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One. Frame. Of. What?

I've never heard of someone describing how long something took like this without at least defining the frame rate.



Of video. Which probably was 30 fps. I mean, the splash screen just blinked for a barely noticeable split second before the main window appeared. You double click the shortcut, and it's already done launching before you realize anything. That's how fast modern computers are.

(actually, some things on the M1 are fast enough that I'm now getting annoyed at networking taking what feels like ages)


Why would you assume video is at 30fps? Geographic location? People not in the US (and a handful of other countries) would assume video framerate of 25fps.

Does the refresh rate of a computer monitor get referred to as frames? Usually, it's just the frequency like 120Hz type units. Sorry for the conversation break, but I've just never heard app start up times with a framerate reference. Was just an unusual enough thing that I let me brain wonder on it longer than necessary


It comes across as fairly pedantic. Whether it is one frame at 25hz, 30hz, 120hz or 240hz is pretty much irrelevant to the point.


I am the creator of this video. The screen capture was 60fps!


Oh ffs. First off, I'm not from the US. I've been there for less than a month combined. Secondly, if you do want to nitpick, at least do some research first. The video in question is 60 or 30 fps depending on the quality setting.

    $ yt-dlp -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_4iTovYJtc
    [youtube] j_4iTovYJtc: Downloading webpage
    [youtube] j_4iTovYJtc: Downloading android player API JSON
    [youtube] j_4iTovYJtc: Downloading player df5197e2
    [info] Available formats for j_4iTovYJtc:
    ID  EXT   RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE  TBR PROTO │ VCODEC       VBR ACODEC      ABR     ASR MORE INFO
    ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    sb2 mhtml 48x27          │                 mhtml │ images                                   storyboard
    sb1 mhtml 80x45          │                 mhtml │ images                                   storyboard
    sb0 mhtml 160x90         │                 mhtml │ images                                   storyboard
    139 m4a   audio only     │   46.85MiB  48k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.5   48k 22050Hz low, m4a_dash
    249 webm  audio only     │   49.06MiB  51k https │ audio only       opus        51k 48000Hz low, webm_dash
    250 webm  audio only     │   63.84MiB  66k https │ audio only       opus        66k 48000Hz low, webm_dash
    140 m4a   audio only     │  124.33MiB 129k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.2  129k 44100Hz medium, m4a_dash
    251 webm  audio only     │  125.02MiB 130k https │ audio only       opus       130k 48000Hz medium, webm_dash
    17  3gp   176x144      8 │   56.70MiB  59k https │ mp4v.20.3    59k mp4a.40.2    0k 22050Hz 144p
    160 mp4   256x144     30 │   37.86MiB  39k https │ avc1.4d400c  39k video only              144p, mp4_dash
    278 webm  256x144     30 │   42.59MiB  44k https │ vp9          44k video only              144p, webm_dash
    133 mp4   426x240     30 │   84.31MiB  87k https │ avc1.4d4015  87k video only              240p, mp4_dash
    242 webm  426x240     30 │   70.03MiB  72k https │ vp9          72k video only              240p, webm_dash
    134 mp4   640x360     30 │  167.27MiB 174k https │ avc1.4d401e 174k video only              360p, mp4_dash
    18  mp4   640x360     30 │  352.24MiB 366k https │ avc1.42001E 366k mp4a.40.2    0k 44100Hz 360p
    243 webm  640x360     30 │  134.68MiB 140k https │ vp9         140k video only              360p, webm_dash
    135 mp4   854x480     30 │  294.98MiB 307k https │ avc1.4d401f 307k video only              480p, mp4_dash
    244 webm  854x480     30 │  233.37MiB 243k https │ vp9         243k video only              480p, webm_dash
    136 mp4   1280x720    30 │  653.31MiB 680k https │ avc1.4d401f 680k video only              720p, mp4_dash
    22  mp4   1280x720    30 │ ~795.07MiB 808k https │ avc1.64001F 808k mp4a.40.2    0k 44100Hz 720p
    247 webm  1280x720    30 │  548.72MiB 571k https │ vp9         571k video only              720p, webm_dash
    298 mp4   1280x720    60 │  817.18MiB 850k https │ avc1.4d4020 850k video only              720p60, mp4_dash
    302 webm  1280x720    60 │  651.39MiB 678k https │ vp9         678k video only              720p60, webm_dash
And the units? Hz and FPS are generally interchangeable but FPS is more often used as a measure of how fast something renders while Hz is more often used for monitor refresh rates (a holdover from CRTs I guess).


Any. Plausible. Framerate. Has. The. Same. Effect. For. This. Story.




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