ContaCam is a video surveillance and live cam application. It supports not only local but also remote cameras. Likewise, it allows connecting to various cams and opening various surveillance windows simultaneously. The program has an intuitive interface; however, it looks somewhat outdated in terms of graphic design. The program’s functions can be controlled through not only its standard interface but also an integrated web server.
When used for surveillance purposes, the tool can be set to record continuous video or take repeated snapshots instead. Likewise, it can capture images only when motion is detected on previously set areas. In case any kind of activity is sensed, the program can trigger various kinds of alerts. Thus, in addition to recording video, it can also send emails, upload evidences to an FTP server or the cloud, and even execute customized system commands.
If your intention is to capture video from a given camera, the program allows carrying manual records and snapshots. This way, you fail not only to record a streaming movie but also gaming sessions.
In general, ContaCam has the main advantage of allowing you to benefit from sophisticated features at no cost. Besides, it does not require expensive equipment as it can work on even very low system resources.
v3.9.9 [Dec 27, 2011]
- Overall speed optimizations and memory page faults reduction,
especially the motion detection engine is now less
CPU intensive
- Enhanced movement detection pre-buffer
- Motion detection configurable zones size
- New command to import/export motion detection zones
- Motion detection command execution starts now on detection
begin and not on detection end as before
- External motion trigger file to support contact sensors and
PIR detectors
- 10% HD size limit check is now each 10-15 min and the
deletion of old files is more balanced between cameras
- Updated tutorials to reflect this version 3.9.0
- Removed false detection with blue and none blue zones because
it could end up deleting important detections when a false
detection occurred together with a true detection and this
even more if it was not well configured!
- Removed old VfW support, removed unused rec size segmentation
and post recording
