Security Camera setup for home (custom)

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I have to cameras that connect via network cable. I would like to set them up as security cameras in the flat we rent. I have already set them to up, and able to view them via the an IP in a browser.

But I would like to set them up so that during they day, should they pickup any movement, it will record, alert me via Email and upload pics to a FTP server. I have played with a lot of programs, but some cost so much, other just work with USB cams, others do this and other only that.

Has anyone ever used something like this? My setup is as follows

2 x cams
1 x old laptop to run software for camera's
1 x 3G USB modem (pre paid) for connection to world

Can anyone suggest some kind of software? I've also got an oldish Microsoft USB webcam that I would also like to add to the mix, but not essential.

Thank you.
 
Typical, should have posted earlier, looks like I found something that looks good.

ContaCam.

Some highlights. More here.

  • CCTV Security Surveillance with motion detection and 24 hours digital video recording (DVR)
  • Motion detection actions like FTP upload, send email (SSL/TLS or STARTTLS support) with attached movement file or run an external program
  • Supported are Webcams, WDM and DV devices and MJPEG Network cameras (IP cameras)
  • Remote watching by enabling port forwarding or using Dropbox
 
Im running 2 day/ night cams on a 4 channel pci dvr , hooked up to an old p4 and its been running perfectly for the past 4 years now. the best software in my experience is Ispy and its free, you can grab it from the main site and it is on source forge if i remember correctly
 
Dohc-WP said:
Im running 2 day/ night cams on a 4 channel pci dvr , hooked up to an old p4 and its been running perfectly for the past 4 years now. the best software in my experience is Ispy and its free, you can grab it from the main site and it is on source forge if i remember correctly
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+1 for ISpy
 
Forgot about this post...this mind of mine...it'll do great on the 2nd hand market...hardly been used...anyway.

I've been using Contacam, its a great free product. Works with both network and USB camera's.

Lots if custom settings
  • Set movement detection areas and time to monitor.
  • Also be setup as a DVR to continuously record.
  • Can upload to FTP or Email pics or videos.
  • Web portal to log into remote.

Here is a proper list of features from the site, the above is just what I like.
  • Supported from Windows XP SP2 up to Windows 10
  • The program is freeware and available in the following languages: English, Bulgarian, German, Italian, Russian and Vietnamese
  • CCTV Security Surveillance with motion detection and 24 hours digital video recording (DVR)ContaCam
  • 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)
  • Supported are Webcams, WDM and DV devices and MJPEG Network cameras (IP cameras)
  • Remote watching by enabling port forwarding or using Dropbox
  • Unlimited parallel cameras setup
  • Can be started as a Windows Service
  • Audio storing for 24 hours recording and on detection (audio support for Axis ip cameras)
  • Has all the FreeVimager features for snapshots editing
  • For PAD file click here
 
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Awesome thanks [MENTION=185]VirtualForce[/MENTION] im going to need to be looking into this in the coming months so this is a fantastic start!
 
Just have to post about Contacam again, I've been using it for while now, its extremely easy to setup but very feature rich, or at least for what I want. Works great with my network and old USB cams....and for free?!
 
An update. Last year I bought a DVR system, but couldnt find a program to combine the new DVR system with my existing IP Camera system. I know DVR system is old and getting replaced, but I got it for very cheap and is effective, got night vision too.

The supplied software sucks badly (typical Chinese cheap stuff) and remote viewing via browser only works on IE7 or something, couldnt get it to work.

I played on the local DVR hardware website and had a look at the website code, so it listed RTSP...

This is the code on the local site for the one camera, I highlighted the text in BOLD that I found.
<embed name="screen" src="#" href="javaScript:void(0)" qtsrc="rtsp://192.168.0.88:8854/live0.264?user=admin&passwd=password" width="100%" height="100%" loop="false" autoplay="true" enablejavascript="true" controller="false" plugin="quicktimeplugin" type="video/quicktime" scale="tofit" kioskmode="true" target="myself" cache="false" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" title="undefined">
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did some googling and found ContaCam supported RTSP with VLC installed. Now able to combine a my DVR, IP and USB cams.

This it the text I added on the ContaCam settings, just modify the live0 setting as its set for each camera on the DVR and change the port 8080, 8081, etc to have a port for each camera. Also change the name for each camera, camera1, camera2, etc

new camera1 broadcast loop enabled
setup camera1 input rtsp://admin:p[email protected]:8854/live0.264?
setup camera1 output #transcode{vcodec=mjpg,vb=2500,scale=1.0,fps=10,acodec=none}:standard{access=http{mime="multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=7b3cc56e5f51db803f790dad720ed50a"},mux=mpjpeg,dst=:8080/videostream.cgi}
control camera1 play
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Read here for how to.
 
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