iPhone slow-motion clips recorded at 120 fps or 240 fps are incredible to watch. But depending on your use case and preference, you may want to convert a slow-motion video into a standard clip that plays at a regular speed. So, if you are wondering how to turn the slo-mo video of your kid blowing the birthday candles or you somersaulting into a normal video on iPhone or iPad, here are the quick steps to do this.
How to Convert Slow Motion Video to Regular Speed Video on iPhone and iPad
- Open the Photos app and stay in the Albums tab. Scroll down and from under ‘Media Types,’ tap on Slo-mo. Tap on a video to open it in full screen.
- Tap on Edit.
- You will see a thin slider with vertical white lines. While the portion with the lines wide apart represents the slow-motion effect, those at the ends, with lines closely packed, represent the normal-speed. Two sliders divide both segments. Touch on a slider and drag it towards the other. All wide-spaced lines will align tightly. This represents that video will now play at standard speeds. To check, tap on the triangle play button.
- Tap on Done.
The slow-motion video is successfully converted into a standard video.
To discard this change, tap on Edit → Revert → Revert to Original. You may also use the sliders to adjust the portion of the clip you want to play at a slow or normal speed.
Notes:
- Even after converting to normal video, it is still listed under the Slo-mo category.
- Conversion does not reduce the overall video size.
- You can not convert the standard iPhone videos shot at 30fps or 24 fps to slo-mo using the Photos app. But you can use iMovie or other iPhone or iPad editing apps for this job.
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I was making an important video, and found out later that part of it was in slow motion. Must have been a small bad move with my left hand. Thank goodness I was able to make the whole video run at correct speed ! Thanks to this IGeeks blog.
Now hoping when I import it , it will remain at regular speed !!!
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Dhvanesh,
Thank you so much for publishing the instructions on how to convert a slo-mo video to regular speed. The instructions were easy to understand and easy to do. Much appreciated.
Thank you, Dhavanesh! It was SO EASY to convert the slo-mo video to normal speed. I have no idea how, after a minute or so, the video all-of-a-sudden slowed down. I must have hit something inadvertently while I was panning the room where I was making the video.
Converting the video on the Iphone was simple – thank you! But then I transferred it over to myPC and it went back to slo-mo! Anything I can do to keep it at regular speed when transferring?
Maybe you can try putting the normal speed video into a third-party video editing app and then exporting it before transferring to your computer. You can see this post for recommended video editing apps: https://www.igeeksblog.com/best-video-editing-apps-for-iphone-ipad/
The same happened to me. I fixed the slow motion to normal, then exported it to my desktop and it was back.
Thanks a lot for this clear article. It proved very useful in converting the slo-mo vid to a regular video
Gracias !
Thank you for this! I accidentally recorded in slo mo. So glad to convert to normal.