TV coverage in retrospect

[hugoc2s]

A bit of a weak post here I'm afraid. However, I was at Monza this year and it was fantastic. Great seats overlooking the grid with the Ferrari crowd. Unfortunately, I didn't arrange for someone to record the TV footage. Is there anywhere you can get it? Tried Googling to no avail. Cheers.
Hugh.

[FourWheelDrift]

If it's on the internet it won't be for very long as Bernie the Bolt comes down on anyone showing current Formula One TV footage like a ton of rancid bananas. Amateur video footage is OK but you're after TV footage and the only place you could find it is via eMule/eDonkey/Shareaza type p2p systems.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Sunday 29th October 22:10

[hugoc2s]

Cheers FWD. Maybe someone out there has commited it to DVD and could send me a copy in return for a nice bottle of red. Or is that kind of thing too naughty?

[forever_driving]

I've found a DVD on a newsgroup that I could download for you (only newsgroup members can access their files). No idea which channel the coverage might be from, but I think it's in English. There's another file which might be the entire race from an onboard cam, but I won't know until I've downloaded it. Let me know if you want me to waste some (illegal) bandwidth.

[hugoc2s]

That would be fantastic FD. Forever in your debt...and all that! email me if required. Cheers. Hugh.

[forever_driving]

Do you know if you can watch .VOB files on your computer? The format I downloaded isn't a DVD format, but .VOB... I'm using a Mac and not sure if they work with Windows Media Player. You might be able to watch it with Video Lan Client (which is free!!). Anyway, I can burn the DVD for you, but you have a choice:

Either:

1) Full coverage from race preview to finish
or
2) Miss out on race preview and start watching from the warmup lap + entire race from Ferrari/Renault/McLaren onboard cameras.

[FourWheelDrift]

.vob files are DVD format. You just need to start up a DVD player like PowerDVD to play it.

Ah, just noticed you mention Mac, I don't think it should make a difference, .vob files are what you get on a DVD disc so if you have something that plays a disc it will play the file.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 30th October 11:39

[hugoc2s]

FD...you are a star! I think that I'd quite like to see the preview and all that stuff, since I was there and missed out on the chat about Alonso's penalty during qualifying. Watching the whole race from inboard cameras might be a bit too hardcore. My other half thinks I'm too geeky about cars and if I was caught doing that she'd p!ss herself!!! I hope this is not too much trouble. Please email me re logistics of this. Thank you again. Thanks also to FWD for techie-help!

Hugh.

[TonyToniTone]

have a look on www.racing-underground.com

[hugoc2s]

Thanks TTT. I'll check it out but FD is sorting me out on this occasion. Thanks FD!