WebCam-Control-Center - Easy to use Webcam Software
 
 

 

WebCam-Control-Center Features

 

Features

WebCam-Control-Center - Webcam software that is so easy to use. It has an adjustment tool for your video device with picture taking and video recording functions; a motion detector with a lot of settings, a FTP (file transfer protocol) client to update your webpage and an Email client for sending emails with pictures or AVI videos attached !

Adjustment Tool

Adjust your video device through the driver based dialogs.
Several video devices - Select at the start of the program your preferred working video device from a list of all existing video devices.
Record AVI videos form your video device in the actual video format, with or without audio, in any length.
Take pictures from your video device in the actual video format.
View the last took picture in a separate window.
Convert every picture taken into GIF and/or JPG ( with a chosen compression factor ).
Print captions on your picture, like the actual date, time or your own text string. This can also be done in motion detector and FTP mode.
Preview window - Show or hide a preview window ! Halt the video in the preview window, or let it run.
Only preview window - Show only the preview window on your desktop with a black background around.
Preview fullscreen - Stretch the preview window to fullscreen !
Always on top - Pin the preview window as the topmost window above all windows, to see always what happens.
Taskbar ICON - The application generates no button in the taskbar, but only an icon in the system area of the taskbar ! You can minimize the applications window to have only the preview window on your desktop (topmost or not), or nothing !

Motion Detector

Relevant Areas - Select the areas of the video picture that are relevant for the motion detection, by painting.
Picture Difference - Adjust the picture difference in % ( of the relevant areas ) at which a motion detection occurs.
Action at Detection - Select the functions which will carry out at detection : picture taking, AVI recording, program execution, protocol file, sound playing, FTP transfer, Email sending !
Picture taking and AVI recording - Select whether you want the file name to be the same each time or you want a new file at each detection ( file_001.jpg/.avi ... file_99999.jpg/.avi ). You can select the maximum filenumber too !
Test for motion is adjustable from only once, over once per x sec. to often as possible.
Different test modi - compare the actual picture against the start picture, the previous picture or the last picture without a detection.

FTP client

Dial Up - Dials ( and hangs up ) automatically to establish an Internet connection. You can select the time period in which dialup is allowed.
FTP connection - Connect to your choosen Internet FTP server.
Uploading Files - Upload selected files to the target server directory, periodically every x sec., at motion detection or by pressing the button directly.
Upload the actual video picture to your homepage. Picture taking, ( optional converting to GIF and/or JPG ), uploading !!
Permanent picture mode - The program connects once to the internet and to your FTP server and then takes and uploads pictures permanent or in sec. intervals. If you like the program can take a break for a while and then restarts from the beginning ! So, you will always have the actual video picture on your webpage to see what is happening. JAVA applet for picture showing and refresh included ! The other possibility is, to take permanent pictures (with breaks and/or intervalls) on your harddrive. Then install one of the several freeware webservers/FTPservers and you have a constant surveillance in your LAN or from the internet !
FTP without a video device ! - You can use the FTP client functions without having a video device !

Email client

Dial Up - Dials ( and hangs up ) automatically to establish an Internet connection. You can select the time period in which dialup is allowed.
Send the email to several email addresses !
Attach files - You can attach several files to the email.
Attach the actual video picture - Let the program take the actual video picture, attach it to the email and send the email.
Record an AVI in desired length, attach it to the email and send the email.
Periodically every x sec sending, direct sending or sending at motion detection are possible !

 

System Requirements

Windows 95/98/NT 4.x/ME/2000
Video device
for picture taking, AVI recording, motion detection.
Internet access
and a server directory for the FTP client.
Internet access
and a SMTP server for email sending.
16 MB RAM
3 MB HD



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