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 Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: Small Screen Surveillance Software |
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Hello,
I am sorry if this has been addressed before, i searched the forum but i couldn't find a similar issue.
We have a company that wants to view a live video feed from an IP camera at their entrance door to see when people enter and leave. They want 5 people to view this feed and be able to view it on the same screen as they are working on. So we need a piece of software that can give us a small video feed that will be always on top and can open up in the same small format every time the software is ran. If anyone knows of a software, please let me know.
Thank you.
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40th Floor
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buellwinkle
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Just a thought, but Windows supports a second monitor assuming your video card has a second video port.. You can buy an inexpensive LCD monitor for under $100 and just view the cameras directly on a browser open on that monitor. Most cameras have the ability to be viewed by several people simultaneously. This way there's no distraction on the desktop for other stuff they are doing like solitaire, Facebook, tweating, bidding on eBay,
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| buellwinkle wrote: | | Just a thought, but Windows supports a second monitor assuming your video card has a second video port.. You can buy an inexpensive LCD monitor for under $100 and just view the cameras directly on a browser open on that monitor. Most cameras have the ability to be viewed by several people simultaneously. This way there's no distraction on the desktop for other stuff they are doing like solitaire, Facebook, tweating, bidding on eBay, |
I have already brought that idea up, the issue being is there are 5 people going to be using this feed and some have systems that don't have a 2nd video port and some don't have enough desk space for a 2nd monitor, and even if they did have the desk space, we are talking about up to 5 video cards and 5 monitors, and we are trying to do this at a low cost. Just a cheap camera with software that will support what we need it to do.
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buellwinkle
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Google "internet explorer always on top" and you'll see clever ways of making IE always be on top, meaning another window can't hide it. Then use the browser to view the camera.
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| buellwinkle wrote: | | Google "internet explorer always on top" and you'll see clever ways of making IE always be on top, meaning another window can't hide it. Then use the browser to view the camera. |
Being always-on-top is not the issue, size is. We cannot size IE small enough to not be in the way. I can always use alwayontop program to make anything be on top, i just need to be able to have a small sized window in the corner.
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buellwinkle
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Use Safari, it's has thinner lines, less bulk than IE. Then find the API document for the camera and see what you have to put in the URL to make display only the image, not any other other stuff. If you can't find the API in the manual, contact support for the camera company, just about all do this. Lastly, make the default resolution smaller, maybe 320x240 to make a smaller screen to view.
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