If you often watch Netflix on your Android smartphone or on your Google TV, the latest platform update will greatly improve your viewing experience. Indeed, it brings support for the frequency at 23.976 frames per second, in addition to 24 ips. It doesn’t seem like much, but it changes everything.
If you were asked the difference between 23.976 and 24, you might say that the difference is small — and, in fact, you wouldn’t be completely wrong. On the other hand, these two figures certainly tell you something if you are a movie buff. Indeed, the latter represent two frame rates: 23.976 frames per secondhistorical cinema frequency with which the oldest films were shot, and 24 frames per seconda more modern standard adopted recently.
However, despite appearances, this nuance is far from being anecdotal, especially on streaming platforms. Indeed, most of them are content with support for the 24 fps standard. Thus, when the user watches a film or a series shot in 23.976 ips, he will notice stutters, or jerks, at regular intervals. Specifically, every 41 seconds, due to a “missing image” on the screen.
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Netflix finally adds 23.976 fps support on Android and Google TV
If you’ve experienced these annoying stutters, you know how much they can ruin a viewing. Netflix finally realized this and decided to fix the problem on Android and Google TV, two operating systems that still did not support 23.976 fps. It is now done. From now on, the platform will automatically adapt the frame rate to the screen according to the content broadcast, thus eliminating all jerks.
This is very good news for fans of both small and large screens, who will now be able to watch their films and series in the best conditions or, failing that, whenever they want on their smartphone. Especially since if 24 fps is now widely used in audiovisual production, some directors are committed to continuing to shoot in 23.976 fps. It would have been a shame to leave them out.