diff --git a/frigate/const.py b/frigate/const.py
index df5098853..90b6060ec 100644
--- a/frigate/const.py
+++ b/frigate/const.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ MODEL_CACHE_DIR = f"{CONFIG_DIR}/model_cache"
 BASE_DIR = "/media/frigate"
 CLIPS_DIR = f"{BASE_DIR}/clips"
 RECORD_DIR = f"{BASE_DIR}/recordings"
+EXPORT_DIR = f"{BASE_DIR}/exports"
 BIRDSEYE_PIPE = "/tmp/cache/birdseye"
 CACHE_DIR = "/tmp/cache"
 YAML_EXT = (".yaml", ".yml")
@@ -28,3 +29,4 @@ DRIVER_INTEL_iHD = "iHD"
 
 MAX_SEGMENT_DURATION = 600
 SECONDS_IN_DAY = 60 * 60 * 24
+MAX_PLAYLIST_SECONDS = 43200 # only support 12 hours per HLS playlist
diff --git a/frigate/record/export.py b/frigate/record/export.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcf5ac8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/record/export.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"""Export recordings to storage."""
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+import os
+import threading
+
+from enum import Enum
+import subprocess as sp
+
+from frigate.const import EXPORT_DIR, MAX_PLAYLIST_SECONDS
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PlaybackFactorEnum(str, Enum):
+    real_time = "real_time"
+    timelapse_5x = "timelapse_5x"
+
+
+class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
+    """Exports a specific set of recordings for a camera to storage as a single file."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        camera: str,
+        start_time: int,
+        end_time: int,
+        playback_factor: PlaybackFactorEnum,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.camera = camera
+        self.start_time = start_time
+        self.end_time = end_time
+        self.playback_factor = playback_factor
+
+    def get_datetime_from_timestamp(self, timestamp: int) -> str:
+        """Convenience fun to get a simple date time from timestamp."""
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime("%Y/%m/%d %I:%M")
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Beginning export for {self.camera} from {self.start_time} to {self.end_time}"
+        )
+        file_name = f"{EXPORT_DIR}/in_progress.{self.camera}_{self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.start_time)}-{self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.end_time)}.mp4"
+        final_file_name = f"{EXPORT_DIR}/{self.camera}_{self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.start_time)}-{self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.end_time)}.mp4"
+
+        if (self.end_time - self.start_time) <= MAX_PLAYLIST_SECONDS:
+            playlist_lines = f"http://127.0.0.1:5000/vod/start/{self.start_time}/end/{self.end_time}/index.m3u8"
+            ffmpeg_cmd = [
+                "ffmpeg",
+                "-i",
+                "/dev/stdin",
+            ]
+        else:
+            playlist_lines = []
+            playlist_start = self.start_time
+
+            while playlist_start < self.end_time:
+                playlist_lines.append(
+                    f"file http://127.0.0.1:5000/vod/start/{playlist_start}/end/{min(playlist_start + MAX_PLAYLIST_SECONDS, self.end_time)}/index.m3u8"
+                )
+                playlist_start += MAX_PLAYLIST_SECONDS
+
+            ffmpeg_cmd = [
+                "ffmpeg",
+                "-y",
+                "-protocol_whitelist",
+                "pipe,file",
+                "-f",
+                "concat",
+                "-safe",
+                "0",
+                "-i",
+                "/dev/stdin",
+            ]
+
+        if self.playback_factor == PlaybackFactorEnum.real_time:
+            ffmpeg_cmd.extend(["-c", "copy", file_name])
+        elif self.playback_factor == PlaybackFactorEnum.timelapse_5x:
+            ffmpeg_cmd.extend(["-vf", "setpts=0.25*PTS", "-r", "5", "-an", file_name])
+
+        p = sp.run(
+            ffmpeg_cmd,
+            input="\n".join(playlist_lines)
+            if len(playlist_lines) > 1
+            else playlist_lines,
+            encoding="ascii",
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+            logger.error(p.stderr)
+            return
+
+        os.rename(file_name, final_file_name)
+        logger.debug("Finished exporting")