Webcam software detects motion, sounds siren, captures images, records video, and sends captured images by email
Webcams
are fine for more than just making online conversations
more realistic. They can moreover be
an really valuable tool
for use in house or corporation security.
Application
is now available that can detect movement and use
it as a trigger for different actions.
The way that
it works is to study the image sent by a camera that is either connected through USB
or via a video capture card for motion. While it picks up
that movement, it can after that take any number of events,
including triggering an alarm.
An other popular application, though, is to either
send live shots of what is happening in the picture that is covered by the camera
or to even webcast by live streaming accurately what is
happening with both audio and picture. If installed covertly,
this application could even be used for stealthy surveillance.
Given the
large amount of systems that either have a webcamera connected
or can support one, this is an perfect way to inexpensively and effortlessly protect
the area around that pc
from intrusion or theft.
Modern professional security software works with any web camera, Internet cameras, and major capture cards.
Surveillance software
has become so complicated that the regular
businessman who has been busy minding his business instead of pouring over electronics and internet
technology articles can be easily overwhelmed when it comes time to setup or update his surveillance system.
Fortunately, there is new professional security application that simplifies much of the decision making.
You don't necessarily have to get rid of a working analog closed circuit TV system in order to update to a broadcasting
video that can be watched from any ip connected computer or 3G phone. Video capture cards can digitally convert the
snapshots for webcast. Until yesterday, there had been no real attempts to standardize the new IP
cameras; every make and manufacturer functioned a tiny differently. And when you connect webcams into the
mix, finding one software to control them all was heavy.
Professional surveillance software
is now available that will work for any webcam
or Internet webcam and for most capture cards as well. You can monitor whatever your activity
detectors are picking up at your residence or company while you can be half a globe away.
The application itself may not be simple, but it can make life simpler for you.
Streaming live video and sound from capture device via webcamera server software
If you find yourself with a need to record security video with a webcam over an area,
webcamera
server application
may be the right choice for you. Using this software, it is possible to set up a
camera to detect activity and begin recording when it does.
Depending on your needs, the sights and sounds that are picked up by the camera may be stored on a hard drive, or if the captured video
needs to be accessible off-site, can be webcast using the server's streaming
feature to a site.
Depending on the quality of the camera and the viewer's video card, the picture that is recorded may be as clear as a high-definition television signal.
Using a setup like this, it is possible to provide a measure of surveillance for an area when
the economics of the situation do not justify hiring a security business or setting up a professional monitoring system.
This
do-it-yourself approach
can save money while not compromising on protection.
