Timelapse and webcam projects

Timelapse Webcam

Software for webcam captures, timelapse, and visual project documentation.

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Timelapse Webcam

Automatically document construction, events, and processes

Capture

Webcam and screen capture with live preview, adjustable intervals, and time windows for start and stop.

Motion detection

Sensitivity threshold from 10 to 100 percent, definable detection zones with their own sensitivity, noise filtering, and cooldown from 1 to 60 seconds.

Schedules

Cron expressions for complex schedules, seasonal rules per month, holiday exceptions, day-of-week selection, and timezone-aware control.

Video output

FFmpeg-based processing, output as MP4 (H.264), AVI, or MOV, adjustable 1 to 120 FPS, resolutions from 720p to 4K, and quality presets Low, Medium, High, Ultra.

Audio and overlays

Background music in MP3, WAV, AAC, or OGG with volume control from 0 to 100 percent, plus text and image watermarks with position and opacity control.

Projects and upload

Project files in the .tlp format, FTP and SFTP upload with standard authentication, connection testing, automatic recovery, quotas, and automatic cleanup.

Technical specs

Motion detection, cron schedules, and an FFmpeg pipeline.

Timelapse Webcam exposes the values and formats long-running captures need: concrete thresholds, defined schedules, and predictable outputs.

Motion detection

  • Sensitivity 10 to 100 percent
  • Detection zones with their own sensitivity
  • Noise filtering against false triggers
  • Cooldown 1 to 60 seconds

Schedules

  • Cron expressions
  • Seasonal rules per month
  • Holiday exceptions and date ranges
  • Day-of-week selection, timezone-aware

Video output

  • FFmpeg as the engine
  • MP4 (H.264), AVI, MOV
  • 1 to 120 FPS, 720p to 4K
  • Presets Low, Medium, High, Ultra

Audio

  • Formats MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG
  • Volume 0 to 100 percent
  • Background music per project

Overlays

  • Text watermarks with position and opacity
  • Image watermarks with live preview
  • Timestamp on every frame

Projects and upload

  • Project files in .tlp format
  • FTP and SFTP with connection testing
  • Automatic recovery
  • Quotas and automatic cleanup