Why is 29.97 fps better than 30?

If a video is two hours long and was recorded at 30 fps, the video contains 216,000 static images. If that video is played back at 29.97 fps, it will be two hours and 7.2 seconds long. By the end, the audio will be 7.2 seconds behind the video, which would obviously be very noticeable.

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2024-02-16 10:42:31

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Why 29.97 fps instead of 30?
Re: Why 29.97 rather than 30 fps? Black and White TV in the 60Hz world was 30.00fps. When color was added in 1953, the frame rate had to be lowered ever so slightly to 29.97fps, due to potential interference between subcarrier frequencies.
2024-01-20 10:01:25

Is 30 fps stream okay?
At a minimum, you should try stream video content at least 30fps. As with video resolution, frame rates affect video bandwidth requirements. Video content with a higher frame rate has more data to transmit than content with a lower frame rate.
2023-10-18 21:08:07

Is 30 fps or 24 fps?
Universally, 24fps is accepted as the norm for a “cinematic” frame rate. 30fps is accepted for broadcast in North America, and 25fps is the broadcast standard in Europe. In the one-second sequence below, several individual frames pass each second. To be specific, there are twenty-four individual stills.
2023-07-11 19:45:42

Is 30 fps enough for 4k?
In filming I'd recommend 4k because at 30fps because even if you upload 8k 120fps to YouTube it compresses it to make it load faster. So, 4k would look more like 1080, 1080p will look like 720p, etc. But, in gaming, I'd recommend 1080p 60fps because fps speed is generally more important in gaming.
2023-02-04 10:05:02

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