Nexus 6P Video Modes Question

[gamesnepal]

I am trying to figure out the different video modes using Google camera on Nexus 6p. So, I see that there is a button next to the flash that says 120, 240 and then there's the final mode where the pointer points to the extreme right.

120 and 240: These two are 120 and 240 frames per second video respectively, right?
Extreme right: Is this the normal video mode?

I tried taking a 240 frames per second video. After recording it and copying it to my computer, I see the video information in VLC [CTRL + J] and it says Frame rate: 3.725965.

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvEysq1KkU (I uploaded it directly)

It looks the same when I play the original shot in my mobile.

It is not so smooth like the hummingbird video and it comes out in slow motion automatically. I thought we had to slow down the video manually and make use of the slow motion possibility because we have a 240 frames per second video.

I take 4K videos in the normal mode (extreme right) and I see the frame rate sometimes as 9000 or sometimes it is 30.

Can someone please explain how I do it properly? What am I missing? Or is this normal and how it is supposed to function?

 

[cane prevost1]

Your video editing software will sort this out. The video will be 120 or 240 frames per second which will play in real time and not slowed down unless the player is playing it in 30 fps in that case it will be slowed down. When you look at the file on your phone you have the ability to set which part will be fast and which part won't by using the sliders. This info seems to only apply when the video is shared from google photos. If you download the video it doesn't keep that info and instead will download the entire video at the frame rate it was recorded. If you have a video at 120 fps you can in your video editor of choice choose to slow down or speed up segments as needed. How this is done varies quite a bit depending on what video editor you are using.

 

[cane prevost1]

You have 3 choices of frame rate. I think the normal rate is 30fps? then 120 or 240. This describes how many frames are recorded per each second of video. The frames can be played back at virtually any speed. The play back speed is set by your video editing program. The higher frame rates give you more frames to play with so that the slower play back looks smoother. It is possible to do slow mo with 30fps video but it would look choppy because of the lack of frames. The 120 and 240 give you many more frames to use to prevent the video from being choppy. Youtube compresses clips and may remove frames in order to slim down the file size so the quality once you upload to youtube may be reduced.

 

[gamesnepal]

Thank you for replying cane. I have learned that 240 and 120 fps videos only work with Google Photos at the moment. If I copy it to my computer, the entire video is slow motion already. I can't find a way to get the raw 240 frames per second video to edit in my laptop's video editor.

 

[cane prevost1]

Don't know? I use premiere pro and have no problem with speeding up or slowing down.

 

[gamesnepal]

But how do you access the original video so that you can speed it up or slow it down?

When I copy the video file from Nexus 6P's storage to my computer's storage, I have a slow mo video but not a high 240 fps video which I can edit using premiere.

 

[cane prevost1]

You can slow it down or speed it up in premiere pro. drag the clip to the timeline and right click and set the speed/duration there to make it go faster or slower. If you want only part of it faster or slower grab just that part or slice off the part you want at a different speed. Right click and set speed/duration. If the clip is shot at 240 fps you can still set the playback fps to whatever you want.