Real-time Playback (Live Preview)

1 min. readlast update: 12.31.2025

 

View your time lapse footage while the recording is in progress. Tap the  "play button" to start the preview.

real-time playback widget

UI Example: Referencing the recording status bar shown above:

5Sec | Video+Photo | 00:01

  • 5Sec: The selected interval. A photo is taken every 5 seconds.

  • Video+Photo: The selected output mode.

  • 00:01: The current duration of the generated timelapse video.

How it works in practice: To reach the 00:01 video duration shown in the example, the camera had to capture 25 individual frames. Because the interval is set to 5Sec, it took 125 seconds (just over 2 minutes) of real-time recording to accumulate enough frames for that single second of video.

Note: Preview availability depends on your shooting interval. Because the camera operates at a fixed 25 FPS, it requires 25 captured frames to generate 1 second of video.

  • Example: With a 1-second interval, you can view a 1-second preview after 25 seconds of recording.

  • Example: With a 5-minute interval, you must record for 125 minutes to generate that same 1-second preview.

 

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