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Here is a great way to do exactly that, without all of the setup.
SmoothVideo Project (SVP)
http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page
It includes a video player pre configured to play 60fps.
Pretty cool!!
You can graph frametime with MSI Afterburner. Just set the refresh interval as low as it goes and set the minimum and maximum values to 16 and 17 ms to magnify the view. MSI Afterburner also comes with Rivatuner Statistics Server which is the only FPS limiter I've found which actually limits frametime to exactly 16.666... ms. Due to how video card drivers and frame buffers work, even in a game that would run 200+ fps otherwise, the difference between just vsynced 60 fps with frametimes varying from 16.5 to 17ms and 60 fps and where the frametime is clamped to 16.666... ms on every frame is quite noticeable once you know what to look for, and likely exactly what OP is talking about. He's probably dropping frames but not enough to be visible as an actual framerate drop. Sadly I've personally found it impossible to completely eliminate frame drops which means that getting a true solid 60 fps is not actually possible on modern hardware and even getting close requires extra steps that are not intuitive. Some games behave better than others of course.
Also many modern video players, and especially Flash, don't display 60 fps properly. The 60 fps streams on twitch for example are often closer to 30-45 fps than actual 60. The best way I've found to view 60 fps video is with Smooth Video Project which comes with MPC-HC, MadVR and Reclock which take care to sync every single frame properly without repeats or drops, and custom Avisynth magic that interpolates even low framerate video to 60 fps quite nicely. Just use livestreamer to load up streams and youtube videos into the external player (you need to put player="""C:\path\to\mpc-hc.exe""" into c:\users\name\appdata\roaming\livestreamer\livestreamerrc). I use this bat script to load up a stream quickly and easily.
http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page
Uninstall current codec packs, install this along with the MediaPlayer Classic it comes with, enjoy all your media at a nice interpolated 60fps. Not quite as good as stuff filmed at 60fps, but still good for your fix.
SVP v.3 is I believe the most commonly used method. Some players also have interpolation built in as option, like WinDVD, which should be easier but I have not tried them.
Dunno about VLC, but I use Media Player Classic and Smooth Video Project (SVP). It seems to work pretty great for porn, but sometimes it crashes the player if I'm jumping around too quickly. Doesn't work so great for webcams, though, so get used to turning it on and off as necessary. Also, it generally needs a decent graphics card from what I've seen. But the results are better than what you typically get from a TV, so that's always nice.
In addition to what /u/burgerbob22 said, MPC-HC also supports Smooth Video Project whereas VLC does not. http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page
Edit: Just realized other people linked it as well. Feel free to ignore me.
Exactly this. I HATED 48 fps but when I saw it on "How to Train Your Dragon" (mind you this was done via interpolation on a TV) it was mind blowing how awesome it looked.
BTW the TV's that 'up-convert' to the higher frame rates (Motion Interpolation) can be achieved via video card on your PC. http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page has information about how to enable this so you can view ALL your existing media at an interpolated 48 fps (for some things it's good, others it's not).
For everybody who wants to know, this uses the Smooth Video Project which can be set up to play any video in 60fps through motion interpolation (don't ask me how it works, that's pretty much it). It's a free download and can be configured with Windows Media Player, Kodi, and a lot of other players.
You can kind-of simulate this with SVP, although that uses interpolation rather than a better source. You can run the same video side by side in two players, a regular one at source framerate, and interpolated 60 (or whatever your refresh is) in the SVP version of MPC-HC.
Watching a high framerate version by itself it does look weird, but side by side you have to admit what should be obvious anyway, it's exactly the same video.
The only way I can describe low framerate media looking 'right' is that it's what people, directors and viewers, are used to, it has a certain 'look' to it, but then so does black and white. People were also whining about HD making things more obvious that they were fake, that it was easier to see sets and make up not being 'natural', a decade later and no one cares.
Watching something like this is fine.
It's when you're watching it with SVP Manager and rather than the expected 24FPS, you're getting 60-100FPS. You end up with this GoPRO-esque video that tends to be a bit disorientating.
PS : Example image is from Zettai Junshu☆Kyousei Kozukuri Kyokashou!!, fittingly this gif also demonstrates the 'wandering camera' that Murakami LOVES.
I am waiting for the day movies switch to 60 the way soap operas have done. It looks weird until you get used to it, but movement is much more fluid. You can get this and see for yourself I haven't watched an action movie in 25 since discovering it
The ones you have weren't encoded from 48 FPS sources, they used frame interpolation.
Download a remux and use SVP if you wish to watch them in higher frame rate.
Their site shows how it works: http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page
Also it only works in mediaplayers, the SVPtube addon allows you to watch youtube videos with SVP on but I do not believe you will be able to do the same with Netflix (unless it's possible to make netflix stream to your mediaplayer of choice, which I don't think is possible)
>It makes plenty sense for film. Less frames = less reels to use and less money wasted on film, developing etc. With a lot of cinematographers still using film, it's one major reason why 24fps is still used in films. With digital, it's different - higher framerates can be got without the extra cost or hassle, although people would still argue about the quality that film provides.
I though everyone used digital cameras nowadays. Are there any reasons to why they can't just use digital cameras and record at a higher framerate?
>too that determine the "film" look, amongst other factors. People are so used to it, that putting the FPS higher will instantly make the film look "fake". Take The Hobbit for example - it's 48fps version apparently looked much more "fake" to people and was not recieved well, despite the push to increase the framerate. It was like watching a sitcom or a TV show, rather than an actual film.
I had no problems with watching the hobbit so I'm not sure what they are talking about but I assume it's because they aren't used to a higher framerate in movies? I still think it's better, they just have to get used to it.
>Myself, I prefer 24fps with film, but 60+fps with games.
May I ask why you prefer 24 fps in film? It looks ugly and "stuttery" compared to 60.
Download this and watch some movies with it. You will be amazed by how smooth it looks. And that's not even real 60fps, it's just frame interpolation but it's still better than 24/30fps.
P.S I did not downvote you, that must have been lurkers.
If you want to try out frame interpolation on your computer, check out SmoothVideo Project - http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page . It hooks right into media player classic and is hardware accelerated. I was able to get 1080p H.264 video at my monitor's native 120hz. Can't stand watching videos anymore without it.
Others already responded so I'm just here to say that when start watching your films/tv shows/whatyouwant at 60 fps (or at least, double fps they are in the source files, so 48 fps minimum), you might have some difficulties to appreciate anything below 48/60 fps...
All that is covered on SVP's website. At the bottom of the main page is a link to converting videos to 60fps, and the SVP user manual contains information about watching YouTube videos at 60fps.
Cheers.
Dude, I don't even know why people are down voting you. I agree movies filmed at 24fps is perfectly fine for playback at 24fps, it looks stupid odd with interpolation. Then there are those who wish to enable interpolation in all video playback using SVP, so weird.
They haven't moved to 1080p yet, so I doubt we'll be seeing 60fps any time soon.
You can 'fake' 60fps by using the SmoothVideo Project player (SVP) with the SVPtube plug-in. I was dubious, but it works well.
When talking about videos and 60fps, check out this software. http://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page
It will use your CPU/GPU to convert (real time) any video to whatever framrate you want. It's not perfect and does result in some atrifacts but if you can live that you will get a very smooth experience when watching movies.