Comments on: Turn Your Webcam Into A Security Cam

By: phil

phil — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:53:32 +0000

hi all how do u set the sounds as ive only just had the program and ive got hardly any idea how use it ive jus set up a motion setting also is there a way of recording 24hours thanks

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By: programedfiles

programedfiles — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:54:52 +0000

if you use a usb extension cord like i have,you can locate the webcam anywhere in your room

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By: Rlain

Rlain — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:00:19 +0000

Well, the control panel and everything looks useful and great. It’s just that little small error… When starting (or trying to) or trying to detect my webcam the dataexecuteprotector built in in vista shuts down java. I tried excluding ALL java related programs from it, but somehow it still crashes java and thereby chrashing yawcam. Any suggestions?

By: Ata

Ata — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:16:39 +0000

Can be used as an effective security method……
try attaching a binocular to the webcam ;)

By: Surelabs

Surelabs — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:10 +0000

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By: Lafeeu

Lafeeu — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:52:31 +0000

can i do more than 6 people ?

By: Lafeeu

Lafeeu — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:31:13 +0000

These are some great tips thanks! I’ve been using ooVoo (www.oovoo.com) for my video conferencing needs the past couple months and have found the service to be great. Some of these tricks should make the experience ever better, thanks!

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Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:55:02 +0000

[...] hear how it worked for you in the comments. Yawcam is freeware, Windows only. Yawcam [via SkatterTech] Nice little program to find out who’s at the puter but some cams let you know by having a [...]

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Turn Your Webcam into a Motion-Sensing Security Camera with Yawcam; TechBlogger — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:12:55 +0000

[...] Windows only: Got a webcam bundled with your last computer but don’t know what to do with it? Turn it into a motion-sensing security camera with freeware application Yawcam. All you need is a webcam to get started, but after spending a little time in the Yawcam settings you can set automatic FTP uploading, emailing, or just saving captured images to your hard drive. You can even set a schedule for when Yawcam is enabled to capture images so your security camera isn’t constantly snapping pics while you’re sitting in front of your computer. We’ve seen similar motion detecting software, but Yawcam looks like an excellent and simple alternative. I don’t have a webcam on my Windows PC, so if you give it a try, let’s hear how it worked for you in the comments. Yawcam is freeware, Windows only. Yawcam [via SkatterTech] [...]

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:44:53 +0000

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Thanks for the suggestion, I will take a look into Dorgem soon. If it’s video support works, it might have already beat what Yawcam offers. Yawcam is good, but there are things that could be better.

P.S. Does anyone know of any applications such as this for Mac OS X?

By: mat.brady

mat.brady — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:35:08 +0000

http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
opensource, ability to capture video and motion detection.

By: jon stallow

jon stallow — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:05 +0000

I can think of just a few good uses for this ;) lol
now all i need is a wireless webcam to make this even better

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MAKE: Blog — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:08:45 +0000

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By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:19:38 +0000

@Molly
glad you liked the security camera tool. I just took a look at Oovoo and it looks quite promising. I had never heard of it before. I assumed it would be a Skype-like app at first, but it seems impressive since it can do a video confrence with up to six persons. (Skype is still limited to one-on-one for video chatting.) I’ll take a further look into this soon! Thanks for the tip.

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:29:03 +0000

Wow – that’s a really cool idea. Webcams really are THE tool these days. I love the idea of playing spooky sounds when the machine detects motion. Imagine a would-be thief running with fright, as your computer lets off ‘fearsome_yell.wav’ or something similar.

Also, don’t know if you guys have seen it, but I work for Oovoo which is a super, and completely free, way to web-conference with upto 6 chums at once. Perhaps you could show a load of people how to make security cams.

Take care

Molly x

By: york

york — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:48:13 +0000

dang i just got it running on my laptop and its niiice! i left it facing out my window towards my front door. i was able to see when the mail man comes to drop off the mail and stuff!