Another "green" one, but if you read all these discussions you can imagine why I`m still asking the question.

What is the best FRAME RATE to render animations...

...for Internet showing? I mean the following scenario: 

• Rather high resolution; would try achieving 1280x720pix... but don`t think I could realistically make 60fps on my computer or anything else I could possibly buy/find/steal ( :P ) in the near future.
• Posted either to ShareCG, or any other site "then in existence", including some own site. I dont see any particular parameter requirements on their sites, so still cant think of the fps.

Thus, though there is much fluff about fps in the cinema, PAL, NTSC, games, HDTV, etc., I found no real info what frame rate to choose when rendering for a "direct-to-hard drive" production, meant to be shown on your monitors...

NTSC tv standard is 30 frames per second , Pal tv standard is 24 .
You will get a flicker free display at 16-18 fps depending on the person viewing.

There are some complex issues mainly to do with the tv used to view them . Computer monitor has the same issue but the frame rates are different. 1280 x 720 is HDTV .

You might get some ideas from www.videohelp.com

If you are streaming video the compression and bandwidth required are important factors. You need to set it so the available bandwidth will be greater than required by the video. Dialup users rarely get a smooth streaming video.

Quote - If you are streaming video the compression and bandwidth required are important factors.

Thx... However, I dont think streaming would do any reasonable job, so I mean a downloadable file rather than a youtube - like online watching. First of all, I thought of people watching it on a computer monitor, then *maybe* on a DVD-linked TV. Monitors possibly should do well with 24fps (should they?), but do you think all these different TV standards would work? Thanks for the link, but Im still largely unsure after reading all these texts, none of which directly deals with downloadable anims... and being newbie - oriented:P

 So far as the frame rate goes, the best way to look at is this. Cinema standard (24fps) is sufficient, -IF- you are willing to adopt the limitations of the format. Movie film works at such a framerate due to the fact that with film, you get motion blur as an intrinsic part of the media. If your render has motion blurring done in it at rendertime, you should be okay.

But.

Without that very expensive ( rendering timewise) motion blurring, 24 fps is right on the edge of detectable flicker issues. People with sensitive eyes could detect the frame flicker, and depending on color pallette, scene lighting, and camera positioning, you could have a video that generates too much eyestrain to be enjoyable. 30fps is better for computer viewing, as it is above the flicker threshold (at least for 98% of the population. A few people are able to detect it).