In real modern video files every frame has its own timecode, and mobile phones typically record with variable framerate when these timecodes are placed highly irregularly (the reason can be a lack of performance or an attempt to sync with light source of the different frequency than camera's settings). Any new video editing software is expected to deal with such files, and flicks are useless here.
I’m not sure I’d agree here. RTPM is probably the most popular live streaming protocol, and it typically has huge variations in instantaneous frames rates. However it’s time base is hard coded to 1/1000. Which means it can’t even accurately represent 30fps. Flicks would be at least a massive improvement here. And even given variable frame rate, a time base must be chosen in advance, so flicks is at least as good as any other value.
