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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The official app does download files for offline viewing, but it downloads the file to your downloads folder, like a web browser.

Findroid downloads the file to the apps internal storage and plays it back in-app.

Some other platform-native third party JF apps like JellyFlix and Streamyfin allow you to transcode your downloads for smaller files, different resolution, and file compatibility. They also download to the app storage and play back in-app