Freeware webcam app well worth getting

[bdt]

I've just trialled MJPEG Surveillance 2.0 and man is it a real li'l beauty!

First, about: (sic: he's a programmer, not a writer)

* Designed to record video from a few, to hundreds of IP cameras simultaneously.
* Chase Playback Supported! You can playback videos while they are still being recorded!
* File Converted Included, to convert your MJPEG videos to Divx, WMV, MPEG4, IV50, and more!
* Extremely Low Processor and Memory Usage! Even when using with multiple cameras simultaneously.
* Motion Detection for motion activated recording.
* Video View dialog allows you to see in real-time what's going on.
* Motion Detection algorithm will highlight motion area on video dialog in real-time.
* Customizable Motion Detection Grid, with the ability to X out areas which motion should be ignored.
* Automatic Video Recycling, which records over the oldest videos first (weekly, monthly, yearly, ect!).
* Video Player has easy editing features so you can extract video clips from larger videos.
* Easily Extract single frames from videos in JPG format.
* Compatible with most types of IP cameras!
* Extracts video from IP cameras which use Server push methods, and static JPG links.

The host I have it running on is a 32bit AMD 2400+ with 512MB RAM & through an el-cheapo Logitech QuickCam Messenger and it works a charm:
- the app starts up reliably on machine restart
- as said above it's TINY ..the .exe you install weighs in at a paltry 323KB
- it flips over from day to day, as advertised
- it happily saves the MJPEG stream onto a network share: I have the files being saved to the %network.server%\public\cam folder for anyone on the network to have a look-see who's coming into the office.
- installing the app on other machines around the network gives you access to the .mjpeg files for reliable playback of the (current) file ..amazing to see something that's said to work actually DO so!
- and it IS actually free: no trial/nag/hidden gotcha

...consider how handy this is for having a camera on the front door to an office that everyone can see. This puppy is definitely here to stay in my tools archive.

 

[LazyLion]

Great! Please won't you repost this in my freeware thread so we can have your review there permanently?....

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=109842

 

[Cyberdude]

Just downloaded it and gave it a quick test on my laptops webcam. What a great piece of software. And also just in time. I have ordered a couple of cameras and stuff a few days ago to keep an eye on my house while i'm away in december.

 

[EchoZA]

Have also downloaded it, nice small footprint. Will test tonight with IP cameras, as well as with direct connect webcam.