timelapse, frame per second

Hi all,

I am doing some timelapse video from still images, I wonder what is the frames per second is recommend?

25 fps or 30 fps?

what i assume 30fps will be smoother? but will a video really run faster than 30fps?

thank you.

Hi here,

I would recommend 30 fps, because most of the buyers come from the US market.
If video 'will run faster' does not depend on frame rate, it depends on the original material and the ratio 'number of original still images / the length of the final clip'.

Zygis

is 30 fps a US standard?

what i mean if most video are played as 24fps, then more fps doesn't make any difference?

if i changed from 25 fps to 30 fps, that's mean my timelapse video will be in shorter length.

will a buyer easily change fps of a purchased video?

Just start with video, hopefully the question is not senseless.

If you want to be absolutely correct, it should be 29.97 for US (NYSC standard) However, a wholesome or exact 30p will work. If you shot at 24 FPS then leave it as 24p if actual film - It can be transcoded in post, however, let the buyer decide on that. And no, most video are NOT played at 24p. That is the "film" spec frame rate. Whole different reasons for that. If you're selling to Europe then 25p would be the standard (PAL).

A few indy players like the more "jerky" movement of 24fps. With film it's also cheaper saving 6 frames of film and processing each second. The US TV standard has been like Andy said 29.97 fps. This is to slightly move the harmonics off the 60 hertz sine wave of our electrical current. That is why 59.97 fps is also a standard. In Europe the electrical sine wave is 50 hertz so that is why 25 is the standard.
So to keep it simple, process your video in the same fps as your camera captures it. I and many believe that in the USA you may get more sales from either 30 or 29.97 fps than the indy or European "standards".

29.97 (30p)

Here is the correct answer as to why US TV standard is 59.97fps.

60i is an interlaced format and is the standard video field rate per second for NTSC television (e.g. in the US), whether from a broadcast signal, DVD, or home camcorder. This interlaced field rate was developed separately by Farnsworth and Zworykin in 1934 and was part of the NTSC television standards mandated by the FCC in 1941. When NTSC color was introduced in 1953, the older rate of 60 fields per second was reduced by a factor of 1000/1001 to avoid interference between the chroma subcarrier and the broadcast sound carrier. (Hence the usual designation "29.97 fps" = 30 frames(60 fields)/1.001)

i don't really change fps of video, here what i am referring is more a timelapse video that made from still images..

in this case, will 30fps is still better choice for timelapse video?

thanks.

Yes you can use 30fps but 29.97 is the standard and the preferred fps to use for your time lapse.

ok i guess I have to remake my timelapse video from 25fps to 30fps, guess it will become a shorter video right?