Why Discovery+ Fans Need StreamFab

No offline mode + expiring content

Discovery+ offers no offline downloads — and your favorites can vanish overnight

Picture this: you are planning a road trip and want to pre-load your favorite HGTV renovation shows or a full Shark Week lineup for the drive — only to discover that Discovery+ offers no download feature on most plans. Even where limited offline access exists, licensing agreements mean beloved series can disappear without warning.

On top of that, the $4.99 Basic plan serves roughly four minutes of ads per hour, breaking the immersive experience of documentary series you are trying to enjoy. You pay every month, but you cannot guarantee access to the same shows you watched last season. That is where StreamFab changes everything.

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StreamFab creates permanent 1080p local copies of all your Discovery+ content

Imagine you have a curated list of Discovery+ shows you return to regularly — Fixer Upper, Planet Earth, Gold Rush, 90 Day Fiancé. StreamFab, developed by the StreamFab team with over 8 years of video software experience and trusted by tens of millions of users worldwide, saves any Discovery+ video as a 1080p MP4 or MKV file that lives on your hard drive permanently. No subscription check, no expiry date, no ads in the saved copy — just the episode, exactly as it aired, ready to play any time on any device.

Try StreamFab with 3 free downloads before making any commitment. The 14-day refund guarantee on annual plans removes every remaining risk, so you have nothing to lose and a full offline library to gain.

The Complete Discovery+ Download Feature Set

1080p · AAC 2.0

Download 55,000+ Discovery+ episodes in 1080p Full HD with AAC 2.0 audio

Imagine settling in for a Planet Earth marathon or an HGTV renovation binge on your living room TV without buffering or a shaky connection. Discovery+ offers its full catalog of 55,000+ episodes from HGTV, TLC, Animal Planet, Food Network, Discovery Channel, and Magnolia Network — and StreamFab captures every one of them at full 1080p resolution with clean AAC 2.0 stereo audio.

The quality in your saved file is identical to what streams on Discovery+. Whether it is a 45-minute home renovation episode or a multi-part nature documentary series, your offline copy looks exactly as sharp as the live stream, ready to play on your TV, laptop, or tablet without an internet connection.

MP4 · MKV

Save Discovery+ videos as MP4 or MKV to watch on any device

Think about all the screens you use to watch TV — a Smart TV in the living room, an iPad for travel, a laptop for work trips, a media server at home. StreamFab saves Discovery+ content in MP4, compatible with virtually every device, player, and operating system from iPhones and Android tablets to Windows PCs and Smart TVs, or in MKV for media server setups like Plex, Kodi, and PlayerFab.

MP4 files open instantly without extra codecs, making them the ideal choice for family devices. MKV is perfect when you want multi-track audio or embedded subtitles in an archival format. Both play indefinitely with no app login or active subscription required.

SRT · Embedded

Download Discovery+ subtitles as SRT files or embed them in the video

Think about watching a wildlife documentary with your family and wanting captions for young viewers, or catching up on Discovery+ crime dramas as a non-native English speaker who relies on subtitles to follow every detail.

StreamFab downloads available subtitle tracks alongside the video and gives you two options: save them as SRT files for use in any subtitle-compatible player — VLC, Plex, Kodi, or MPC-HC — or remux them directly into the MP4 or MKV file itself. Remuxed subtitles appear automatically in most Smart TVs and media players without needing to manage extra files sitting alongside your video collection, keeping your library clean and organized.

H.264 · H.265

Choose H.264 for compatibility or H.265 for 40% smaller file size

Picture building a large Discovery+ library spanning multiple Shark Week seasons, years of Fixer Upper, and dozens of Planet Earth episodes — and watching your external hard drive fill up faster than expected. StreamFab gives you a choice of two video codecs at download time. H.264 delivers maximum compatibility: every device, every player, and every Smart TV can play it without issues, making it the safe pick for family devices and older hardware.

H.265 (HEVC) produces the same 1080p visual quality at roughly 40 to 50 percent smaller file size, ideal for storing large season collections or transferring files to portable devices with limited storage. The choice is yours at download time, and no re-encoding is ever required after the fact.

download Discovery+ videos in H.264 or H.265

Perfect Downloading Experience You Get

Auto-Download New Discovery+ Episodes

Set up scheduled downloads for your favorite Discovery+ series. StreamFab fetches new episodes automatically — daily or weekly — so you are never behind on a season.

