1. What Is Time-lapse Photography?
Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby the frequency at which
film frames are captured is much lower than which will be used to play the sequence back.
When you replay this sequence at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and
lapsing. You can simply make time-lapse photography by 2 stage.
Stage1: IPC Setting. Set Milesight IPC to capture snapshot in fixed interval. (Recommend to
upload snapshot via FTP so that we can use these snapshot directly in Stage2.)
Stage2: Software Processing. Use software to render these snapshot into video.
Software: LRTimelapse 5.0.8
2. IPC Setting
Step1: Log in web，go to“Basic Settings”→“Network”→“FTP”;
Complete FTP Server Settings and click“Test”. Make sure the FTP Server have received the
test file.
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Step2: Go to “Advanced Settings”→“Storage”;
For a Timing-lapse photography the interval could be 10s，30s or even longer in order to
record scenario for days or even several month. Here we set Interval as 1s as an example.
Tick “ Enable Timing Snapshot” and set “Interval” as 1 second.
Tick “Upload Via FTP” in order to storage all snapshot directly in FTP Server. 
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Step3: Set the schedule for snapshot capture. 
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Here we captured 120 snapshots in 2 minutes and upload snapshots to FTP Server. 
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3. Software Processing A
Step1: Download LRTimelapse 5.0.8 and Install software on PC. A
Step2: Run LRTimelapse and click FTP folder on the dialog below. LRTimelapse will load the
snapshot automatically. 
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4Step3: Click “Play Timelapse” to preview Timelapse video. 
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Step4: Click marked icon and adjust the parameters accordingly on the dialog.
Click “Render Video” to generate complete Timelapse video on output file folder. 
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Step5: LRTimelapse will start to render video. Check the Timelapse video after software has
finished the process. 
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