What Is Framerate / FPS (Frames Per Second)?
We often see the term framerate or FPS while discussing video games and animations. Sometimes, a Youtube video has options to select resolutions like '720p60', '1080p60', '1440p60' and '2160p60'. However, the video quality options before it like '480p', '360p' etc do not have the number 60 after them. What makes this 60 so special? Youtube's Video Quality Options Framerate or FPS stands for frames per second. Every video consists of countless still pictures or 'frames'. Therefore, in a 30 FPS video, the number of frames per second is 30 and in a 60 FPS video, the number of frames per second is 60, twice as much as the 30 FPS. Therefore, the 60 FPS video will be much smoother. It is basically a rule of thumb that as the FPS increases, the video output becomes smoother. FPS has no limit and one can increase it to any number as long the device rendering and/or playing the video can keep up. Many people play video games ...