Practice (and other sessions) on the internet.
#1
Posted 13 March 2008 - 08:22
I found this website http://www.live-racing.tv/ but don't know how reliable it may be in terms of:
* Are all the sessions listed actually shown (i.e. it shows the practice1,2,3/qually/race times, but are they all actually broadcast through this website/server?)
* Is the streaming speed any good?
* How long will this last before Bernie shuts it down?
* Should I really give £9.95 to some random website that's appeared out of nowhere?
I'd seriously like to watch at least the sessions that will be on during the evening in Europe (I'm at work when the European practice sessions will be on) so I'm not convinced it's worth a tenner to watch sessions from maybe 5 races (Aus, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Japan).
Any other sites showing stuff, for free?
I still can't understand why the official site doesn't show it, it would be less than a drop in the ocean cost-wise for FOM to put that up on their website.
How tight are FOM by the way? You can watch actual Indycar races live on indycar.com, for F1 you can't even watch a practice session for free.....
I'm sure the sponsors wouldn't mind.
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#2
Posted 13 March 2008 - 08:50
I pick it up in the UK on an old analogue satellite system that I originally got for Eurosport. It's free to air, you just need the hardware.
I also use it to tune into another German channel, RTL, for the race, I switch to it during ITV ads - sometimes they overlap but sometimes not.
#4
Posted 13 March 2008 - 17:03
#5
Posted 13 March 2008 - 17:06
Not sure if I trust that site, it seems to good to be true IMO.
#6
Posted 13 March 2008 - 17:20
#8
Posted 13 March 2008 - 17:26
I see sites like this all the time and now also on Ebay that basically charge you money for a service like this and then just send you to the free site.
On these free sites the links come up only a few hrs before the stream begins and you need software like TVU player, or SopCast. Maybe this site is legit and he has his own streamers that are dedicated to his service but one will only know after you sign up. He does have a money back gurantee so...
Just my 2 cents
#9
Posted 13 March 2008 - 17:34
http://sport.rtl.de/...rmel1_82569.php
#10
Posted 13 March 2008 - 18:11
#11
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:06
The only downside of this are commercials every 10 minutes that last approximately 5 minutes. And when I watched it, it was always delayed for about 2 minutes. But hey, it's for free, I shouldn't complainOriginally posted by Scudetto
FYI: With TVUPlayer you can watch an internet stream of SpeedTV's F1 coverage via the "Wheels" channel.
I'm curious how ITV's internet broadcast will work out. I hope they have enough servers and enough broadband to support it, otherwise the entire thing will be very slow. Well... only two more hours to the first practice session and we'll see how it works out. Looks like I'm staying up late this evening
Edit: now I see it's for UK viewers only... too bad :
#12
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:23
It's not about 21st Century, it's all about money ;)Originally posted by Imperial
Is F1 still going to be in the dark ages this season or has it joined the 21st Century at last and maybe practice is available on the internet somewhere (tv footage, not timing data)?
#14
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:27
#15
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:30
#16
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:36
Originally posted by lukywill
sure. but only when they cover the practice sessions. usually they don´t do it. possible they will cover the australian gp.
I've never had occasion to use TVUPlayer to watch anything other than Friday practice sessions for the Canadian, US, and Brazilian races, since those are the only ones that take place during my work hours.
However, according to TVU's programming guide they do, in fact, stream the GP's as well.
#17
Posted 13 March 2008 - 21:44
Originally posted by Scudetto
I've never had occasion to use TVUPlayer to watch anything other than Friday practice sessions for the Canadian, US, and Brazilian races, since those are the only ones that take place during my work hours.
However, according to TVU's programming guide they do, in fact, stream the GP's as well.
it is not only TVU... there are othe p2p's that might stream it, and some are considerably better...
#18
Posted 13 March 2008 - 22:31
#19
Posted 13 March 2008 - 23:13
Back to watching Live Timing I guess.
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#20
Posted 14 March 2008 - 00:00
you just need Firefox + FoxyProxy add-on + UK proxy adress
I will not spoil you the fun of finding how to make all this work ...
#21
Posted 14 March 2008 - 01:50
#22
Posted 14 March 2008 - 01:53
#23
Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:15
#24
Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:24
Originally posted by pio!pio!
http://itv-80.vo.lln...castPlayer.html
you can vary that 80 from 01 to 99 if one gets too congested
will it work for folks outside uk?
#25
Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:30
Originally posted by kids like ash
Would be appreciated if you kept the link advertising to the itv feed to a minimum so it isnt too congested and slow, thanks.
But that wouldn't be fair for others, would it? Perhaps it should be only included in the live thread?
#26
Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:34
its somewhat unfair to people who dont know, but at the same time, telling everyone makes it unfair to the people who took the time to figure it out, for it to just overload and play 5 seconds of footage then buffer for 5 minutes.
#27
Posted 14 March 2008 - 05:05
I took the time to figure it out on my own (I'm not UK based, so I needed some sense of skill to do it)
but I don't mind sharing.
I realize one day they will smarten up, but this is the Internet age..spread it around and enjoy it while it lasts. If anything it'll be a wakeup call to FOM to see how many people want a live internet feed around the world
#28
Posted 14 March 2008 - 12:24
Double big thumbs up to the afore mentioned link and the very generous poster who provided it.
#29
Posted 14 March 2008 - 13:39
Originally posted by kids like ash
Would be appreciated if you kept the link advertising to the itv feed to a minimum so it isnt too congested and slow, thanks.
I really don't like people who doesn't like to share ...
#30
Posted 14 March 2008 - 13:57
Here is the link for my old favorite p2ptv sport schedule page, it seems TVUplayer is out of formula channels, only sopcast working (and that is slow time to time).
http://www.myp2p.eu/...s&allowedDays=1
#31
Posted 14 March 2008 - 15:50
#32
Posted 14 March 2008 - 19:05
Originally posted by lukywill
the quality was brilliant. the image. some people say it was 6'' delay. fantastic. spocast was about 2'.
Thank you! I will be heading there too I hope they deliver! (and not crash)
#33
Posted 14 March 2008 - 23:32
Does anyone know where a stream of pree practice 3 will be??
PLEASE!
#34
Posted 21 March 2008 - 17:11
"Sorry, rights restrictions prevent us from displaying this video content to users outside the UK"
It says the abve.
What is the solution?
Thanks
#35
Posted 22 March 2008 - 01:44
#36
Posted 22 March 2008 - 02:04
The stream isn't online right now, but hopefully that's just because it hasn't started yet?
#37
Posted 22 March 2008 - 02:12
#38
Posted 22 March 2008 - 02:17
#39
Posted 22 March 2008 - 03:02
Originally posted by snx843
Any Internet Feeds to FP3, ITV have let us down, halfbaked coverage,
http://www.tvlizer.c.../view/203/335/#
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#40
Posted 22 March 2008 - 03:14
#41
Posted 22 March 2008 - 03:14
Thanks anyway.
#42
Posted 22 March 2008 - 03:37
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Posted 22 March 2008 - 03:42
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Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:03
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Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:06
#46
Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:06
Sounded like Romanian or something, but I'm probably way off
#47
Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:14
Originally posted by travbrad
It got choppy again literally seconds after they had all crossed the line, but it stayed smooth during the rest of the session
Sounded like Romanian or something, but I'm probably way off
It's Swedish.
#48
Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:19
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Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:19
#50
Posted 22 March 2008 - 04:23