System set up and improvements

Here are a few tips and suggestions, for improvements you can make to your webcam surveillance system:

- First of all it is likely that if a burglar notices he is being recorded on webcam, he will steal your computer even if he otherwise did not intend to, on the off-chance the pictures might still be on your hard drive and that they haven't been forwarded to a remote server.
To prevent this, you could leave your computer in a room you think is very secure in your house, and record via a wireless webcam.
Alternatively, you could paint or tape over the recording light on your web cam, and switch your screen off, which might give the impression your computer is not on.
- If you are going to monitor your house mostly at night, you could remove the infrared filter behind the lens of your web cam (though this involves disassembling it). It will greatly improve its near-infrared capabilities.
- If you want to record from your window (your car may be parked in the street for instance, and you want to monitor it), you may find that 1. because you are recording from far away people's faces might not be easily recognizable and 2. many things may trigger your webcam unnecessarily such as birds, cats, and passers-by. Unless your webcam already has a zoom feature, you could download a programme such as CamZoomer (search for it under 'products'), which allows a 2x ZOOM without loss of quality and can zoom up to x8 using digital zoom while retaining decent quality. Though CamZoomer is shareware, the demo version is limited only by a reminder. It can be downloaded from the link on this page

Comments

[pledpfldfpldfp]

A linux freeware option is Zoneminder.  It runs very stable, and is highly customizable and compatible with many devices.

[hunter9t9]

can u tell me how to make a wireledss surveilance that can double as a robo eye

[MrCantThinkOfAName]

You need to redo the link! It doesnt work anymore...

[wiccanman82]

this may not be the place to ask but i have the camera lense out of a cell phone is there any way i could use it in a webcam or, can i even hook it up anyway

[Bosun Rick]

Your website is DOWN; No way to get to any of the links given???

[fredxxx]

hi sam Excellent, i had it all downloaded and working in twenty minutes an all for free. keep up the good work

[airsoft101]

use Yawcam much better same principle but more features like a web-feed and a scheduler ect.

[mark28]

hi. sam noyoun i´ve been thinking to appy this sistem in my car or other kind of sistem but honestly i have no idea what to do. i'd like to see what is happening in that moment throut mi cel or palm. is there any way to do this. does this sistem that you mention work in this case? thank you for your comments

[tastyklean]

yeah good but not actual footage, seeing as after he used the card on the door the handle covinently moves, but not before, seeing as carding a door only pushes the latch back into the door it would have no effect on the handle

[sam noyoun]

The video is just a joke... It's not meant to be taken seriously... It was taken with my webcam though, and the original footage was in colour...