- #SECURITYSPY REVIEW FULL#
- #SECURITYSPY REVIEW SOFTWARE#
- #SECURITYSPY REVIEW TRIAL#
- #SECURITYSPY REVIEW PC#
It is not limited in any way except for limiting you to 30 days.
If you are interested, the best thing to do is download the trial. There are simply too many features to discuss in detail here such as compression settings, advanced notifications, etc. With SecuritySpy I can simply drag and rearrange the cameras and the new arrangement shows up instantly while viewing.
#SECURITYSPY REVIEW SOFTWARE#
With other surveillance software I’ve used, to reorder the cameras I had to actually delete a camera and reprogram it in. For example, I have a camera in my office but don’t want it recording during regular working hours - but do want it recording afterwards. You can schedule times to have cameras active. You can set up groups of cameras to quickly call up views such as “outside,” “back yard,” etc. I can have it play a sound to make sure it catches my attention. One feature I really like is I can have the cameras minimized in the background and, when there is activity, the camera will maximize and come to the forefront on the Mac so I can see what just triggered the motion. You can choose to be alerted when there is activity on a camera. If you had rather not store the recordings on your Mac, you can chose an FTP location on your network or offsite if you have the bandwidth. The four cameras timelines are synced together. You can view up to four cameras at once then scrub along a timeline to see any time of the day you want. You can also chose to view a camera anytime using the built-in browser function. You can easily view these directly on your Mac using QuickTime. At midnight an m4v file is stored in your documents directory sorted by camera then by date. SecuritySpy gives me the option to record a new video file with every motion or combine them all into one file at the end of the day. Most are a small fraction of that, coming in at 100MB or much less per camera.
At this rate, my busiest camera of all rarely uses 1GB per day. I now record only motion at one frame per second, which is more than enough to see anything I want to see on the recordings. I decided not to record at this level because the files were huge, taking up 50 to 100GB per day. This certainly did take more resources, but even then it would only use 12-15% of the CPU.
#SECURITYSPY REVIEW FULL#
At first I was recording all nine cameras full time at 30 frames per second. You can record full time or when there is motion. The software is much too deep and advanced to cover all its capabilities in this review but I’ll touch upon a few of its best features. This is not a maxed out Mac Pro, but a 2014 Mac Mini with a 2.6GHz i5 and 8GB ram. I’ve seen CPU usage drop as low as 2.4%, but it stays well under 4% and uses only 124 to 130MB of ram. I can’t even tell the software is running. I have nine cameras recording full time and SecuritySpy averages about 3.7% of the CPU, which is amazingly low. It records perfectly and plays back flawlessly. It not only can record IP cameras, but standard video cameras and even USB cameras connected to your Mac. The software is truly professional grade in that it can handle with the proper licensing an unlimited number of cameras.
#SECURITYSPY REVIEW TRIAL#
I downloaded the trial version, which is a fully functional version except for a 30-day time limit to see how it would fare.Īfter loading the software, I begin setting up nine cameras to test how well the software not only recorded but, most importantly, how well my Mac could still function while recording full time since this is my main work computer.
Further research led me to SecuritySpy software, published by Bensoftware out of England.
#SECURITYSPY REVIEW PC#
There is no shortage of such software for the PC what I did find for the Mac used so many system resources that it was not viable and made the Mac unusable.
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