Batch Download Entire Seasons Fast

Queue full seasons or multiple Discovery+ series in one go. StreamFab handles them simultaneously so your offline library is ready in hours, not days.

Select Subtitle and Audio Language

Choose your preferred subtitle language and audio track before downloading. StreamFab applies your language preferences consistently across every episode in the batch.

Remove Discovery+ Ads from the Basic Plan

Download with the $4.99 Basic plan and StreamFab saves your videos ad-free. That is $48 per year cheaper than the $8.99 Premium plan — real savings that add up fast across a full year.

Organize Your Offline Discovery+ Library Like a Pro

Save Metadata

Preserve metadata so your media server organizes Discovery+ content perfectly

Imagine you have built a library of 200 or more Discovery+ episodes spanning HGTV, TLC, and Animal Planet. Without metadata, they are just a folder of video files with no way to tell one apart from another at a glance. StreamFab preserves title, series name, season number, episode number, cast, cover art, and synopsis for every single download.

Media server apps like PlayerFab, Plex, Kodi, and Jellyfin use that metadata to display your Discovery+ content with the correct thumbnail artwork and episode descriptions — making it as easy to browse your offline collection as navigating Discovery+'s own interface, but available permanently without any internet connection required.

StreamFab Discovery Plus metadata Plex Kodi PlayerFab episode thumbnails cover art

Feedbacks on StreamFab Discovery Plus Downloader

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Mark

Interior Designer

I downloaded six full seasons of Fixer Upper as 1080p MP4 files using H.265 — which saves around 40 percent of the storage space compared to H.264, a genuine difference when you are talking about six seasons on an external drive. The thing that really sealed the deal for me was the metadata support. My Plex library now shows the correct episode thumbnail art and descriptions for every single Fixer Upper episode, which makes browsing my reference library a pleasure instead of a chore.

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Alice

Science Teacher

I download Planet Earth episodes at home the night before class as 1080p MP4 files, and they play directly from a USB drive in VLC on any projector laptop without needing an internet connection or any special software. I have been downloading Shark Week content every summer since I got my license, and I now have a curated classroom library that I can pull from any time of year regardless of what Discovery+ decides to keep in the catalog.

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Jacob

Travel Writer

I use the Basic plan at $4.99 a month, and every episode I downloaded was completely clean — no mid-episode breaks interrupting a documentary right before the reveal. Second, the compatibility: I chose H.264 for the phone files because my older laptop does not always handle H.265 smoothly, and everything played without a single issue. The StreamFab installer itself was clean — no bundled software, no adware pop-ups during setup, just the tool doing exactly what it promised.

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Mark

Interior Designer

I downloaded six full seasons of Fixer Upper as 1080p MP4 files using H.265 — which saves around 40 percent of the storage space compared to H.264, a genuine difference when you are talking about six seasons on an external drive. The thing that really sealed the deal for me was the metadata support. My Plex library now shows the correct episode thumbnail art and descriptions for every single Fixer Upper episode, which makes browsing my reference library a pleasure instead of a chore.

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Alice

Science Teacher

I download Planet Earth episodes at home the night before class as 1080p MP4 files, and they play directly from a USB drive in VLC on any projector laptop without needing an internet connection or any special software. I have been downloading Shark Week content every summer since I got my license, and I now have a curated classroom library that I can pull from any time of year regardless of what Discovery+ decides to keep in the catalog.

J

Jacob

Travel Writer

I use the Basic plan at $4.99 a month, and every episode I downloaded was completely clean — no mid-episode breaks interrupting a documentary right before the reveal. Second, the compatibility: I chose H.264 for the phone files because my older laptop does not always handle H.265 smoothly, and everything played without a single issue. The StreamFab installer itself was clean — no bundled software, no adware pop-ups during setup, just the tool doing exactly what it promised.

M

Mark

Interior Designer

I downloaded six full seasons of Fixer Upper as 1080p MP4 files using H.265 — which saves around 40 percent of the storage space compared to H.264, a genuine difference when you are talking about six seasons on an external drive. The thing that really sealed the deal for me was the metadata support. My Plex library now shows the correct episode thumbnail art and descriptions for every single Fixer Upper episode, which makes browsing my reference library a pleasure instead of a chore.

