About SecuritySpy

SecuritySpy is a multi-camera video surveillance application for the Macintosh.

This software will enable you to set up a comprehensive and effective surveillance system quickly and easily. The motion detection feature means that you can choose to capture footage only when there is some activity to record. In addition, you can use the timelapse feature to record continuously.

Unlike traditional analog CCTV systems, there is no need for bulky tapes to change nor for spending hours viewing the captured video. SecuritySpy also offers better image quality and much more convenient access to your captured footage.

A major advantage of using SecuritySpy is the Remote Viewing feature, which allows you to access your surveillance system over the internet or over a local network using a web browser.

If you are building a video surveillance system from scratch all you need is SecuritySpy, a Macintosh computer, and one or more cameras (digital cameras, analog cameras with video input devices, or a combination of the two). If you have an existing system using analog cameras, SecuritySpy will enable you to upgrade to a computer-based digital system whilst still retaining your existing cameras and cabling.

SecuritySpy's flexibility will allow you to set up a system tailored for your individual needs. Whether you want a single camera or many dozens, SecuritySpy is ideal, for both domestic and business purposes.

Feature list

• Displays and captures video from multiple cameras simultaneously
Multiple cameras can be connected and SecuritySpy can use them all at the same time (more..)

• Supports Macintosh compatible video and audio input devices
Devices that connect to the computer by USB, FireWire, or as a PCI card (more..)

• Supports network cameras and network video servers
Devices that connect to the computer over an ethernet network (more..)

• Motion Detection and Timelapse capture features, with audio
The motion detection capture feature records only when motion is detected; the timelapse capture features records continuously (more..)

• Built-in web server for viewing of images and video over a network
You can connect to SecuritySpy remotely using a web browser to view live images and captured footage (more..)

• Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) support for many network cameras
Allows you to control the pan/tilt angle and zoom setting of certain cameras directly from within SecuritySpy (more..)

• Powerful real-time compression
Video can be compressed during recording to conserve disk space - compression options include JPEG and MPEG-4 (more..)

• FTP upload feature
Automatically sends captured footage to a remote computer over a local network or the internet for backup (more..)

• Email notification feature
Automatically sends an email notification with attached images when motion is detected (more..)

• Pre-capture buffer to capture video before the time of motion
When a recording is triggered by motion detection, you can have it start from a number of seconds earlier to capture anything important that may have happened before the actual trigger (more..)

• Other features include: audible alarms when motion is detected; timestamp feature; schedule to activate cameras at set times of the day/week; mask feature for ignoring motion in certain parts of the video image; Browser feature for easy playback of captured footage; network video streaming from one copy of SecuritySpy to another running on a different computer; auto-deletion of old footage to free disk space; AppleScript support.

Live Demo

Click here for a live demo of SecuritySpy's built-in web server feature (the username and password are both "guest"). For the secure SSL version click here. For more demo sites click here. For more information about this feature see the Web server setup section of the user manual.

Screen Saver

Recently released from Milo Bird is a screen saver that works with SecuritySpy, which can display full screen video from multiple cameras on multiple SecuritySpy servers. For more information please click here.