This page provides a brief overview of the main features
of SecuritySpy - to view the entire user manual click here.
Multiple cameras can be used by SecuritySpy simultaneously.
Video from all cameras can be viewed simultaneously in the
video preview window:
Additionally, each camera can be viewed in
its own window.
SecuritySpy features highly optimized motion
detection, so that each camera can be set up to capture
video and/or still image files when motion is detected.
The sensitivity of the motion detection can be adjusted
for best results and detection of motion can be set to all
or only part of the video image.
Alternatively, a timelapse capture feature
is available for constant round-the-clock capture that is
not linked to motion detection.
SecuritySpy compresses captured video on the
fly to conserve hard drive space (compression settings are
fully adjustable and include the MPEG-4 codec), and still
images files are saved in JPEG format. Video is captured
as standard QuickTime movies which can be opened by practically
all video software on the Mac. The captured image files
can be optionally uploaded to a remote computer or web server
via FTP so that footage can be viewed on the Internet and/or
held safe at a remote location.
It is often useful to have video from both
before and after a motion event - in the time before and
after, even though the motion is not high enough to trigger
recording, there is often something interesting happening
in the video that is worth capturing. For this purpose SecuritySpy
has Pre-capture and Post-capture features. The Pre-capture
feature works by keeping a buffer of frames in memory to
so that when motion is detected the video before the time
of motion is also captured.
Here is an illustration of a possible video
surveillance system:
 As you can see, there is a wide variety of cameras and video
input devices that can be used with SecuritySpy. More information
on this is available in the Hardware setup recommendations
section of the user manual. To show what kind of features
are available in SecuritySpy, here are screenshots of the
Camera Setup window:
During preview and capture there is a status
window available to display the capture status of each camera,
the amount of motion in the video image, and controls to
turn on and off preview:
There is a Browser feature to enable you to easily view and
manage captured footage:
SecuritySpy features a built-in web server that allows you
to view live video, download captured footage, change settings
and control the software, all from a remote location over
a network (either a local network or the internet):
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