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Security Camera Software

Has anyone got any recommendations on software to either record to video or record to jpg for a security camera? I'm currently using Supervision Cam which has a freeware version available but it hasn't been updated since 2005 and it's starting to show.

The camera is plugged into a PCI tv card and captures from the S-Video port, a few program support this but not all. I'd love to get a decent bit of software that is more capable of recording. At present the current software records a few GB's of data a day and its a pain to search through it all.

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  • e00c
    e00c Posts: 228 Forumite
    SimbaK2K wrote: »
    Has anyone got any recommendations on software to either record to video or record to jpg for a security camera? I'm currently using Supervision Cam which has a freeware version available but it hasn't been updated since 2005 and it's starting to show.

    The camera is plugged into a PCI tv card and captures from the S-Video port, a few program support this but not all. I'd love to get a decent bit of software that is more capable of recording. At present the current software records a few GB's of data a day and its a pain to search through it all.

    This isn't exactly CCTV software.... however...

    When i needed to take proof of a mouse in my kitchen... I set my webcam up on motion detect.... when the nipper came out - it took pictures every 2 seconds....

    How far away is your camera?
  • SimbaSimon
    SimbaSimon Posts: 810 Forumite
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    e00c wrote: »
    This isn't exactly CCTV software.... however...

    When i needed to take proof of a mouse in my kitchen... I set my webcam up on motion detect.... when the nipper came out - it took pictures every 2 seconds....

    How far away is your camera?

    The camera is outside and on about 10 metres of cable. Goes into the TV, out the TV and into the PC so I can record it through there. Its outside and all setup so can't easily change it.
  • Lakeuk
    Lakeuk Posts: 1,084 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I use the free version of WebcamXP on a birdcam I have connected to an old PC via a TV card, has a fair few options including motion detection
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