The server owner must allow the ability to Download when sharing with you and you will need an active Plex Pass subscription on your account. Can I use Downloads from a shared server even if that owner doesn’t have a Plex Pass?
Managed users will be able to use Downloads as long as the admin of the Plex Home has an active Plex Pass. If the admin of a Plex Home has an active Plex Pass subscription, then the members of the Plex Home that physically live together can use the Download/Sync functionality from the main Plex Media Server (if enabled for each share).If a close friend shares a library with you and enables the ability to Download/Sync, then you will also need a Plex Pass subscription on your account, regardless of whether your friend has a subscription or not.If you run your own Plex Media Server, you will need a Plex Pass subscription on your account to use the Downloads feature.One of the big differences is that Downloads requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the end user who is performing the download, not for the owner of the Plex Media Server, as such. It is designed to be faster, more robust, and to allow downloading without requiring the content to be transcoded in more cases. Downloads uses a new method for handling the downloading of content from your Plex Media server to your mobile or desktop device. “Downloads” is a replacement for our original, no-longer-available “Mobile Sync” functionality. What is the difference between Downloads and Mobile Sync? You do not need to already be sharing to that Plex account for them to be grandfathered into the feature. Yes if that Plex account existed before the to be determined cut off date. If I create a new share with a user that has an old Plex account, will they be able to use Downloads? The date will be provided once a decision has been made. When will new users need to have a Plex Pass to use Downloads?