iSurveill
direct download: http://www.chrillo.info/applications/iSurveill/iSurveill.air
how it works:
this program turns your computers webcam into a surveillance cam, by taking a picture from the webcam and saving it to your computer. there are two modes of operation. the first mode simply takes a picture in a user defined interval. With the second mode the application waits until the camera detects motion and starts recording for a user defined amount of time. This is the first release of this program so there might still be a few bugs.
current features
- motion detection – record on motion detection
- records jpg images 640 * 480
- stores images in designated folder by month and date
- can run in the background
Note: this program records only jpg images and not video. this is intentional since the pictures require way less disk space to store and system resources to record.
screenshots
about this programm
I created this application in order to set up a light weight surveillance solution for my flat. current videosolutions are to pricey and require to much system resources. I just want to have a simple and light weight way to record a few shots of eventual intruders and villains 
. I read of a solution that takes such surveillance shots and encodes them into a timelaps video, which is eventually the goal for this app, but I need to find a way to encode video with flash first. If you know one please let me know.
sorry for the poor graphics, I am more for the code than the pixels.
system requirements:
Adobe® AIR™ 1.5
OS X / Linux / Windows
webcam
development roadmap and planned features:
- automatic file management – autodelete old images
- choice for saving in jpg or png images
- settings for image quality and size
- possibly video recording – i have not yet found a way to encode video with flash
- email notification
- upload of images to server
acknowledgement
http://blog.joshbuhler.com/2008/06/30/air-installer-badge-error-2032/ – this post saved my butt when setting up this page
this application is free, if you like it consider donating
April 16 2009 04:20 pm
my first public adobe air application - iSurveill | Christoph Peter on 16 Apr 2009 at 18:41 #
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Helge on 06 Nov 2009 at 12:18 #
How can I change the folder where the images are saved?
Kilobyte on 14 Nov 2009 at 12:05 #
Doesn’t work with a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Kilobyte on 14 Nov 2009 at 12:06 #
had to uninstall and reinstall the app to make it work. needs a bit more work.
Luc levesque on 23 Nov 2009 at 06:59 #
Hi,looks like a nice program,it installed on my ubuntu 9.10 64 bit but when i start it i only get the frame of the program.Nothing comes from the cam and i dont see the controls?Any idea ? Thanks anyway.
Best regards,have a nice day and thanks for sharing this.
Christoph Peter on 26 Nov 2009 at 23:39 #
it has something to do with the ubuntu 64 bit version. I had this problem on a different project but I never found what causes this. I hope air 2.0 will solve this issue.