PrintLapse 3D Print Timelapse

PrintLapse turns your phone into a small camera server on your Wi-Fi network. Your printer tells the phone when to take a picture — one frame per layer, always at the same point in the print — and the app renders those frames into an MP4 right on the device. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a project and open the camera screen. 2. Turn on Network Trigger in Settings. The app shows your phone's address, for example 192.168.1.42:5000 3. Have your printer send a simple HTTP request to http://:5000/foto-cek on every layer change. 4. When the print finishes, choose a frame rate and hit render. The video is saved on your phone, ready to share. Step 3 works with anything that can make a web request at layer change: Klipper/Moonraker macros, OctoPrint, Home Assistant, a shell script, or plain curl. There is nothing to install on the printer itself. Don't want to touch your printer configuration? You don't have to. Capture frames with the on-screen shutter or the volume buttons and the app handles the rest. FEATURES • Layer-synced capture over your local network — a plain HTTP GET is all it takes • Manual capture too: on-screen shutter and volume-button shutter • Projects: every print keeps its own frames, frame counter and thumbnail • Built-in gallery to review your frames and share the finished video • On-device H.264 / MP4 rendering — nothing is uploaded, nothing is queued on a server • Pick your output frame rate and rotate the video in 90° steps • Exposure lock, so brightness doesn't flicker between frames • Standard or maximum resolution, and Full / 9:16 / 3:4 / 1:1 framing • Front or rear camera • Optional motorized camera slider (ESP32 rail over Wi-Fi): tell PrintLapse how many layers the print has and the rail advances one step per layer for a moving, cinematic shot • Runs as a foreground service with a wake lock, so the connection survives long prints and a sleeping screen GOOD TO KNOW • Keep the camera screen open during the print — that's where the camera is live. Plug the phone in for long jobs. • The phone and whatever sends the trigger must be on the same Wi-Fi network. • Frames and rendered videos are stored in the app's own folder on your device. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no server of ours. Your photos and videos never leave your phone unless you share them yourself. The local web server only listens on your Wi-Fi network and only answers two requests: a capture trigger and a status check. Made for makers who want their prints to look as good on screen as they do on the plate.