- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Nag screen); $29.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/2003/Vista
- Date added: May 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 2,997,998
- Downloads last week: 3,273
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 109 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Ease of use is the hallmark of the surveillance app Active WebCam, which lets you monitor multiple cams and record footage for later use.
A wizard guides you through the camera setup process, after which you can send video with audio to any computer on your network that has app installed, soundless video to HTTP users, or screen caps to FTP users. You can set access permissions for users and groups, as well as the number of visitors allowed. Active WebCam also can e-mail you footage when a camera detects motion, perfect for monitoring that sleeping tyke.
The Tools menu lets you create a Web page with custom fonts and colors where you can post videos and stills. There's also a versatile video conversion tool to change captured video into AVI or MPEG format. The process took up all our CPU cycles--as the bottom utilization bar kindly displayed--but otherwise the app's footprint is small.
Aside from the helpful wizards, each menu window contains a brief explanation of what each feature does and a link to the Help topic. With surprisingly little effort and half a dozen cams, most users could create a decent surveillance system with Active WebCam.
Publisher's description
From PY Software :Active WebCam captures images up to 30 frames per second from any video device including USB and analog cameras, TV boards, capture cards, frame grabbers, camcorders, and network IP cameras. The program broadcasts captured content from your computer or uploads it to an FTP server. Broadcasting can be viewed using any Internet browser. The program performs simultaneous recording and broadcasting from unlimited number of cameras. Your camera(s) can be used as part of a surveillance system. When the program detects motion in the monitored area, it sounds an alarm, e-mails you captured images, starts broadcasting, or records video. Live broadcasting as well as recording can be password protected, so all video and audio are scrambled and cannot be watched without a valid password.
Version 11.5 fixes FTP uploading issues.
What's new in this version:
Version 11.5 New fixes FTP uploading issues.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 109 votes
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Version: Active WebCam 11.5
"re: 45% DlSCOUNT COUPON found today"
Pros: Thanks for sharing discount, but I can't read the link. So I searched for another discount. And I found it!
http://www.ourfreeware.com/discounts/active_webcam.shtmlCons: Didn't found any problems with it. The software is unique and great.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Active WebCam 11.5
"should be a mac version of this as well!"
Pros: none, I just like the idea of it, but haven't tried it yet cause I don't use windows.
Cons: the fact that some people on here say it doesn't work on some forms of windows
Summary: be a good idea to think about developing this to be cross platform.. aka windows/linux and Mac OS X
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Active WebCam 11.5
"Incompatible with 64 Bit systems"
Pros: Great features.
Cons: Developers are out of touch with modern operating systems.
Summary: Great if you don't use a 64 Bit sytem. More and more companies are making 64bit hardware. 32 bit will be history in maybe 2 years.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Active WebCam 11.5
"did not load properly on vista 64"
Pros: looks like it could be good
Cons: would not start properly on vista 64...just would shutdown.
Summary: installed at admin level security, but would not get started for me, even after restarting system. Anyone have better luck on a 8gb, intel quad, hp, 2.83GHz, Vista64home system?
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Version: Active WebCam 11.5
"45% DlSCOUNT COUPON found today"
Pros: Wonderful surveillance program! I love it. And I saved a lot of money on purchase because I found discount here
http://www.*********.net/active_webcam.shtmlCons: Nothing bad to say!
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