From ee3e7cc7efebb46bd33633b1466600bffe66842f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:13:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add timelapse clarification

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 docs/docs/configuration/record.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/record.md b/docs/docs/configuration/record.md
index e0b4b2036..09ae420f9 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/record.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/record.md
@@ -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