How to Fix Plex's Broken Offline Downloads Feature

April 8, 2023

Plex is a great tool for streaming the movies you own as physical media. However, if you use it a lot (like much of the Review Geek staff does), you may have noticed that offline downloads don’t always work as well as you’d hoped. In our top story, Andrew breaks down how Plex offline downloads work, what the issue with them is, how you can fix the problem, and gives you some tips about reporting bugs.

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— Danny

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