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@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ Footage can be exported from Frigate by right-clicking (desktop) or long pressin
 
 Time lapse exporting is available only via the [HTTP API](../integrations/api.md#post-apiexportcamerastartstart-timestampendend-timestamp).
 
+When exporting a time-lapse the default speed-up is 25x with 30 FPS. This means that every 25 seconds of (real-time) recording is condensed into 1 second of time-lapse video (always without audio) with a smoothness of 30 FPS.
+
 To configure the speed-up factor, the frame rate and further custom settings, the configuration parameter `timelapse_args` can be used. The below configuration example would change the time-lapse speed to 60x (for fitting 1 hour of recording into 1 minute of time-lapse) with 25 FPS:
 
 ```yaml