CatSpy description
CatSpy is a video surveillance software that lets you create video surveillance based on the cameras connected to your PC.

CatSpy is a video surveillance software that lets you create video surveillance based on the cameras connected to your PC.

CatSpy includes complex motion detection, a pre-motion recording facility and uses all DirectX 9 compatible capture devices.

The detected "motions" are recorded as an AVI file, compressed by any DirectX 9 compatible compressor installed on your machine.

Here are some key features of "CatSpy":

· CatSpy has been designed to meet some general purposes:
· be as fast as possible
· be as lean as possible
· So it uses a standard GUI interface without any customization to spare system resources for the real task: capture video and detect motion in it.
· General
· Multiple settings files with different camera setup, which can be opened simultaneously.
· Multiple cameras per settings file.
· Notification window with all interesting events at one place.
· Adjustable video capture path.
· Auto start detection on settings file open.
· Unattended mode disabling all error dialogs.
· Specify video size, frames per seconds, video mode and tuner related settings for TV cards.
· Motion Detection
· Adjustable grey level.
· Erosion algorithm to remove the noise from the cameras. The algorithm can be processed a number of times.
· Adjustable number of pixels, which must have changed to detect a motion.
· Minimum motion time delay.
· Coded using Intel MMX-assembly instructions to be as fast as possible.
· Time Schedules
· Create individual schedules for each settings file
· Use one schedule in with more than one camera (so define once and reference it in the camera)
· Schedule rules can contain the day of week, the time, the day, the month and the year
· Makes it possible to create rules like: "Let the camera be active Mo-Fr. from 17:00 till 6:00 and Sa/Su the hole day."
· Active Area
· This feature enables you to create individual masks for each camera, excluding unwanted image areas from the motion detection
· Really "paint" the mask with tools like Rectangle, Fill, Circle and Line
· Zoom capabilities in the Mask Editor
· Video Capture
· Supporting all DirectX 9 compatible video devices.
· Respond to special event such as "disk full" during recording.
· Support on-the-fly registration and removal of Plug-and-Play devices.
· Preview window with motion view, frames-per-second-counter and different pixel counter.
· Date/Time-Stamp and camera name recorded to the video.
· Selectable compressor which will be used to compress the videos while capturing.
· Pre-Event-Recording, adjustable time frame.
· Using WMV and AVI file formats for saving the recorded videos


Limitations:

· The shareware version is distributed for free. It allows you to test and evaluate CatSpy for 30 day beginning from the day of installation. After 30 days, the recording functionality of CatSpy will be disabled. You may enable this again by obtaining a license.