In a method and system for offline content playback, a first plurality of portions of content streamed from a content sharing service for presentation by a media player is received. A request from a user to make the content available for offline playback is received, and in response to the request, a second plurality of portions of the content streamed from the content sharing service for presentation by the media player is stored. The first plurality of portions is requested and received from the content sharing service. The received first plurality of portions is stored, such that the first plurality of portions and the second plurality of portions are available for offline playback.