How many frames are in 1 minute at 24 fps?

1,440 frames

1 minute of 24 fps footage holds exactly 1,440 frames. Frame numbering starts at zero, so they run from frame 0 to frame 1,439 — timecode 00:00:00:00 through 00:00:59:23.

How that is worked out

frames = seconds × fps

60 × 24 = 1,440 frames

Worth knowing

  • The count scales with the clip: 30 seconds is 720 frames and 2 minutes is 2,880 frames.
  • Each frame holds the screen for 41.667 ms at 24 fps, so trimming a single frame changes the running time by that much.
  • The frames field of the timecode runs 00 to 23 before the seconds field moves, so the count ends at 00:00:59:23 rather than at a round number.
  • Counting 1,440 timecode labels at 23.976 fps instead takes 60.060 real seconds, because that rate is 24 slowed by 1000/1001. Read the other way round, a real 1 minute at 23.976 fps holds 1,439 frames.

1 minute at every standard frame rate

Frame rateFramesFrame durationLast frame
23.976 fps 1,43941.708 ms00:00:59:22
24 fps — this page1,44041.667 ms00:00:59:23
25 fps 1,50040 ms00:00:59:24
29.97 fps 1,79833.367 ms00:00:59:27
30 fps 1,80033.333 ms00:00:59:29
50 fps 3,00020 ms00:00:59:49
59.94 fps 3,59616.683 ms00:00:59:55
60 fps 3,60016.667 ms00:00:59:59

Durations here are real seconds, which is why the NTSC rates come out short: 1,439 frames at 23.976 fps against 1,440 at 24. Those rates are the integer slowed by 1000/1001.

Nearby durations at 24 fps

DurationFramesLast frame
20 seconds 48000:00:19:23
30 seconds 72000:00:29:23
45 seconds 1,08000:00:44:23
1 minute — this page1,44000:00:59:23
90 seconds 2,16000:01:29:23
2 minutes 2,88000:01:59:23
5 minutes 7,20000:04:59:23

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