race-control-tv VS f1tv_plus

Hi, there is a third party Android/Fire TV client called F1 TV Viewer. It would be great if you could support this app. https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv

For me the official app works quite well when sideloaded but if you can't get it working I recommend this third party app https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv

You have to sideload it, but this third party client exists: https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv

I have both the official F1TV App and https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv on a FireTV Stick "Lite" and a "Google Chromecast with Google TV". I probably sideloaded both of them (via adb). Haven't used them since last season, but they were working back then.

There's one for Android TV, but none to run on your phone or tablet that I know of

This started happening on Android when they enabled DRM on the streams. Assuming you use a device with Android 12 or later, you can just use Race Control TV to fix the issue. With Android 11 or earlier, Race Control TV also stutters due to this issue, which can be fixed by a custom build of the the app and force-enabling the fix mentioned in the issue.

Other apps, such as https://github.com/NoahFetz/F1AppleTV, or https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv, have both been able to add DRM support with relatively minimal effort, since this was offered out-of-the-box on those platforms.

https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv (for Android TV, with DRM support)

Though, there are already other Android (TV) 3rd-party apps out there (https://github.com/leonardoxh/race-control-tv), and people could probably build on top of them. I'm happy to assist/share information about anything!

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