We usually use the Netflix streaming video platform from our browser or with its official application to watch our movies, series and documentaries. Obviously, for this we need to have a good Internet connection.
In fact, we could say that this is the main premise that we find when using the different streaming services, whether they are video or music. And it is that they allow us to consume their content through our connection, all in real time. That is precisely why the connections we are talking about should be stable enough to avoid cuts and jumps. This is something that must be fulfilled in most cases, but there are exceptions.
For those of you who don’t know, for some time we have been able to download titles from the Netflix streaming platform. This is something that we can carry out locally to enjoy that video content at those times when we do not have an internet connection. For example, if we are going to go on vacation to a place without internet or we are going to spend some time without a flat rate, this functionality will be very helpful. This means that before going offline we can download the video content that we want to see to enjoy later on the computer.
However, we must be careful with certain limitations that we are going to find in this regard and thus avoid later disappointments when they no longer have a solution. It is precisely all of this that we want to talk about in these lines. We refer to the problems that you may encounter when downloading videos from Netflix to watch offline.
Not all content is available for download
The first thing we must take into consideration at this point is that not all the content in the Netflix catalog is available for download. There are several reasons for all this, as the company itself explains. There are certain exclusive movies on other platforms that we cannot download, or perhaps their popularity and cost do not allow downloading. This means that only a selection of titles are available to take advantage of this offline playback feature.
Downloaded videos have an expiration date
In addition, it is important to know that the offline availability of these contents that we have downloaded has an expiration date. In fact, it is not always the same, since there are some that will only last 48 hours on our hard drive, while others will last for a couple of weeks. Therefore, it is evident that all this is something that we must take into consideration based on the time that we will be without an internet connection.
We can’t download movies on multiple computers at the same time
Sometimes we are going to find that we cannot download a certain title to our computer because it is already on another device. This is quite common in the event that we share an account or use several devices to watch Netflix videos offline. Therefore, for example, to download a movie on the mobile, we will first have to delete the same download on the PC.
It is impossible to take those videos to other devices such as a USB
At the same time, we must take into consideration that once we download these movies or series to the computer’s hard drive, we cannot handle the videos as if they were conventional files. How could it be otherwise, we do not have the possibility of taking those files with the movies or series to an external USB memory to use it on another computer, for example.
