Wrc+

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 7th February 2019, 11:19

The main thing I and some others want is a pure sound audio option. Is that technically difficult and costly ?

**lnvs** · 7th February 2019, 15:14

Now that they already have option for commentary languages it can't be hard to add one more audio option.

**denkimi** · 7th February 2019, 17:31

Originally Posted by AnttiL

Does your kitchen move at 180 km/h in the mountains and forests?

Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

On most stages in the WRC you can't even get on FB, i know on Röjden and Svullrya in some places you can barely send a text.
Spain also had really bad connection. So how would you sort that out?

I do think there's a reason they use 150.000€ kits in each car for camera's and satellite signal through the repeater plane and not a smartphone

Why are you all trying to invent all those stupid reason for their failure?

The cameras are there, the transmittors are there, the helis/planes are there. Everything they need is already being used.
If they can switch cameras in the studio they get different feeds into that studio. So they can also send those feeds back out so people can watch them instead of stupid interviews.

Of course you will not be able to follow everyone all the time, but the helicam, the stationary camera's and at least 2 to 3 onboard cameras should be available at all time. There is no technical or financial reason why i should watch the start instead of an onboard.

Eurosport could do it 10 years ago, and that was before the time of smartphones, 4g or even drones.

**rallyfiend** · 7th February 2019, 17:46

Originally Posted by denkimi

Why are you all trying to invent all those stupid reason for their failure?

The cameras are there, the transmittors are there, the helis/planes are there. Everything they need is already being used.
If they can switch cameras in the studio they get different feeds into that studio. So they can also send those feeds back out so people can watch them instead of stupid interviews.

Of course you will not be able to follow everyone all the time, but the helicam, the stationary camera's and at least 2 to 3 onboard cameras should be available at all time. There is no technical or financial reason why i should watch the start instead of an onboard.

Eurosport could do it 10 years ago, and that was before the time of smartphones, 4g or even drones.

I tell you what. Why don't you choose a rally local to you, put all this in place, and send us all a link to watch it?

Hell, pick even just one stage.

**NickRally** · 7th February 2019, 18:50

At any one time there are already several feeds to the studio (wherever that is) and the question is why can’t they make this available to the subscribers.
Of course we know what the answer is, the promoter can’t cope with the current demand on their service and to enrich the service will inevitably cost money, which obviously they consider unnecessary. My impression is they try to get away with the minimum possible expenditure and only add value to the service when, for whatever reason, they think they have no other choice or must be seen to be doing something.

**Googol** · 7th February 2019, 21:24

Why do you keep on talking about mobile phones or 4g when they don't help at all? Also, if working cameras keep on changing, would the viewer need also constantly switch between them?

**denkimi** · 8th February 2019, 17:14

Originally Posted by rallyfiend

I tell you what. Why don't you choose a rally local to you, put all this in place, and send us all a link to watch it?

Hell, pick even just one stage.

If you pay me 10 thousand euro i'll be happy to do that for you.

**AndyRAC** · 11th February 2019, 11:07

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/n...nt-motor-sport

**AnttiL** · 11th February 2019, 11:17

Originally Posted by AndyRAC

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/n...nt-motor-sport

Richards says he wanted to start live streaming in 2000. What was the level of streaming technology back then? I think I didn't even have a broadband internet connection at the time, it only started becoming a household necessity in the next few years.