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Race Control Changelog

What's new in Race Control 2.6.4

Apr 9, 2022
  • Login is now done using the F1TV website (fixes 'status code Forbidden' error).

New in Race Control 2.6.3 (Mar 27, 2022)

  • Fixed bug where 'Windowed' or 'Fullscreen' would be stuck on screen after loading layout
  • Save resize state when going back to windowed mode
  • Improved performance

New in Race Control 2.6.1 (Mar 21, 2022)

  • Renamed 'World Feed' to 'International' and 'Pit Lane' to 'F1 Live' (2022 season)
  • Fixed an error when running multiple instances of Race Control
  • Fixed muted streams in saved layout were not opened as muted

New in Race Control 2.6.0 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • Migrated to .NET 6
  • Upgraded Flyleaf to version 3.4.9
  • Add setting to skip save dialog
  • Added ability to increase / decrease playback speed
  • Improved performance of api calls
  • Fixed an issue where downloads would be missing the first couple of seconds
  • Fixed 'NotFound' issue when getting events for season that does not exist

New in Race Control 2.5.5 (Dec 17, 2021)

  • Fixed issue where downloads were sometimes crashing

New in Race Control 2.5.4 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Improved stability of internal player
  • Improved performance when switching audio track or video quality
  • Enabled downloading of live broadcasts

New in Race Control 2.5.3 (Nov 19, 2021)

  • Fixed performance issues on certain systems
  • Audio tracks on downloads are now named correctly

New in Race Control 2.5.2 (Nov 7, 2021)

  • Fixed audio track and video quality switching in internal player during live streams
  • Assets 5

New in Race Control 2.5.1 (Nov 6, 2021)

  • Fixed 'load fail' error when casting
  • Added pre-selection of video quality in options panel
  • Sort events for current season in descending order
  • Automatically select current event when selecting current season
  • Added keyboard shortcut and menu entry to show main window
  • Added support for play/pause media control key
  • Fixed MPV team radio audio track selection
  • Select correct audio track when loading layout in MPV
  • Upgraded MPV to version 2021-10-17
  • Upgraded internal player to FlyLeaf 3.3.10

New in Race Control 2.5.0 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Added pre-selection of video quality in options panel
  • Sort events for current season in descending order
  • Automatically select current event when selecting current season
  • Added keyboard shortcut and menu entry to show main window
  • Added support for play/pause media control key
  • Fixed MPV team radio audio track selection
  • Select correct audio track when loading layout in MPV
  • Upgraded MPV to version 2021-10-17
  • Upgraded internal player to FlyLeaf 3.3.10

New in Race Control 2.4.1 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • Switched to version 2.0 of F1TV Play API
  • Let subscription token expire after 4 days instead of 7 days
  • Removed backup stream
  • Fixed thumbnails not showing

New in Race Control 2.4.0 (Sep 2, 2021)

  • Enabled seeking and syncing of live sessions in internal player
  • Added support for playToken-cookies for CloudFront streams
  • Improved VLC path detection
  • Upgraded FlyleafLib to 3.2.5

New in Race Control 2.3.5 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Upgraded internal player to Flyleaf 3.1.14
  • Added recording function to internal player

New in Race Control 2.3.4 (Jul 14, 2021)

  • Fixed live sessions not showing in 'Live Now' section

New in Race Control 2.3.3 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • General:
  • Fixed casting of live sessions
  • Added setting to use custom MPV executable
  • Added setting to disable thumbnail tooltips
  • Added setting to disable live session notification sound
  • Do not play live session notification sound during active live session
  • Sort channels by driver name
  • Internal player:
  • Reset sound to 100% on mouse wheel click
  • When fullscreen, ESC key exits fullscreen mode instead of closing the player
  • Bugfix: when a stream does not load, the player could not be closed

New in Race Control 2.3.2 (Jun 20, 2021)

  • Hotfix for casting live sessions.

