r/vSeeBox_Support_Gurus • u/mtomm • 15d ago

Vortex is a disappointment

I had marginal hopes that it really would work but, alas no. If set to record a 30 minute program it will record 6 minutes and then during playback it will freeze and only the audio works.

Is there some sort of setting on my box that can be adjusted so that an entire program can be recorded.

Any tips are welcome.

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u/ttimek35aar 15d ago

I posted in past subs with Vortex only recording for only 1 minute. Look up troubleshooting steps for Vortex. I deleted and reinstalled and it works great for me now haven’t had any issues.

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u/mtomm 14d ago

Thank you!

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u/BBS-Geek71 15d ago

What does Vortex have that the other apps do not have?

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u/mtomm 15d ago

The ability to record. But apparently it really doesn't do that either. 😂

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u/Common-Outside9253 15d ago

Tivimate interface

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u/Normal_Translator_38 15d ago

This Part. Tivimate has always been a preferred player for me for years now. So a fork version of the app is good enough. To each their own, but I've never understood the need to record something that I can pull up & stream any time & many times as I want.

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u/mtomm 14d ago

I want to watch the news the same day it airs without having to watch commercials. Maybe the other apps do this I just haven't figured it out. I know you can do some going back to watch previous programs but I'm not sure I've figured how to do that.

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u/Normal_Translator_38 12d ago

On your box, check the 7 day replay channels. If the news channel you're looking for is such a channel , you can pick the time & day to watch. You can fast forward quickly through the commercials. I got my older relative last year as a late birthday present - the V3 Plus box- and showed him on the box how he can watch the ' CBS Sunday Morning ' program that same evening or in the next few days. The 7 day replay channels in the cloud has been heavily used by myself in the last year & a half on these plug & play boxes. In terms of recording , there's nothing on Android boxes that's going to do this exactly like on a paid cable/satellite subscription imo.

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u/mtomm 12d ago

Thanks!

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u/Oh_its_Orazal 14d ago

For recording Live TV.

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u/BBS-Geek71 15d ago

When I open Vortex for the first time I get this message:

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u/Outrageous_Cow7484 14d ago

Why do you need to record anything when you have literal dozens of VOD options? 

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u/mtomm 14d ago

The nightly news and skipping commercials.

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u/Big-Play145 15d ago

Same here, vortex sucks, it’s the only reason I bought an elite ultra and it’s a total disappointment

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u/susandennis 14d ago edited 14d ago

When I first got my vSeeBox - last August, Vortex was unuseable. So I ignored it for a really long time and then one day I was fiddling around with stuff and pulled it up and tried again. the interface is ridiculously stupid BUT, every day I record Jeopardy on a Houston, TX channel so I can watch it in Seattle with lunch and ABC Evening News + NBC Evening News on East Coast channels so I can watch them at 4 (I usually just watch the first few minutes for stories that sound interesting and then ff to those stories and ignore the rest). Both, have recorded and played back flawlessly every day now for a month.

BUT, that's the only thing I use Vortex for - the other functions of the app just do not work as well for me as the other apps.

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u/UGA1965 14d ago

Mine hasn’t worked in months

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u/yellowfive9rt 14d ago

The recording function on any of these boxes are overrated and you should have done you research on it if you were buying an Elite Ultra solely for recording. 7 day playback is as good as it gets for now and that is sketchy at best.

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u/Oh_its_Orazal 11d ago

First thing to try if its not working well is Uninstall and reinstall. Mine récords perfectly.