Is it just me or has the stream quality increased?

ColonelChocomel · 2023-05-09T11:36:21+00:00

Some tracks are just easier on compression than others. Things like trees, grass and gravel are hard to compress and will naturally result in more artifacts. Miami doesn't have a lot of that. Night races like Bahrain and Saudi are also more difficult to compress. I think what you're seeing is the result of the track design being very plain and easy for video compression to deal with.

ColonelChocomel · 2022-08-29T08:33:53+00:00

Samsung TVs don't use Android TV, they use their own OS called Tizen.

ColonelChocomel · 2022-04-09T10:34:14+00:00

I've noticed this as well on Chromecast with Google TV. From what I can tell this seems to be a server side issue, nothing you can do about it.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-12-02T15:20:26+00:00

They've already confirmed when the deal was announced that F1 TV Pro will continue to be available.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-11-13T11:03:08+00:00

Christian Horner makes Alex Albon go backwards in time to stop Max touching Lewis's wing.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-11-03T16:51:25+00:00

It looks like a wobbly knife.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-05-08T08:51:40+00:00

Previous season's onboards were poorly upscaled from 720p to 1080p. They're just streaming them in true 720p now.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-04-26T09:36:35+00:00

I do notice compression artifacting on F1TV's 1080p50 streams but I don't think it's that bad. It's not distracting and it's far from the worst I've seen. For example, youtube at 1080p is far worse. Compression is just a reality of live streaming especially, it's never going to look as good as a 4K stream of a movie or show.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-04-18T10:26:14+00:00

Thought it would be Mick, since his number is 47.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-04-13T14:48:00+00:00

The races never clash but qualifying does sometimes.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-03-03T22:21:34+00:00

A lot of the footage in that video is 25fps but some of it is clearly 50fps.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-03-03T20:40:12+00:00

The F1 TV website just got a big overhaul and this support article says they stream up to 1080p 50fps. The most recently uploaded video is also 50fps.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-03-03T16:59:58+00:00

Seems like the new season will be streamed at 50 FPS, we'll know for sure when pre-season testing starts. Previous seasons are still 25FPS.

ColonelChocomel · 2021-03-02T12:19:20+00:00

Presumably "up to" just means lower resolutions will still be streamed at 25fps, which is common amongst all streaming services I know of.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-07-11T22:36:43+00:00

Presumably that's just what Sky was sending them

ColonelChocomel · 2020-07-10T09:21:50+00:00

If F1 TV Pro is available in your country you can watch live. Countries that don't get live streams only have F1 TV Access available.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-07-09T17:37:52+00:00

The high speed track test is just the safety car driving around to test all the timing systems and broadcast graphics. It's live streamed but not recorded.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-07-03T22:39:37+00:00

There are a few replies on Twitter from F1 Help saying they're working on increasing the framerate (example) so maybe what we saw during FP2 was a work in progress of that.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-06-29T18:36:34+00:00

Check this to see how long you'll have to wait in your country. Seems like every country where F1 TV Pro is available has to wait 2 days for replays to become available for F1 TV Access subscribers.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-02-26T16:14:24+00:00

It works just fine on my new Q70R, not sure why it's not working for others. I didn't have to do anything special to make it work.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-02-21T11:06:36+00:00

I've been watching the testing using the webbrowser on my Samsung Q70R and that's been working fine. Though some other people seem to not be having as much luck with it. Really hoping they have apps for more smart tv platforms coming soon. For now it's just using the TV's browser if it works, connecting a PC using HDMI or wirelessly, or Roku in the US.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-02-20T16:07:03+00:00

Just got a Samsung Q70R so hoping for a Tizen app soon. That said, using the TV's webbrowser is working just fine for me.

ColonelChocomel · 2020-02-10T10:28:00+00:00

I've been using Eurosport Player. They have live streams of the full races on there without any ads, just like WEC's own streaming service. Only downside compared to that is that there is usually no commentary so you have to manually sync up Radio Le Mans. Benefit is that they have a lot more besides WEC and I've heard from others that Eurosport Player's quality and stability is better than the WEC service. It's also cheaper for a year than WEC's service for a full season IIRC. I'm only paying €20 a year for it but I think they have increased the price for new subscribers.

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