VortX 0.5.6 beta 14: Android Account Recovery, Artwork and Offline Playback

Build 293 for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. This beta focuses on getting Android accounts through setup and making it easier to resume downloaded episodes across devices.

Fixed

• Android account setup and add-ons. Existing account backups reopen the choices to merge, use account data or keep device data. If setup needs attention, Add-ons opens VortX Account and keeps the manifest URL you entered. Older add-on names such as [4K] Movies can be read during recovery.
• Account sync across Apple and Android. An account created on the website can finish setup in the app. The first backup is written after the app checks for existing account data.
• Missing Home artwork. Continue Watching and Home cards can use their poster when wide artwork fails to load. Android catalog cards can also fall back to their original artwork.
• Android add-on subtitles. Open the subtitle menu to retry a provider that failed temporarily. Tracks already found stay available.
• Android Trakt sessions. After a rejected refresh, VortX gives account sync time to receive credentials refreshed by another device.
• Apple TV Top Shelf. The Full app looks for storage shared with its Top Shelf extension and can refresh eligible Continue Watching items from its saved snapshot. Compatibility depends on the signing profile preserving the shared group.

New

• Play downloads from a title. Open a movie or episode and choose Play Download when the file is available. Continue Watching can resume the local file. Autoplay can advance to the next downloaded episode.
• More player shortcuts. Use Space or K to play or pause, J and L to seek, M to mute, C for preferred subtitles and S to skip the current intro, recap or credits when available. A opens audio tracks and T opens subtitle controls.
• Choose where Mac downloads are saved. Select a folder on your Mac or a connected drive.

Please test

• On Android phone or TV, sign in to an existing account, complete the backup choice, and add an add-on. Try the same flow on a new account.
• On Apple and Android, open a downloaded episode from its title page, resume it from Continue Watching, then let it finish with the next episode downloaded.
• On Mac and Android, scroll through Home and Continue Watching and check that artwork fills in. On Apple TV Full, test Top Shelf after signing and installing.

Install

Mac (.dmg). Download VortX-macOS-v0.5.6-beta.14-ci.dmg and drag VortX into Applications. This is an Apple-silicon build for macOS 14 or later with an ad hoc signature. It is unnotarized. Install on Mac

iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The IPAs require compatible sideload signing. Use VortX-iOS-v0.5.6-beta.14-ci.ipa on iPhone or iPad. On Apple TV, use VortX-tvOS-v0.5.6-beta.14-ci.ipa for Full or VortX-tvOS-lite-v0.5.6-beta.14-ci.ipa for Lite. Installing on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV

Android phone, tablet and TV. Choose VortX-0.5.6-full-mpv-universal.apk for Full with mpv or VortX-0.5.6-play-media3-universal.apk for Play with Media3. Update using the same app variant. The Media3 AAB is for store distribution.

SHA256SUMS.txt lists package checksums. VortX-Hosted-Direct-Beta-Provenance.json records the original GitHub Actions builds.