Key Learnings:
The capture interval is 2s. This sets a limit on the final fps of the video. Going higher than 3 fps (3x2 = 6x speedup of time) causes very fast jerks.
Next time to have a faster and smoother video, the capture interval must be shorter possibly every 500 ms. But this will create more data than can fit in an SD card. Maybe shoot at 720p instead of 1080p or have multiple SD cards and keep swapping.
Next time should have the camera facing upwards. This was corrected by the second day, but the first day missed a lot of the skyline and has a lot of mobile screen time.
Also need to see how Youtube reacts to having copyrighted music in the video.
Mars-Shot:
Write a script to extract time from the photo and query Google Maps timeline to fetch the GPS coordinates at that particular time. Use this coordinates to generate a thumbnail of the map and embed into the video. This would create an embedded moving minimap similar to video games.
Do you find the video disorienting because of all the jerkiness? Should I maybe slow it down further? It will make the video proportionally longer though.