[FFmpeg-user] Frames per second Conceptual Details.

Lou lou at lrcd.com
Tue Feb 25 20:24:07 CET 2014


On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:47:59 +0530
whoami Jils <get2jils at gmail.com> wrote:

> i am  a newbie and trying to understand the concepts behind ffmpeg/video.
> fps -> frame per second , for example 25fps -> 25 frames are captured in a
> second.
> and 25 frames need to be displayed in a second [ correct me if i am wrong?
> ]
> 
> 
> Now i  have written a simple video player in ffmpeg to display.  i read
> frames by av_read_frame(),  if fps is 25, then does av_read_frame() returns
> 25 frames per second? how can i relate it?

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