Use Webcam as a motion-detecting and recording security camera
There is an application called Dorgem (Windows Only), which has motion detection function on normal webcam. This is a pretty cool feature because you can convert webcam to a security camera. Dorgem also has couple of other features that are useful for security camera, such as capture images and store off-site (i.e. FTP site), and supports unlimited number of simultaneous cameras.
Dorgem is a webcam capture application for Windows 9x and up. Any Video for Windows compatible webcam (or other digital camera) is supported.
It has unlimited storage events that can put the captured image on an FTP site as well as a local disk, all with their own time interval. It can put a unlimited texts and bitmaps on the captured image before the image is stored.
Dorgem supports an unlimited number of simultaneous cameras. It has a built-in webserver for still images and can be used as security camera because of its motion detection.
Simplehelp has a full tutorial on how to setup your webcam as a security camera. It should give you a head start on configuring the application.
How to use your PC and Webcam as a motion-detecting and recording security camera - [Simplehelp]
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Daniel Kim says on September 28th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
A (not free) alternative is found at http://www.trackercam.com
TrackerCam sells a motorized base for USB cameras. The bundled software has motion detection/motion tracking functions, and will let the camera pan and tilt to follow a moving object in its field of view. Another bundled program is supposed to let a PC monitor multiple video feeds and record video when motion is detected.
An additional product is a motorized pan/tilt base that interfaces with a digital video camera through a Firewire cable. This product will control pan/tilt and camera zoom.
I’ve used their basic product, and it is quite satisfactory. One useful application for a webcam is to point it at the control panel of the office laser printer when doing a long print job. I could go home and monitor the paper level, etc. and go to the office when I needed to replace paper or clear a jam.
Peter says on September 29th, 2006 at 11:32 am
For Mac there is SecuritySpy.
SecuritySpy comes with a nice Dashboard widget.
http://www.bensoftware.com/ss/
Technology Slice says on October 1st, 2006 at 10:58 pm
Looks pretty straight forward to operate.
Jim says on March 27th, 2007 at 12:27 am
I have Dorgem work as far as a FTP an image from my webcam to my homePage.. Now I need examples or suggestions on how to get my webpahe to update every few seconds or so…
Anne Omnibus says on August 9th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Jim:
You might plug “META REFRESH” into your favorite search engine, and use that tag to refresh the page every so often. On the other hand, you might want to look into using the webserver that is built in to Dorgem. It’s not massively configurable, but it does snap a new picture with every page hit…
DAve says on June 3rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Will it be be possible to automaticaly have an email sent with pic from any of these apps [dorgem ?]