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Make7

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4. You might be able to do that with VLC Media Player.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 12:10 PM

Mar 2022

If you have a PC you can dedicate to the task, you could display the webcam full screen and then do a desktop capture to a file. I am fairly certain that you can adjust the frame rate above 1fps (might depend on the VLC version) by setting it as a decimal fraction. I never tried doing super slow frame rates, so you might have to play with it to see what is (and isn't) allowed.

I haven't done any screen capture stuff with VLC for a long time, so things may be different in the more recent versions. Regardless, it is a handy program to have and it's free, so I thought it might be worth trying.

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I would like to find software that will allow me to create a time-lapse of a webcam. [View all] Ptah Mar 2022 OP

imovie will get you there if you are a mac user nt ramen Mar 2022 #1

Shucks. Ptah Mar 2022 #2

Wyze Cameras unweird Mar 2022 #3

You might be able to do that with VLC Media Player. Make7 Mar 2022 #4

You might find something here canetoad Mar 2022 #5