WebCam Monitor is a camera surveillance system. The application allows you to connect up to four webcams and monitor them in real time. The areas covered by each of the cameras can be adjusted by tilting, panning and zooming. Likewise, monitoring can be done on regular intervals or when the motion or sound detected exceeds the threshold value previously set by the user.
The application is quite easy to use. In this respect, there are wizards to help you configure new cameras. Besides, a side panel guarantees quick access to the most frequently used parameters. The workflow consists of establishing a group of conditions that trigger specific actions. Thus, in addition to specifying sound and motion levels, you can also mark some specific camera regions in which movement is simply ignored. Thus, when motion is detected, the application can take a series of snapshots, send email notifications, upload media files to an FTP server, launch an audio alarm or run a specified program. Moreover, all these activity traces are conveniently marked with time stamps, which favor its later review and analysis. Another possible use of the application is to stream video over an IP address, which can be viewed even in a web browser or recorded by other applications that support remote IP cameras.
The bottom line is that WebCam Monitor can effectively serve as a video surveillance tool. However, it has some limitations related to the number of cameras it can support simultaneously. Moreover, it seems that the output video format cannot be customized, and MP4 is used by default. As there are many similar applications out there, you’d better try some of them before you actually decide which one to purchase.
v6.0 [Feb 19, 2013]
-Support for Windows 8: WebCam Monitor is fully compatible with Windows 8 in both 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
-All-new design: The new look of WebCam Monitor is more user friendly, simplified and easy-to-customize.
-Multi-Monitor support: Camera previews can be detached from the main interface. Arrange the camera previews on any monitor on your system allowing you to work with other applications while keeping an eye on your surveillance.
-Auto-detect WebCam: Auto-discovers a webcam when plugged in to your PC and provides options for configuration.
-Active Message Bar: View a running status of all camera actions.
-Powerful E-mail control: Each camera can send alerts to a different e-mail address. During continuous motion, you can now control the number of e-mails sent. Get email notification when a camera is disconnected.
-Hidden Mode: Run the program in the background, hidden from normal users.
-Watermarks: Authenticate your video recordings and photos with custom watermarked logos and date and time stamps.
-Enhanced real-time notifications: Be informed when there is a network connection problem, when disk space is running low, a camera connection is lost, and more.
-Superior FTP: Every camera has it's own FTP settings to upload into specific folders or onto individual FTP servers. Backup videos, photos or both. Optionally remove the local files after upload.
-Improved Event logging: View camera events for specific camera or all cameras.
-Easier navigation: Jump to the next or previous camera by clicking on the navigation buttons or selecting a camera from the thumbnail preview.
-Customize camera positions: Drag and drop the cameras within Thumbnail preview to adjust their positions.
-Theme support: Apply coordinated color themes of blue, black, or silver for a pleasing view.
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