Original post (for iOS): As per title, Plex needs to fix the downloads feature on iOS, as I can never get the app to download anything for reasons outlined below and also because there are major usability problems with the feature. The Plex team should simulate a slow/unstable Internet connection …

Hi all…just chiming in to let you know that background downloading isn’t implemented on Apple devices. If this interests you, please vote for the feature request: iOS allows background downloads, why doesn’t Plex enable it

Just ran into another bug where downloaded content will not show any subtitles, despite them being embedded in the file. Just streaming them will make the subtitles appear.

@obumbratum_1 I’m pretty sure the app does support background downloads, just incredibly poorly. iOS stops apps from doing things in the background within several seconds if I remember correctly, so if Plex didn’t implement background downloads at all then the downloads should fail if I switch to an…

This is not “background” downloading. That is the basic function of iOS app switching. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/url_loading_system/downloading_files_in_the_background

Anyhow, if you would enjoy an improvement of this function, you should upvote the feature request. The more votes we get, the sooner it gets fixed

Downloads is a farce. I have scoured these forums for hints to make Downloads actually work at all on any of my iOS / iPadOS devices but all I ever get is a spinning progress widget followed by ‘Error downloading this item’, despite having ‘Original’ specified for Video, Audio and Download Format o…

This is beyond ridiculous. I believe it even gets worse with every plex app update! So, every time my iPhone connects to a different wifi network it radomly re-downloads half of the items!

Yes, completely agree with downloads being rubbish. Spent soooo much data on trying to download on ios. Fix this!

Plex needs to improve the downloads feature

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fuddlepop October 8, 2022, 12:47pm 14

I, and many others have this issue too. Plex support have said they found the bug months ago but have stopped communicating. So frustrating…Send everyone to this threadhttps://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-no-subtitles-after-video-download-plex-wake-up-please-fix-the-bug/799896

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Plex needs to improve the downloads feature

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