Active WebCam: multipurpose utility for webcams

You need a professional webcam management application at: unlimited number of webcams attached to your computer? Streaming images directly over the intranet or internet?

Support the construction of websites to broadcast live images obtained? Video recording does not waste hard disk? . Perhaps Active WebCam is one of the top choices today.

If you have used a webcam on a Windows environment, do you know AMCap? This application is always the default utility program for webcams installed in Windows. When using AMCap, you will find that this application is too simple and can not meet the requirements of professional users.

One of AMCap's "deadly" drawbacks is to consume a terrifying hard disk space when using the AVI format to "record video" with a webcam. In addition, AMCap lacks many other professional features such as support for multiple webcams, network connection, photo capture, etc. The webcam will completely overcome all the above disadvantages to make you forget about AMCap.

Because of its high professionalism, using AW is not really simple, but you just need to take some time to find out.

When logging in for the first time, the AW will display a 'Welcome' interface to identify the webcams connected to the computer. You should check 'Search Camera' to automatically search for webcams on your computer. When you find any webcam, it shows the image that the webcam is watching in the webcam listing box.

Here are some basic features of AW.

1. Using the remote webcam: There are two types of 'Network IP Camera' and 'Remote Camera'.

- Network IP Camera : type to use webcam in the local network. This feature allows your computer to monitor the activity of a webcam connecting to another computer on the local network. How to use as follows: Click the ' Create new camera ' button to display the interface to identify the new webcam -> tick ' Network IP Camera ' -> select the webcam type in the ' Camera Model ' box -> Enter the location Local network IP of the computer with webcam in the ' IP Address ' box -> enter the user name and password of the computer in the ' User ID ' and ' password ' boxes -> finally click the ' Connect to the Camera ' button . 'to connect to the webcam you just declared.

- Remote Camera : this is a way to use a remote webcam via the internet. This feature allows your computer, via the internet, to monitor the activity of a webcam that is located in . the Americas or Africa. How to use the following: Check the ' Remote Camera ' -> Enter the IP address of the remote computer with the webcam in the ' IP Address ' box -> enter the user name and password of the computer into the box' User name 'and' password '-> finally click the' Connect to the Camera . 'button to connect to the remote webcam that has just been declared via the Internet.

2. Movie Recording: With AW, you can turn the webcam on your computer into a genuine video camera with a speed of up to 30 frames per second. You just need to press the red button 'Rec' on the main interface (or left-click on the screen and select ' Record Video Clip ') is the video recording process of the AW has started. AW will create a video file format of its own, with the end of AWLive, consuming very little hard disk space but the image quality is similar to AMCap's movie shooting style. AWLive video files will be saved by default in the ' Gallery ' folder located in the AW installation folder.

3. Take a picture: with AW, you can turn the webcam on your computer into a delicious digital camera. You only need to direct the lens to the place you want to shoot and press the ' Take snapshot from current camera ' button on the main interface (or right-click on the screen and select ' Take snapshot ') that has taken a picture type in the format. JPG. This type of image is also saved by default in the ' Gallery ' folder located in the AW installation directory.

4. Create a website that shows webcam activity: If you do not have a website, you can also use the ' Web Page Creation Wizard ' feature to create a web page that shows webcam activity so that everyone can have it can observe from a distance. How to do the following: Click the ' Web Page Creation Wizard ' button (or left-click on the screen and select ' Create Web Page ') to make the 'Web Page Creation Wizard' interface appear. You can click on the ' Setting ' button to make the necessary tweaks. After completing the tweaking, click ' Next ' to enter the ' Display Method ' interface -> It should be marked in the ' Use Page Refreshment ' box, Continue to click ' Next ' to enter the 'Broadcasting Method ' -> interface. You can select ' Run Web Server on my Computer ' to turn your computer into a web server that everyone can access. If you already have a website, select ' Upload to FTP Server ' to upload the newly created website onto your website. If the candle simply wants to see what site the AW automatically creates, then select ' Just Copy Frames to a Folders on my computer '. Click ' Next ' to enter the ' Web Page Location ' interface -> you name your site and choose the location for it in this interface. It is better to keep the default name and location that the AW has already set. Click ' Next ' to enter the ' Page Properties ' -> interface in this interface, you can set the title of the web page, or select the font color . and finally click ' Next ' to complete the website creation. You can see how your website operates ' Offline ' by clicking the ' Test Web Pages . ' button.

PY Software is selling Active WebCam 7.3 for $ 29. Users can go here to download a trial version with a capacity of about 15.4 MB or find it at a software store.

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