In a confirmation of a move previously planned by the video-sharing website this summer, YouTube have revealed a new playback feature that allows users to watch certain videos at a frame rate of 60fps.
This rate is noted as being double what YouTube had had before their update, which was technically made shortly after the announcement but limited only to a select few video game trailers.
Now though, it appears as if general users of the site are able to make uploads in the format (or the middle ground of 48fps), with this weekend seeing a number of new videos arriving this way, and viewers able to display videos at the rate of their choice (or on auto-recommended) including the added higher-quality options.
The new frame rate is noted as being one that is able to compete with the output of many top-tier video games, naturally being the source of YouTube’s trial runs of the concept, the other side thankfully remembering that in this context FPS stands for ‘frames per second’ rather than ‘first-person shooter’.
The ‘YouTube Creators’ Twitter account had originally said of the feature on first announcement in late June: “60 FPS: Motion-intense videos will look even better on @YouTube when we launch support for 48 and even 60 frames per second, coming soon.”
And now that it is here, an example of 60fps on YouTube can be seen below:
