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Squirrel Nest Camera

Step 2Software

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For web cam software I went with is visionGS - I am sure there are other web cam applications that would work, but this one was affordable ( ~$30 for the full function copy - free for basic copy )  and had the features I wanted: 
   Configurable motion detection and capture
   Options for alerting
   Archiving and automatic file management
   Built in streaming of live video
  
The web cam software runs on a pc and pushes captured images to the web server over the network.  Streaming video requires a live connection to the capture PC. 

The web server is an old pc running iis, with some custom aspx scripts for thumbnail generation and image archiving.

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I am an engineer in high tech. I like to make things.