F1viewer

README

F1Viewer

Stream any F1TV VOD with MPV or download the corresponding .m3u8 file.

Now also supports live streams.

USAGE

1. install F1Viewer

   build it yourself

   $ git clone https://github.com/SoMuchForSubtlety/F1viewer/
   $ cd F1Viewer
   $ cp sample-config.json config.json
   $ go get github.com/rivo/tview
   $ go build
   

   or

   or download pre-compiled binaries https://github.com/SoMuchForSubtlety/F1viewer/releases/

2. Download MPV

   Download it from here (Windows users please download from here) and either put it in the same folder as the F1Viewer binary or add it to your PATH environment variable.

FLAGS

-d

shows debug information

CONFIG

The config is is optional. It is used to set a preferred audio language and custom commands. It should look like this.

{
    "preferred_language": "en",
    "custom_playback_options": [
        {
            "title": "Play with MPV custom",
            "commands": [
                ["mpv", "$url", "--alang=de"]
            ],
            "watchphrase": "Video",
            "command_to_watch": 0
        }
    ]
}

Save sample-config.json as config.json in the same Folder as the F1Viewer binary and edit it so it fits your needs.

CUSTOM COMMANDS

You can execute custom commands, for example to launch a different player. These are set in the config under custom_playback_options. You can add as many as you want.

title is the title. It will appear next to the standard Play with MPV and Download .m3u8.

commands is where your custom command goes. There can be one or more. Commands are saved as a list of args, like ["mpv", "$url", "--alang=de"].
$url will be replaced with the playback URL.
$file will be replaced with the path to a local copy of the .m3u8 file.

watchphrase is optional. it is used to play a loading... animation. F1Viewer can parse the output of your command and stop the animation once the watchphrase is found. This can be useful if your command takes a while to execute.

command_to_watch belongs to watchphrase. It defines what command to parse if there are multiple. It is indexed at 0 so if you only have 1 command, command_to_watch should be 0.

If command_to_watch is out of range or watchphrase is an empty string, the loading animation will be skipped.