Decent webcam security software?

[Desmo]

Anybody use a webcam for security? My car is getting scratched (not on purpose) by the kids playing in the street so I was going to stick my webcam pointing out of the bedroom window to capture some footage (and to let the kids know I'm watching ;)).

Any recommended stuff out there to save me trawling through all the crap? :)

[Fayshun]

TBH, I wouldn't bother using a webcam the quality is pap.

Have a shufty on Ebay for PCI camera cards and mini-cctv cameras, you could get both from HK for less than 50 notes (probably less). Capture software comes with the cards.

[Matblack]

Theres some pretty serious consiquences of pointing a webcam at anything apart from your property (i.e. a public highway the fact the car is your property doesn't count :(). I'd look into it before you set anything up, also filming a minor without permission could probably land you in court or branded a peodophile in the enlightened times in which we live.

MB

[Dymetrie]

Theres some pretty serious consiquences of pointing a webcam at anything apart from your property (i.e. a public highway the fact the car is your property doesn't count :(). I'd look into it before you set anything up, also filming a minor without permission could probably land you in court or branded a peodophile in the enlightened times in which we live.

MB

Sorry to say it Jamie but MB is spot on here. Companies and even private individuals need to have licences in order to record ongoing images (such as CCTV) on anything other than private property and then there are licences to view this footage as well (two of the street wardens who work in the office next door to mine aren't even allowed into my office because of the CCTV monitors as they don't have a licence to view it).

I agree that in a case like yours it's stupid and unneccessary but you are likely to get into more trouble than it's worth unless your car can be parked on a private piece of land (such as a drive... Don't know what the pigmo pad has in regards to this) and you can ensure that you only capturing footage of your own property.

[Piggymon]

Cheers for the heads up guys :)


Dym , we have 2 cars but only space for one on the driveway, the other is parked on the road directly outside the driveway.

2 of the kids are our Neices so maybe we could setup a " dummy " cam and let them THINK the car is being watched but never actually have a camera going or plugged in but they'd of course tell all their mates that they play with to be more careful .. where would we stand then ?

[Dymetrie]

2 of the kids are our Neices so maybe we could setup a " dummy " cam and let them THINK the car is being watched but never actually have a camera going or plugged in but they'd of course tell all their mates that they play with to be more careful .. where would we stand then ?

Sounds like a good idea to me. If you can get Jamie's sister invovled so they definitely think it's real then you could well be onto a winner.

With a dummy camera, as it's just the kids you're trying to convince it's real then if anyone else asks then you just tell them that. No harm, no foul (where the hell did I hear that recently? And, more importantly, why did I just say it!?).