Discovery Plus Downloader

My current Investigation Discovery archive runs to about 340 episodes across 18 series — approximately 800 GB in H.265 format on a 2 TB external drive. The ad removal has been a secondary benefit I didn't anticipate when I started. ID content on the Essential plan carries ads that break narrative tension in the middle of witness testimony segments — having those removed from the saved files genuinely improves the documentary watching experience. I've been using StreamFab for 10 months and the oldest captures are still completely playable without re-download or subscription check.

Malcolm / True Crime Documentary Enthusiast

We watch the downloaded Discovery+ shows through Plex, and the metadata integration of StreamFab means the Fixer Upper seasons appear correctly organized with episode thumbnails exactly as you'd expect from a properly maintained library. We have the complete Fixer Upper run (5 seasons, 88 episodes), all 9 seasons of Property Brothers, and about 60 HGTV Renovation specials — roughly 400 GB in H.265 format. The H.265 compression was important for us because our storage is limited, and the 40 percent size reduction compared to H.264 meant we could fit everything on the drive we already had.

Anne / Journalist

StreamFab gave me a way to build a stable reference archive that doesn't depend on Discovery+'s licensing schedule. I've been downloading primarily nature and science documentary content in 1080p H.265 — episodes of Blue Planet, Attenborough collections, Deadliest Catch for ocean ecosystem content, and various Animal Planet wildlife series. The audio quality on the AAC 2.0 captures is clean and accurate for the location audio that's central to wildlife documentary production. My current reference library is 127 Discovery+ episodes across 14 series, totaling about 310 GB — all stable, all permanent, all organized through Plex without manual metadata management.

Emily / Writer