The options for network camera recording software are a bit limited on Mac OS. The two most popular products in this space are Evological’s EvoCam and Bensoftware’s SecuritySpy.
So which is best?
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On price alone you might be tempted by EvoCam as it costs just $30 (under £20) for an unlimited number of cameras, while SecuritySpy will set you back £30 for a single camera license and a whopping £500 for unlimited camera support.
I’ve had an opportunity to evaluate both products and have come to the conclusion that you really do get what you pay for.
EvoCam does the job well enough and has a more polished user interface, but it also suffers from a major problem that lets it down badly, almost to the point of being unusable. For reasons unknown it ties up the processor for even a simple one camera recording setup.
Activity Monitor output taken for identical recording sessions is below:
In these examples (from a Mac Mini 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM), EvoCam consumes 85% CPU and 90MB real memory, while in comparison SecuritySpy consumes a meagre 6% CPU and 21MB real memory. That’s quite a difference and it’s very noticeable when you try to use the same host machine for other work.
So if you have the luxury of a dedicated powerful server for your camera recording then EvoCam is probably the most cost effective option, but if you want something that works reliably and doesn’t take over your machine then SecuritySpy is well worth the extra investment.
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In previous posts, I’ve described how to set up a DCS-920 IP-Camera and an iPhone to upload images to Sensr.net using FTP. These articles have been helpful and fun for a number of people. In this post I’m going to show how to use a Mac, an external USB Camera and a program called EvoCam to upload image streams to Sensr.net.
This article is divided into the following three large sections:
- Install Macam to support USB webcams on OSX
- Create a new camera on Sensr.net
- Install and configure EvoCam to upload image streams.
Macam: USB webcam support for Mac OSX
The Mac works well with built-in iSight cameras but doesn’t easily handle external USB cameras, which are cheap and widely available. I find an external camera useful because I can point it at something I want to record and still use the built-in iSight for video chats. Having an external camera with a long cord and a tripod allows me to record all sorts of things.
Macs don’t recognize external USB cameras, however. This is where a little piece of software called “Macam” comes in:
This great piece of free software adds USB camera support to Mac OSX. Download it and install it as directed. It consists of two parts: a driver and an application. Make sure you install both.
Now, plug in your external USB camera and start up the Macam application. If your installation is successful, you will see a screen like the following.
Press the “PLAY” button (“>”) to see if your camera is working. You should see a large preview image from your camera. If you are not happy with the image quality, open up the settings drawer and fiddle with the settings. I have found the settings sliders to be somewhat unpredictable and overly responsive, but they do work. If you have more than one external USB camera (which could be cool!), Macam has a “Next Camera” button you can use to find the camera you want.
We are now done with the Macam application. Please make sure you QUIT Macam so that it releases the camera for other software to use. Later steps in this article require that the Macam is shut-down.
At this point you have successfully installed Macam and confirmed that it works with your camera. You now know that you can get video out of your USB camera and into your Mac. Now we’re going to work on getting the video out of your Mac on onto the internet at Sensr.net.
Set up a new Camera on Sensr
You’ll need to create a new camera on Sensr.net and get the FTP credentials. I’ve written about how to do this before (see “Setting up Sensr to monitor a DCS-920 Camera” or “Mobile Lifecasting using an iPhone and Sensr.”)
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The important bits of information you’ll need are:
- the FTP server,
- the FTP Username, and
- the FTP Password.
These will be entered into EvoCam later. For reference, I’ve shown the page displaying the “FTP Settings” given when you add a new camera.
EvoCam
EvoCam is webcam software for Mac OSX. It does a lot of things: we will be using its FTP features to load image streams to Sensr.net. as an FTP uploader. You can get EvoCam here:
EvoCam has a 15-day evaluation period, so you can try all of this out without paying anything. It’s a nice piece of software and I think it is reasonably priced.
Now, start up EvoCam. It will probably default to showing your built-in iSight camera. The first step is to configure EvoCam to use your USB camera. To do this open up the menu item “Options >> Video Input” and select the “Source” tab. On my computer, EvoCam found my built-in iSight and the external USB camera from Macam. Mine was named “macam #0: Aiptek Pocket DV 4100M.” Make sure you can select your external camera.
For reference, I’ve included screenshots of the other two tabs in the “Video Options” panel. I’ve left the settings as their default values.
We are going to set up EvoCam to upload images to Sensr.net using FTP. Open up the “settings” panel below the preview (by clicking on the little triangle). The first thing we have to configure is the FTP server. This is where the FTP credentials from Sensr.net will be entered.
Configure the server type as “FTP Server”. In the location, you must type an FTP URL indicating the Sensr server. An FTP URL looks like this
where the SENSRSERVER is the server name given to you by Sensr.net. The filename I chose here is “evocam.jpg”. You should use “evocam.jpg” too.
The information you should put in the Username field is the one given to you by Sensr.net: it is a value like “camXXX”. The password you should enter is the FTP password from Sensr.net.
Before we leave server configuration, we are going to open up the “Advanced” tab and set a few advanced settings for FTP. See the panel below. I suggest checking the “Stay Connected” option. This lets EvoCam re-use the same connection for all of its images, helping to streamline performance.
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Now lets move on to the Refresh tab. This is where we set how often the image is refreshed and what is done with it. You can choose to upload images continuously or only when motion is detected. (I like to upload continuously.) Make sure “Upload image to server” is checked!
And just for reference, here is a screenshot of the “Status” tab. I find this useful when setting up EvoCam. It shows you the network operations it is performing as it is doing them. If you are having trouble, this may be helpful for debugging.
You can shorten the EvoCam window when you are all done by toggling the settings closed. Next time EvoCam starts up it should remember your settings and begin uploading immediately.
At this point, you are done! EvoCam is uploading images to Sensr.net from your external USB Webcam. Go to http://sensr.net and find your camera to see that images are uploading. A good way to check that it is all working is to use the “View Live Stream” feature to see your camera live as re-broadcast from Sensr.net.
Have fun!