about licensing and copyrights then. That’s why I limited the scope to home users. It seems fair enough to me to share home pictures with home users without need to to pay copyrights :slight_smile:

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Just for the record

Kelvin (Plex, Inc.)
Dec 2, 2:05 PM PST
Hello Bart,
Unfortunately, only the admin is allowed to download content (any type of content, not just photos) using Plex Web. There is no way currently to allow other users to download from a server. Sorry.
Thank you for contacting Plex!

How can I make a request for this?

For me it would be satisfying just to give home users the right to download pictures (and eventually music)
Is there a channel to post those requests?

kind regards

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@plex.plessers@gmail.com said:
How can I make a request for this?

You already did. This is the feature request forum.

This feature would be awesome. I would like to have a Admin account that no one uses, and many home user account with different library settings (for privacy). The only thing that prevent me doing that, is the download feature only available to admin account.

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@pconort: don’t forget to vote for the original post. That’s how things get rated here. Thnx!

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I just wish it was possible. Can’t believe people are not upvoting this request.

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Got my vote

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@plex.plessers@gmail.com said:
Just for the record

Kelvin (Plex, Inc.)
Dec 2, 2:05 PM PST
Hello Bart,
Unfortunately, only the admin is allowed to download content (any type of content, not just photos) using Plex Web. There is no way currently to allow other users to download from a server. Sorry.
Thank you for contacting Plex!

How can I make a request for this?

For me it would be satisfying just to give home users the right to download pictures (and eventually music)
Is there a channel to post those requests?

kind regards

What Kelvin is saying here isnt correct. You can download anything you want using plex own api. But itsnt possible to do this via the webui.

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My vote for this feature! totally necessary mainly for the pictures!

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This definitely needs to happen - for more than just picture folders.

Why wouldn’t there be an option right below ‘Allow Sync’ for each user to ‘Allow Downloads’.

Sounds remarkably simple to add.

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Also for me is quite important give the download feature for the guest user.
My Plex Server is a small PC and is not able to make rendering or trascode in real time.
But if I use the link of “download” in application like “Soda Player” or “SM Player” instead of download start the play of the movie but from the server point of view is JUST A DOWNLOAD and so without any trascoding.
Furthermore there are plugin like “Video Assistant” for firefox that intercept the download and play automatically on an external player like SMPlayer or other, So you don’t’ need copy from browser the download link and past to the player
So for me this is the reason why ask the download button in plex also for guest.

As alternative Plex should give the ability to play a movie WITHOUT ANY Trascoding.
The result should be the same
Thanks in advance

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I just voted for this - I assumed this worked out of the box. I bought a month of plex pass based on a friend telling me downloading photos was a possibility. What he didnt know, was that was only for the primary account. This is critical.

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This one has my vote. Ive got the ip right on my own pictures, please let my users download them

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This was in 2016… it is now 2020!

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Agree, we need that feature, disappointing my home users cannot download pictures

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i vote for this

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the reason I want to allow another user to download my photos from the plex app, is my Inlaws. they are remote, I have created a plex account for them, and they use that to view their grandchild’s photos’. In my opinion this is the most private way for both me and my childs grandparents than posting ALL photos on social media, which we would not own anymore. this is why I vote for this. I know who I shared it to.

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I would also like to add the ability to download favorites.

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