A

Alice

Science Teacher

I download Planet Earth episodes at home the night before class as 1080p MP4 files, and they play directly from a USB drive in VLC on any projector laptop without needing an internet connection or any special software. I have been downloading Shark Week content every summer since I got my license, and I now have a curated classroom library that I can pull from any time of year regardless of what Discovery+ decides to keep in the catalog.

J

Jacob

Travel Writer

I use the Basic plan at $4.99 a month, and every episode I downloaded was completely clean — no mid-episode breaks interrupting a documentary right before the reveal. Second, the compatibility: I chose H.264 for the phone files because my older laptop does not always handle H.265 smoothly, and everything played without a single issue. The StreamFab installer itself was clean — no bundled software, no adware pop-ups during setup, just the tool doing exactly what it promised.

M

Mark

Interior Designer

I downloaded six full seasons of Fixer Upper as 1080p MP4 files using H.265 — which saves around 40 percent of the storage space compared to H.264, a genuine difference when you are talking about six seasons on an external drive. The thing that really sealed the deal for me was the metadata support. My Plex library now shows the correct episode thumbnail art and descriptions for every single Fixer Upper episode, which makes browsing my reference library a pleasure instead of a chore.

A

Alice

Science Teacher

I download Planet Earth episodes at home the night before class as 1080p MP4 files, and they play directly from a USB drive in VLC on any projector laptop without needing an internet connection or any special software. I have been downloading Shark Week content every summer since I got my license, and I now have a curated classroom library that I can pull from any time of year regardless of what Discovery+ decides to keep in the catalog.

J

Jacob

Travel Writer

I use the Basic plan at $4.99 a month, and every episode I downloaded was completely clean — no mid-episode breaks interrupting a documentary right before the reveal. Second, the compatibility: I chose H.264 for the phone files because my older laptop does not always handle H.265 smoothly, and everything played without a single issue. The StreamFab installer itself was clean — no bundled software, no adware pop-ups during setup, just the tool doing exactly what it promised.

Step 1 launch StreamFab select Discovery Plus from VIP Services

Step 1. Launch StreamFab and Open Discovery+ in the Built-In Browser

Launch StreamFab on your Windows PC or Mac. Navigate to VIP Services in the left panel and select the Discovery+ logo to open the secure built-in browser.

Step 2. Sign In to Discovery+ and Play Your Chosen Episode or Show

Sign into your Discovery+ account inside the built-in browser. Search for the show or episode you want — whether it is a Shark Week special, a Gold Rush season, or an HGTV marathon — and press Play.

Step 3. Set Your Preferences and Start Downloading

As the video begins playing, StreamFab displays a download prompt. Select your resolution (1080p or 720p), codec (H.264 or H.265), and format (MP4 or MKV), then click Download Now. Your personal local copy begins saving immediately.

System Requirements

Windows 11/10 (32/64 bit)

Intel i3 or above

4GB of RAM or above

40GB of free hard disk space or above

Live Internet connection required

StreamFab Discovery Plus Downloader

Why Discovery+ Fans Need StreamFab

Discovery+ offers no offline downloads — and your favorites can vanish overnight

StreamFab creates permanent 1080p local copies of all your Discovery+ content

The Complete Discovery+ Download Feature Set

Download 55,000+ Discovery+ episodes in 1080p Full HD with AAC 2.0 audio

Save Discovery+ videos as MP4 or MKV to watch on any device

Download Discovery+ subtitles as SRT files or embed them in the video

Choose H.264 for compatibility or H.265 for 40% smaller file size

Perfect Downloading Experience You Get

Auto-Download New Discovery+ Episodes

Batch Download Entire Seasons Fast

Select Subtitle and Audio Language

Remove Discovery+ Ads from the Basic Plan

Organize Your Offline Discovery+ Library Like a Pro

Preserve metadata so your media server organizes Discovery+ content perfectly

Download your favorite videos from Discovery Plus NOW!

Feedbacks on StreamFab Discovery Plus Downloader

System Requirements

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