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mclark11

27th March 2009, 01:25

Is there any legal way to download or watch f1 races without cable or satellite. I know I can do torrent but I don't want that, it's very time consuming.

Dave B

27th March 2009, 01:27

You don't say where you are.

27th March 2009, 01:38

I'm guessing by 'cable', he's in the US.

Valve Bounce

27th March 2009, 01:46

http://www.justin.tv/dimoni

Tazio

27th March 2009, 04:40

http://www.justin.tv/dimoni

You'll need an eyepatch!! Peg-leg optional! Aye :p :

gloomyDAY

27th March 2009, 05:22

Magic...

Mark

27th March 2009, 08:17

I'm guessing by 'cable', he's in the US.

We have cable in the UK too. http://www.virginmedia.com/

Unless you say where you are, my response is, BBC1.

ArrowsFA1

27th March 2009, 08:31

BBC - Practice 1 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7967367.stm

(presumably only viewable in the UK)

grantb4

27th March 2009, 15:00

You could spoof your IP.

Ghostwalker

27th March 2009, 15:34

isnt there a german website that broadcasts F1? or is it only viewable in Germany?

Mifune

27th March 2009, 15:46

http://www.justin.tv/dimoni

thank you very much.

Ghostwalker

27th March 2009, 15:48

if you wouldnt mind paying for it you can try this:
http://www.watchliveformula1.com/

i have never tried it myself so i dont know if its a serious reliable website?

Dave B

27th March 2009, 17:08

if you wouldnt mind paying for it you can try this:
http://www.watchliveformula1.com/

i have never tried it myself so i dont know if its a serious reliable website?

NOOOOOO!!! It'll just be a site which provides links of dubious legality, which are freely available if you know where to look. Never ever ever ever ever pay one of these scammers.

aryan

27th March 2009, 23:21

if you wouldnt mind paying for it you can try this:
http://www.watchliveformula1.com/

i have never tried it myself so i dont know if its a serious reliable website?

They are thieves. They only provide links to other illegal streams on the web, which are generally available to people who know where to look for.

Unfortunately, there is no provider online streaming the race worldwide. Some national providers (BBC) will stream on their website, but due to licensing, they are only able to stream to IP addresses of their own country.

Of course, anyone who knows anything about IT knows that spoofing an IP address takes two minutes. There are so many ways to do it, including anonymizers (like TOR), public proxies, and even VPN. In terms of quality and reliability, nothing beats a good VPN, but you usually have to pay for it (a UK VPN costs about ₤8 a month these days).

And while riping pubilc streams and providing them on dodgy websites is certainly illegal, there is no law in any country prohibiting anyone from getting a UK VPN and then accessing the BBC website from there.

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 00:21

What's wrong with justin?

mclark11

28th March 2009, 01:47

I'm in the US

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 01:52

I'm in the US

...........and justin doesn't work there? Tazio gave me the link, and he lives there.

Mjfan12

28th March 2009, 02:21

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 02:30

justin is great but usually the quality is crap. but hey beggers cant be choosers.

I have speed so f1 is covered but moto gp, and others I need to catch online if I want to see it live and not tape delayed.

When the alternative is following the times in F1.com with no vid, then one could regard justin as miraculous and wonderful. It's all relative to what you can or cannot get.

ozrevhead

28th March 2009, 02:54

try this one http://www.justin.tv/atomic_napalm

mclark11

28th March 2009, 03:29

Justin does work... Funny, first time I heard of it was one week ago from my brother in Colombia... (a different juntin channel).
What is justin?

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 04:01

Look!! I've posted this a zillion times. If you havn't got F1 on the telly, go to pino's chat room during the sessions, particularly during quals and the race and ask around. Somebody will help you out.

aryan

28th March 2009, 04:04

What's wrong with justin?

1. It's illegal
2. Poor quality

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 04:13

1. It's illegal
2. Poor quality

So!! You never smoked when you were at school?

So don't watch it - you can follow quals or the race on the live times at F1.com.

As far as I'm concerned, my door is locked and the police need a search warrant to enter my apartment. By then, I'll just close justin. This weekend, we have F1 live, so I don't need justin.

Tazio

28th March 2009, 04:18

Valve Bounce

28th March 2009, 04:24

I'll "hole up" and shoot it out with the Cop'ers! :)
It's a pirate's life for me lads :p :

On second thought, I'll join you. Pirates in arms!! :)

aryan

28th March 2009, 07:55

So!! You never smoked when you were at school?

So don't watch it - you can follow quals or the race on the live times at F1.com.

As far as I'm concerned, my door is locked and the police need a search warrant to enter my apartment. By then, I'll just close justin. This weekend, we have F1 live, so I don't need justin.

That's not what I meant Valve. I wasn't saying you, or anyone else, shouldn't use such a feed. In fact, I have used it myself in the past, and might very well use it again in the future.

All I was saying is, there are perfectly valid reasons why someone might want to try another alternative. Why IMO there is demand for a paying service to stream F1 live, worldwide.

I heard FOTA talking about these things in their statements (about pursuing alternative methods of revenue, etc.). Hopefully something will come off those talks soon.

Dave B

28th March 2009, 07:58

If FOM could offer a paid-for feed at a reasonable cost, with a guaranteed QoS, very few people would bother turning to the pirates. There's a revenue stream waiting to be tapped.