IP Camera: Recording Software

[StarsFan4Life]

I was wondering if you guys could help me out. I am setting up 2-3 D-Link DCS-910 wired IP cameras (recent break-in) and wanted to see what software I could use to record the input through my home network on to a Windows Home Server machine.

I tried out Active Webcam from Pysoft, but the "scheduling" and "settings" I setup never held and it either would record everything, or nothing at all.

http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm

What other software do you guys recommend?

 

[episodic]

I've thought about this before - but I figured the crooks would just steal the computer that was recording the breakin . . .

Good luck - break ins suck.

 

[dr.tikitimes]

I use Netcam Watcher Professional for the eight cameras we have here in our gated community. It has worked flawlessly for five years and is feature rich. It has a price. Perhaps the Home version would suffice for your needs.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Anyone else?

 

[tcsenter]

D-Link doesn't offer anything for the cameras? By download from the website perhaps?

 

[dr.tikitimes]

IPView SE??

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Does IPView allow you to record?

 

[tweakboy]

Just do Skype or YIM

gl

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Anyone else have any other suggestions?

 

[JackMDS]

Many software packages of this nature can be configured to be motion sensitive so they are triggered to record for a period of time only when some thing moves around and triggers the recording.

I think that the DCS910 comes with software for this purpose.

Or another example, http://www.snapfiles.com/get/securecam.html

 

[simonizor]

The camera didn't come with any software? If that's the case and you're able to return it, I'd do so. The Panasonic network camera that I have comes with some very basic software that allows you to view the cam from anywhere via the internet, and you can set it to capture images any time that it detects motion. I can't imagine why a network camera wouldn't come with software like this.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

It does come with software, but it SUCKS!

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Many software packages of this nature can be configured to be motion sensitive so they are triggered to record for a period of time only when some thing moves around and triggers the recording.

I think that the DCS910 comes with software for this purpose.

Or another example, http://www.snapfiles.com/get/securecam.html

Does "SecureCam" work with IP cameras? I can't seem to figure out how to select them.

 

[Emulex]

webcamxp or webcam7 (same product).

run as administrator

i've got about 12 cameras online right now it is doing all host processing and round robin (endless) recording - uses about 50% of all 4 cores on q6600

 

[DanielS86]

This is an old post, but the answer can be useful for others with this question. On a windows server it can be used with a camera sdk. Since it's an sdk, you can configure on the way you want, so you can make scheduling, uploading to ftp server, or show the screen in a webbrowser.