# facebookarchive/Flicks

A unit of time defined in C++.

Repository: https://github.com/facebookarchive/Flicks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flicks
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-06-30T17:00:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3473, "days_push": 2986, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1391, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.972894+00:00)

## What it is
Flicks is a small C++ header library defining the 'flick', a unit of time equal to 1/705600000 of a second that exactly represents common video frame durations and audio sample durations as integers. It integrates with std::chrono::duration and std::ratio for timing work in media and simulation code.

## Use cases
- represent video frame durations exactly without floating point drift
- time media playback against the system high resolution clock
- handle common audio sample rates in integer time units
- work with NTSC frame rates like 23.976 and 29.97 fps
- do simulation timing for games or media applications

## When to avoid
- you need to handle complex variable frame rate playback scenarios
- you are not working in C++ or with std::chrono

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: date-time, math
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: time-units, std-chrono, frame-rate, video, audio, header-only, algorithms

## Member repositories
- facebookarchive/Flicks (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.972894+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:35.897345+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/Flicks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.972894+00:00, sha 2bba32cc7cf9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.