Frame Rates

Frame rate (speed)

Regardless of the frame counting system, the actual speed at which frames of video go by in realtime is the true frame rate.

In Cubase the following frame rates are available:

24 fps

This is the true speed of standard film cameras.

25 fps

This is the frame rate of PAL video.

29.97 fps

This is the frame rate of NTSC video. The count can be either non-drop or drop-frame.

30 fps

This frame rate is not a video standard anymore but has been commonly used in music recording. Many years ago it was the black and white NTSC broadcast standard. It is equal to NTSC video being pulled up to film speed after a 2-3 telecine transfer.