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scripts:media:create_timelapse_videos_from_zoneminder [2026-06-18 08:40] – created Tonyscripts:media:create_timelapse_videos_from_zoneminder [2026-06-18 08:41] (current) Tony
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 So, I want a recap of just the high res videos. So, I want a recap of just the high res videos.
  
-I used to do this with ffmpeg, with two back to back rounds. First, to resize and put a timeline on top of the videos as well as overlay text with the event name, then second, to concat and re-encode.+I used to do this with ffmpeg, with two back to back rounds. First, to do the timelapse speed up, put a timeline on top of the videos as well as overlay text with the event name, then second, to concat and re-encode.
  
 This was absurdly slow, so I wanted to do it in one pass. This was absurdly slow, so I wanted to do it in one pass.
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 Then, I kick this off in a cron job. Then, I kick this off in a cron job.
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 +The thing that gets the speedup is the timewarp, which I found from digging into how the Kdenlive speed on clips works since it worked well. \\
 +30:1 at 30 fps means each second becomes 1 frame
  
 NOTE: This is terribly messy code, and was written over 5 years ago. It's messy, building up the CLI tags then running it, but it has also worked every night for just about 2000 days. NOTE: This is terribly messy code, and was written over 5 years ago. It's messy, building up the CLI tags then running it, but it has also worked every night for just about 2000 days.
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