Legit streaming of F1 in 2019

[LordGrover]

Not just me then?

Furthermore, teh series are all named under the first one recorded; i.e. my recordings are under Australia. FFS.

[Patch1875]

illmonkey said:

Not sure where to rant about this, but this seems a good as any.

I have the F1 setup to record on a series link. I only set the race up, as it's all I care about. But, sky have decided to series link 16 programmes over a race weekend to be recorded on my box. SIXTEEN. It covers everything from "welcome to the weekend", practice, before, after, everything.

I just want the race, that's it, but sky have decided they need to use ~35% of my HDD capacity for the 90 minutes of TV I want recorded.

I've tried to remove it and just add the race again and it still does it.

WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

My Sky Q box doesn’t series link properly it says the races are series linked but they don’t record the next one seems only practice does.

[MissChief]

Patch1875 said:

illmonkey said:

Not sure where to rant about this, but this seems a good as any.

I have the F1 setup to record on a series link. I only set the race up, as it's all I care about. But, sky have decided to series link 16 programmes over a race weekend to be recorded on my box. SIXTEEN. It covers everything from "welcome to the weekend", practice, before, after, everything.

I just want the race, that's it, but sky have decided they need to use ~35% of my HDD capacity for the 90 minutes of TV I want recorded.

I've tried to remove it and just add the race again and it still does it.

WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

My Sky Q box doesn’t series link properly it says the races are series linked but they don’t record the next one seems only practice does.

I believe that if you set the race to record it'll only record the race. If you set anything else to record it'll record the lot. Not 100% sure though.

[illmonkey]

MissChief said:

Patch1875 said:

illmonkey said:

Not sure where to rant about this, but this seems a good as any.

I have the F1 setup to record on a series link. I only set the race up, as it's all I care about. But, sky have decided to series link 16 programmes over a race weekend to be recorded on my box. SIXTEEN. It covers everything from "welcome to the weekend", practice, before, after, everything.

I just want the race, that's it, but sky have decided they need to use ~35% of my HDD capacity for the 90 minutes of TV I want recorded.

I've tried to remove it and just add the race again and it still does it.

WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

My Sky Q box doesn’t series link properly it says the races are series linked but they don’t record the next one seems only practice does.

I believe that if you set the race to record it'll only record the race. If you set anything else to record it'll record the lot. Not 100% sure though.

I’ve only set the race, I’ve tried it twice, still records the lot. I may swap the drive out for a much bigger one, just so I don’t have to keep tidying it up on a Saturday.

[rscott]

illmonkey said:

MissChief said:

Patch1875 said:

illmonkey said:

Not sure where to rant about this, but this seems a good as any.

I have the F1 setup to record on a series link. I only set the race up, as it's all I care about. But, sky have decided to series link 16 programmes over a race weekend to be recorded on my box. SIXTEEN. It covers everything from "welcome to the weekend", practice, before, after, everything.

I just want the race, that's it, but sky have decided they need to use ~35% of my HDD capacity for the 90 minutes of TV I want recorded.

I've tried to remove it and just add the race again and it still does it.

WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

My Sky Q box doesn’t series link properly it says the races are series linked but they don’t record the next one seems only practice does.

I believe that if you set the race to record it'll only record the race. If you set anything else to record it'll record the lot. Not 100% sure though.

I’ve only set the race, I’ve tried it twice, still records the lot. I may swap the drive out for a much bigger one, just so I don’t have to keep tidying it up on a Saturday.

If it's a Q box, I wouldn't swap the drive. The boxes are Sky's property, not yours and report back a huge amount of data to Sky, so would almost certainly flag up a drive change.
I don't believe the filesystem used by Q supports drives over 2TB anyway.

[Deesee]

rscott said:

illmonkey said:

MissChief said:

Patch1875 said:

illmonkey said:

Not sure where to rant about this, but this seems a good as any.

I have the F1 setup to record on a series link. I only set the race up, as it's all I care about. But, sky have decided to series link 16 programmes over a race weekend to be recorded on my box. SIXTEEN. It covers everything from "welcome to the weekend", practice, before, after, everything.

I just want the race, that's it, but sky have decided they need to use ~35% of my HDD capacity for the 90 minutes of TV I want recorded.

I've tried to remove it and just add the race again and it still does it.

WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

My Sky Q box doesn’t series link properly it says the races are series linked but they don’t record the next one seems only practice does.

I believe that if you set the race to record it'll only record the race. If you set anything else to record it'll record the lot. Not 100% sure though.

I’ve only set the race, I’ve tried it twice, still records the lot. I may swap the drive out for a much bigger one, just so I don’t have to keep tidying it up on a Saturday.

If it's a Q box, I wouldn't swap the drive. The boxes are Sky's property, not yours and report back a huge amount of data to Sky, so would almost certainly flag up a drive change.
I don't believe the filesystem used by Q supports drives over 2TB anyway.

Why don't you just watch it on catch up, mine shows every session and every programme from every race weekend? Uses zero space on the planner.

[illmonkey]

rscott said:

If it's a Q box, I wouldn't swap the drive. The boxes are Sky's property, not yours and report back a huge amount of data to Sky, so would almost certainly flag up a drive change.
I don't believe the filesystem used by Q supports drives over 2TB anyway.

It's an old Sky+ box so no issues, I imagine it's only a 250GB or so.

Deesee said:

Why don't you just watch it on catch up, mine shows every session and every programme from every race weekend? Uses zero space on the planner.

Because it's not available for a few hours, at least it never used to be. So depending on when the race is, I'd have to wait to start watching.

[Smitters]

LordGrover said:

Not just me then?

Furthermore, teh series are all named under the first one recorded; i.e. my recordings are under Australia. FFS.

I can't believe it's still doing this. It was annoying two years ago and one of the (many) reasons I binned Sky. I'd happily pay to watch the races live, but not to the tune of £100's per year. Sky's coverage has cost them me as a viewer, not attracted me.

[Jon39]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but have only just spotted this topic, and have not read it completely.

There is a perfectly legitimate way to watch FREE live F1 races in the UK, which has been available for years. Niki Lauda used to be part of the commentary team.

Use an ordinary satellite dish and a generic (ie. not a restricted channel type) satellite signal set top box. Bought mine years ago from Lidl, in a set which is popular with caravanners.

Sky and UK dishes point to a satellite called Astra 26°.
You need to point your dish not to that usual satellite, but to Astra 19°. It transmits mainland Europe TV channels.

A German channel called RTL broadcast live F1 races.
Obviously the commentary is in German, but if you want to you can use a radio with BBC Radio 5 at the same time. FM or medium wave is probably best not digital, otherwise the talking might be a minute after the pictures.
To complete your viewing, have a tablet or laptop with the F1.com live timing screen on as well.

Of passing interest also might be the German Eurosport channel. It is a free version of the pay for, British Eurosport.

Pointing the dish can be tricky, but it gets easier with experience. Make use of the three tone sound signal (select using the set top box remote control - 'Info' then '1'. Three different sound notes for you to hear while you are moving the dish, with the highest being spot on the correct direction. There is a slight delay before the satellite signal gets through, so move the dish very slowly.

Hope that might be of help to some of you.

Edited by Jon39 on Tuesday 30th July 19:31