Timelapse video of sun rising over Las Pinas

I have been checking my camera to see if I can do a timelapse video recording, but there is no automatic feature. Instead, I will be recording normally and then speeding up the video when editing it.

I love timelapse videos of clouds forming and I can not help but stare out my bedroom window as I have a lovely view of the sky where most of the large clouds in the area form over the sea.

As a test to see how and if I can make a timelapse video, I have made one of the sun rising this morning. I set up the camera at just after 5am and started recording. An hour later at 6pm I stopped recording and started processing the video. My initial idea is to take approximately 60 minutes of video and compress it to approximately 60 seconds.

Here are a few stats of the video for those who are interested:

Total length: 63 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 720 x 1280
Video Format: MTS
Raw Video File Size: 4.2 GB

I converted the video from MTS format to Avi format using the Divx 4 encoder maintaining the quality and aspect ratio. This was mainly so that my video editor could read the file. MTS format files are high definition videos recorded by my camera. Converting it to an avi allowed me to load it into my video editor.

Final Video Details
Total Length: 48 seconds
Video Speed: Approximately 13x
Aspect Ratio: 400 x 720