Active WebCam 8.3

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 105 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  2,903,782

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

• Limitations:

  Nag screen

• Date Added:

  February 21, 2007

• Previous Versions:

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Publisher's description of Active WebCam 8.3

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 8.3 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Editor's review of Active WebCam 8.3

• 5.0 stars

• "Keep an eye on your cams"

• Reviewed by: CBS Interactive staff
• Reviewed on: December 7, 2008
• Version reviewed: Active WebCam 8.3

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.

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  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Active WebCam 8.3

  "Avoid product."

  by mikehammer7 on February 28, 2007

  Cons: Consumer entrapment. Lots of stuff on net about how great this product is but must be planted by developer. Avoid product. Poor consumer support (an online ticket system that gives one line cryptic answers and leaves issues unresolved). Coding extremely weak, end points have not been tested.

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• 1 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Active WebCam 8.3

  "Excited at first but bugs"

  by vasili3209 on February 25, 2007

  Pros: Only positive is it handles network and usb webcams well.

  Cons: Many bugs in the program. Worse in my case is that when i stop recording the live feed stops updating on my screen ... how stupid and silly. Worse the company has a customer support system that is obsolete and very user unfriendly. Basically it is a scam, they force you to enter so much information so you will not submit a trouble ticket. Look for another product.

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