Modern professional protection application works with any camera, Internet cameras, and major capture cards.

Security application has become so complicated that the normal consumer who has been busy minding his office instead of pouring over electronics and ip technology articles can be easily overwhelmed when it comes time to setup or modernize his security system.
Luckily, there is new professional security software that simplifies much of the decision making. You don't necessarily have to get rid of a working analog CCTV system in order to renew to a broadcasting video that can be watched from any ip connected computer or 3G phone. Video capture cards can digitally convert the snapshots for broadcast. Until yesterday, there had been no real attempts to regulate the new Internet cameras; every make and manufacturer functioned a little differently. And when you put cameras into the merge, using one software to control them all was heavy.
Professional surveillance software is now accessible that will work for any webcamera or IP camera and for most capture cards as well. You can monitor whatever your movement detectors are picking up at your residence or firm while you can be half a world away. The software itself may not be simple, but it can get life simpler for you.

Streaming live video and audio from capture card via camera server software

If you find yourself with a need to record surveillance video with a webcam over an area, camera computer application may be the right choice for you. Using this software, it is possible to set up a camera to detect movement and begin recording when it does.
Depending on your needs, the sights and sounds that are picked up by the webcam may be stored on a hard drive, or if the captured video needs to be accessible off-site, can be webcast using the server's streaming function to a webpage.
Depending on the quality of the camera and the viewer's video card, the picture that is recorded may be as clear as a high-definition television signal. Using a setup like this, it is possible to provide a measure of surveillance for an area while the economics of the situation do not justify hiring a security business or setting up a professional monitoring system.
This do-it-yourself approach can save money while not compromising on protection.

Webcam software identifies movement, triggers siren, captures images, records video, and sends captured images by e-mail

Webcams are fine for more than just making online communications more practical. They can furthermore be an very helpful device for use in house or firm protection. Software is now available that can detect movement and use it as a trigger for different events.
The way that it works is to study the picture sent by a camera that is either attached through USB or via a video capture device for motion. Once it picks up that motion, it can afterward acquire any number of events, including triggering an siren.
A more popular application, though, is to either send live frames of what is happening in the picture that is covered by the camera or to even webcast via live broadcasting accurately what is happening with both sound and image. If installed surreptitiously, this software could even be used for secret surveillance.
Given the large quantity of devices that either have a web camera attached or can support one, this is an excellent way to inexpensively and easily protect the area around that workstation from infringement or theft.