Sophia Costin

Streaming live video and audio from capture device
via web camera computer software

Security application

If you find yourself with a need to record security video with a web camera over an area,

webcam
server application

may be the right choice for you. Using this application, it is possible to set up a
camera to detect activity and begin recording once it does.

Depending on your needs, the sights and sounds that are picked up by the webcam may be stored on a hard drive, or if the captured video
needs to be available off-site, can be webcast using the server's broadcasting
feature to a webpage.

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 tv signal.
Using a setup like this, it is possible to provide a measure of security for an area while
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 security.

Web camera software senses movement, sounds
alarm, captures images, records video, and sends captured images by e-mail

Web cameras
are good for more than just making internet communications
more practical. They can in addition be
an awfully helpful instrument
for use in home or firm protection.

Software
is now available that can identify motion and use
it as a trigger for numerous procedures.


The way that
it works is to study the image sent by a webcam that is either connected via USB
or using a video capture card for movement. While it picks up
that motion, it can afterward take any number of events,
including triggering an alarm.

A more popular software, though, is to either
send live shots of what is happening in the picture that is covered by the webcam
or to even broadcast by live streaming exactly what is
happening with both audio and image. If installed surreptitiously,
this software could even be used for secret surveillance.

Given the
large number of systems that either have a web camera connected
or can support one, this is an excellent way to inexpensively and easily defend
the region around that computer
from infringement or stealing.

I'm using web camera application. I
can broadcast Internet video to view my room
from anywhere.

With my new

camera application, I can run a broadcasting broadcast
of my site visible online. This opens up a number
of possibilities, the surface of which has not even been scratched in today's world. I can use
this webcast for surveillance purposes, allowing me to watch what's going on in my apartment
at any moment from a remote viewing pc.

As long as I have the camera
running and a remote computer with Internet access, I can view the room.
With the software and the camera, I can change the settings to capture picture,
detect motion (if I don't want to keep the webcam running at all times),
or use a combination of a live feed and recorded video to implement a protection
system that takes full benefit of new know-how.

With a capture card,
I can simply transmit relevant video and screenshots to use on
any pc.

With sensitive data on my computer
and priceless stuff in my site,
it only makes sense to have a security setup that I can supervise whenever I feel that my privacy
is being compromised. If I owned a small company or lived with roommates, I couldn't imagine
living without it.