Time-Lapse Photography

In the time-lapse photography module, you can combine multiple captured images into a video, which shows the obvious change and movement that happened for an extended period of time. You can also download the combined videos to your local PC.

1. In the top left corner of the platform, select > Security Monitoring > Video > Picture Center > Time-Lapse Photography.
2. Set the material source as Capture Schedule or Local Device.

   Capture Schedule

   The first choice is to select a capture schedule configured on the platform, and select the captured pictures according to the schedule as the material resource. For example, if a project is from March to May, then you can configure a capture schedule of this period first, and then the captured pictures from the capture schedule will be used as the material source.

   Local Device

   The second choice is to select pictures captured by encoding device(s) that support time-lapse photography as the material resource.

3. Select a capture schedule and encoding device(s) according to the material source you set in the previous step.
   Note:

   For encoding devices, you can select cameras whose videos are stored on CVR or pStor.

4. Set Material Search Total Time and Material Search Time for One-Day to set the time range of searching captured pictures.
   Note:

   • You can further narrow down the time range by setting the date and time within one day.

   • Every second of a time-lapse video requires at least 25 pictures. It's recommended to set the time period as long as possible.

5. Set the search time period of a day.
6. Select the video length to be generated.

   The time-lapse videos based on searched pictures are generated and displayed.

7. Optional: Move your cursor to a video and click Download to download the video.

   The download task is in the task center.