New in Race Control 2.3.1 (May 31, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added missing content to archive
  • Remember selected network interface for casting
  • Play notification sound when new live session detected
  • Replaced icon and splashscreen with non-copyrighted images
  • Added experimental auto sync for live sessions to MPV
  • Internal player:
  • Bugfix: 'resizable window' option would not work when exiting fullscreen mode

New in Race Control 2.3.0 (May 18, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added 32-bit (x86) build to Microsoft Store
  • Added basic support for MPC-HC (no layouts)
  • Added main menu with option to open log file
  • Improved support for preferred audio language
  • Only show VLC and Cast buttons when available
  • Save subscription token to prevent logging in on every launch
  • Upgraded FFmpeg to version 4.4
  • Upgraded Flyleaf to version 3.1.8
  • Internal player:
  • Prevent entering non-native fullscreen mode using Windows shortcuts
  • Automatically unmute when changing volume while muted
  • Increased delay for opening layout in internal player
  • Disabled sync button for live broadcasts

New in Race Control 2.2.0 (May 5, 2021)

  • Internal player:
  • Performance and stability improvements
  • Added zoom function to right-click menu
  • Improved mouse hide behaviour
  • Allow moving player window by dragging control bar
  • Fixed window positioning when using non-default scaling setting
  • Fixed thread abort exception when closing player window
  • Fixed possible application hang when closing player window
  • General:
  • Added setting for default audio language
  • Prevent main window from starting larger than desktop resolution supports
  • Improved sorting of archive episodes
  • Fixed support for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1

New in Race Control 2.1.0 (Apr 28, 2021)

  • Internal player:
  • Internal player now uses Flyleaf video player instead of VLC
  • Improved performance and stability
  • Replaced menu bar with right-click menu
  • Added option to change aspect ratio
  • Duration for non-live streams is shown
  • General:
  • Added button to import layout from file
  • Selected audio track and aspect ratio are saved to layout
  • Removed selection of stream type since DASH doesn't work

New in Race Control 2.0.5 (Apr 19, 2021)

  • VLC and internal player now default to HLS streams due to problems with DASH streams
  • Added ability to select network interface when scanning for Chromecast devices
  • Improved error handling for Chromecast functionality
  • Show series name for non-F1 sessions to make them easier to distinguish

New in Race Control 2.0.4 (Apr 13, 2021)

  • Added option to change video quality in internal player
  • Re-enabled sync button for live sessions in internal player
  • Fixed video stuttering issue in internal player
  • Optimized adaptive streaming settings in internal player

New in Race Control 2.0.3 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • Added 'Automatic' stream type which determines optimal stream type for selected content and viewer
  • Added ability to change audio track when casting
  • Improved sorting of sessions and episodes
  • Updated MPV to version 20210316

New in Race Control 2.0.2 (Mar 24, 2021)

  • Fixed missing races and episodes due to API change on F1TV side

New in Race Control 2.0.1 (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Race archive before 2018 is accessible again
  • Prevent duplicate live sessions from appearing
  • Added native Chromecast functionality, accessible from main window
  • Added setting to switch between HLS and DASH stream types
  • Added setting to specify additional MPV parameters
  • Changed default installation path to Program Files folder
  • Show subscription status under options

New in Race Control 2.0.0 (Mar 13, 2021)

  • Migrated to new F1TV API, streams are now in 1080p50
  • Upgraded to .NET 5
  • Added menu bar to internal player
  • Added ability to switch audio devices in internal player
  • Added shortcuts F1 - F9 for 1/3rd window size layouts
  • Removed Streamlink integration
  • Added Race Control to Microsoft Store

New in Race Control 1.8.2 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Added delay between opening layout windows
  • Added option to disable MPV borderless mode
  • Added shortcut to close all player windows at once (Shift + Esc)
  • Added hotkeys (1 - 9) to toggle full screen for individual player windows
  • Upgraded Streamlink to version 1.7
  • Bugfix: Fixed crash when closing player window before it had been initialized
  • Bugfix: Fixed scrolling issue when filtering episodes
  • Bugfix: Fixed NullReferenceException when using invalid credentials
  • Bugfix: Fixed 'Value cannot be NULL' error when trying to open expired stream