RaceControl VS f1tv_plus

If you're using older 3rdparty clients like Race Control or f1viewer, then the stream has double the bitrate than with /r/F1MultiViewer or the official app (both show the video bitrate through debug menu). You can also easily verify this for archived races by downloading the stream segments with your preferred browser and decrypting the non widevine protected video with the key from the m8u3 file.

My dude change the name RC has already been an F1 program https://github.com/robvdpol/RaceControl

Iirc RaceControl allows you to download older races where DRM has been removed.

Or watch on a PC. Some helpful redditor made and shared RaceControl, it's great if you have a large screen or multiple screens. I usually have the broadcast running on my primary screen and telemetry+some driver cams on secondary. It can also sync streams (or at least tries its best).

https://github.com/robvdpol/RaceControl (for Windows, no DRM support yet, but one contributor is working on this)

makes me miss RaceControl, i would fit 6 feeds on my 21:9 screen and perfectly sync them live and for replays too.

Race Control is one of the previously popular 3rdparty clients for f1tv, but like f1viewer, they rely on external players that don't support streaming with widevine DRM.

This ia one of the reasons many people on /r/F1TV suggest /r/F1MultiViewer and previously other 3rdparty viewers like Race Control and F1Viewer, before they introduced DRM to the live streams this year in April.

At some races I feel like things might get interesting I simply use F1 Race Control anyway with F1 TV and just put up the world feed with a bunch of other feeds right next to it. Couple of onboards for example to keep track of some fighting going on.

With third party clients like /r/F1MultiViewer/ to see as many streams as your home network can handle. Same is applicable for greasemonkey/tampermonkey scripts of F1TV+ or the self hosted F1WebViewer proxy.

You can use apps on Android, Amazon & Apple devices (some android TV's don't support it natively, i.e. Sony - where you have to manually side load it) - up to 6 of them at the same time. You can use the webpage at https://f1tv.formula1.com/ to stream in parallel. You can use third party clients like /r/F1MultiViewer/ to see as many streams as your home network can handle. Same is applicable for greasemonkey scripts of F1TV+ or the self hosted F1WebViewer proxy. Their ToS limits it to 6 devices, but it only counts app installs - they're not enforcing the same single stream limit on the webpage or through 3rd party apps on multiple devices. They have both "F1 Live" and "International" feed with various audio channels available (Sky Germany, Canal+ for French, Dazn for Spanish and Sky UK for english). The monthly is easier to cancel/renew when necessary - this year it should be possible to get the monthly cheaper than the yearly fee and see all races, if you tactically subscribe/unsubscribe - as both subscriptions are not for the "season" bot for 30 days / 12 months.

F1TV Pro. Live and replays from different angles, including on-board cams for all drivers. Additional videos showing track position and extra data. If you like F1, F1 Pro is the way to go. You can open multiple windows to view multiple streams at once, or use something like F1TV+.

https://github.com/najdek/f1tv_plus (browser extension, with DRM support)

Race Control was a dead end and the only thing i found that worked for me minutes before race start was F1+ (Tampermonkey). Its very helpful, but finding it difficult to change audio and it lacks the option to display driver timing other then the default grid overview (not sure what its called).

f1tv+ is your friend.

I'm afraid I won't be able to help you out much more than this, as I am nothing but a user of this great app and have no experience with coding. So i don't know anything about how these drm messes work. You could install tampermonkey addon and then install F1TV+ userscript

Here it is: https://github.com/najdek/f1tv_plus