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 …

I rather spend my time starting testing with Jellyfin instead…. It has been annoying since way too long, this download function and since there are hundreds of users complaining online my guess is there is a real issue which plex can easily reproduce themselves. Just try to download using cell netwo…

Could you look into one other thing? it REALLY irks me that I cant download more then 24 hours of playlist at a time on plex amp, I would really appreciate it if you could look into all of that.

[image] DannyTheHeretic: it REALLY irks me that I cant download more then 24 hours of playlist at a time on plex amp That’s by design, not a bug.

may i ask why thats by design? and i get its not a bug, it just really annoys me the fact i cant shove all my music on my device

[image] michelfreund: Just try to download using cell network to your ios phone and in my case its reproduced. We have tested that and it works in our testing. Does it fail or just really slow? There is a known bug where using the iOS app on cellular for streaming a transcoded video was lim…

That can be the case, yes. But ive tried using wifi and 5G abroad, and since plex does not have a continue download function (which you also need when switching fron5G to wifi and back) you end up in endless loops. Im more than happy to have you test my local setup, using my ios client by the way. …

[image] michelfreund: plex does not have a continue download function (which you also need when switching fron5G to wifi and back) you end up in endless loops. Actually, it should resume. There are some situations where it cannot resume, or there may be a bug somewhere in this logic, which i…

@anon18523487 i appreciate you looking into this, but if there’s not already a slew of technical people doing a deep dive into this issue, it’s more of the same that we’ve gotten from Plex support. By this point you should have scores of logs from clients and servers that show the extent of this pro…

Yeah, or just like me start trying Emby or Jellyfin als an alternative.

Plex needs to improve the downloads feature

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anon18523487 January 31, 2023, 7:08am 42

It was a decision made by the company. There is a feature request to increase/remove that limit. Go vote for it. Download entire library or playlist in Plexamp

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Plex needs to improve the downloads feature

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