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ContaCam 4.5.0

Developer: Contaware.com
Last updated: May 16, 2013
License: Freeware
OS Support: Windows (all)
File Size: 10.4 MB
Downloads: 236
∟ Last week: 33
User Rating: 5 / 5    (1 votes)

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This Free Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat.

It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even the most moderate systems.

Features:

  • Support for all Windows versions from Windows 95 up to Windows 8
  • The program is freeware and available in four languages: English, German, Italian and Russian
  • CCTV Security Surveillance with motion detection and 24 hours digital video recording (DVR)
  • Motion detection events presented as animated thumbnails in web browser, check the street demo and the home demo
  • Motion detection actions like FTP upload, send email (SSL/TLS or STARTTLS support) with attached movement file or run an external program
  • Live webcam with possibility of history tracking, see this live demo and select a past day
  • Manual records and snapshots (video game captures, movie recording, ...)
  • Integrated web server with password protection (internet or intranet)
  • Supports Webcams, WDM and DV devices and Network cameras (IP cameras)
  • Unlimited parallel cameras setup
  • Can be started as a windows service
  • Audio storing for 24 hours recording and on detection (no audio support for IP cameras)
  • Has all the FreeVimager features for snapshots editing and avi files recompression

What's New:

  • Split the 'Other HTTP Device' mode in Server Push and Client Poll
  • Swf snapshot history file is now correctly created even if restarting ContaCam (snapshots preceding restart are not lost)
  • In Device Assistant added a button to move the camera folder; under Tools menu there is the possibility to move all camera folders in one command
  • Live snapshot names can now be configured
  • Increased support from 15 to 100 DirectX devices
  • In log messages the user assigned device name is now shown
  • For microapache set MaxKeepAliveRequests to 0 (=No Limit) to avoid frame jumps which were happening when the keep alive request count reached 0 and a reconnection was necessary
  • Longer detection files option introduced in version 4.0.5 is now always on
  • Removed UDP networking because it was ContaCam's proprietary streaming protocol not compatible with any current standard (it's still possible to stream a video source through the web server, a FAQ entry has been added illustrating that)
  • Removed manual record pause command which was of no use

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