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?
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 at 120 FPS and above. This is because PCs today are powerful enough to render excruciatingly high FPS videos. Youtube, however, only supports 60 FPS.
This is a little comparison video between 15, 30, 60 and 120 FPS. Note that Youtube does not support 120 FPS yet but if it does in the future, maybe one can see the difference between 60 and 120 (of course, a 120Hz monitor is also required). However, it can be noticed that as the framerate increases, the video becomes smoother, so to say. 15 FPS looks terrible. 30 FPS is decent, I guess. 60 FPS looks absolutely phenomenal and 120... well we can't really see that, yet.
Alright, with that horrible pun out of the way, we can conclude that the more the FPS, the better it is. Everyone loves some good 60 FPS animations and videos as they're just so smooth. However, we still have some time before 60 FPS becomes the standard everywhere. Until then, we can enjoy our regular, 24 / 30 FPS videos.
And if you say that you do not notice any difference, you're just being delusional.
Thank you for reading and have a great day ahead!
-Ritin Malhotra
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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 at 120 FPS and above. This is because PCs today are powerful enough to render excruciatingly high FPS videos. Youtube, however, only supports 60 FPS.
What Is 'Refresh Rate'?
Almost all the monitors today can display 60 FPS. However, there are special monitors which can display 120, 144, 180 and even 240 FPS. The number of frames displayed by a monitor depends on the 'refresh rate' of the monitor. The refresh rate of a monitor is measured in hertz (Hz). Therefore, a 120Hz monitor can display 120 FPS, a 144Hz monitor can display 144 FPS and so on. Once again, the machine displaying the video should be capable enough to render and push the video at the required FPS. For example: If a game runs at 90 FPS on your PC with a 144Hz monitor, it will still display 90 FPS, not 144.FPS Comparison
Anything less than 60 FPS hertz my eyes.
Alright, with that horrible pun out of the way, we can conclude that the more the FPS, the better it is. Everyone loves some good 60 FPS animations and videos as they're just so smooth. However, we still have some time before 60 FPS becomes the standard everywhere. Until then, we can enjoy our regular, 24 / 30 FPS videos.
And if you say that you do not notice any difference, you're just being delusional.
Thank you for reading and have a great day ahead!
-Ritin Malhotra
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