CamLAN
CamLAN - Is the
ultimate solution for viewing all of your video devices from all
PCs in your network.
It supports WebCams, NetCams (IP-Cams)
and all video devices which are working with an
up to date driver for Windows.
It includes a Network Server Client functionality
to send the video from all cameras from one
server PC to all connected client PCs and vice versa and it includes
a Webserver for direct access
of all camera videos via simple HTTP request!
From CamLANs point of view the
cameras are divided into 3 groups.
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NetCams (IP-Cams)
which are accessible through their IP-address. These are
cameras within your LAN, WAN or from the Internet. CamLAN
supports Netcams running in the still picture mode
and Netcams
which are streaming their video in the motion-JPEG (MJPEG)
and in the MPEG-4 format! |
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WebCams and
additional video devices like TV Tuner, grabber/capture
cards, etc.. These cameras are mostly direct connected
to the PC via USB, parallel port or built-in. If you are
using several USB devices parallel, please know, that the
USB bandwidth is the limit. Use active USB hubs in critical
cases! |
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RemoteCams -
These are all cameras which are receiving their video
from a further instance of CamLAN (CamUniversal
or CamPermanent). With the integrated Video Network
it is possible to send and receive the video from all
cameras which are running at a further instance of
CamLAN. All cameras of the first two categories
could be a RemoteCam. So you could view all webcams
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Picture Capture
All pictures could be captured in different formats ( JPG, BMP, GIF,
PNG, TIFF ).
The picture resolution could be the original resolution or a custom
resolution.
The picture could be colored, grayscale, black & white, with
time, date or text output, with an overly logo image, with transparency
or not. The picture filename could be built from a custom selected
text, the current time, the current date and/or a number!
Video Record
CamLAN uses the DirectShow component of DirectX for
the video recording. So you could use all in your system installed
video and audio codecs and all installed video and audio devices
for the video recording.
CamLAN supports a timestamp into the video. This timestamp could
be the current time/date a usertext and additional a logo bitmap.
Introduction to DirectShow
Microsoft® DirectShow® is an architecture for streaming media
on the Microsoft Windows® platform. DirectShow provides for high-quality
capture and playback of multimedia streams. It supports a wide variety
of formats, including Advanced Systems Format (ASF), Motion Picture
Experts Group (MPEG), Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI), MPEG Audio Layer-3
(MP3), and WAV sound files. It supports capture from digital and
analog devices based on the Windows Driver Model (WDM) or Video for
Windows. DirectShow is integrated with other DirectX technologies.
It automatically detects and uses video and audio acceleration hardware
when available, but also supports systems without acceleration hardware.
Video Network
The video network is used to transfer the camera
picture from all video client PCs to the video
server and backwards. You have to run at least two instances
of CamLAN (CamUniversal or CamPermanent) on two PCs to use the video
network. 
Webserver
With the integrated Webserver all camera videos
are accessible through a direct HTTP request. So you could very easily
build a webpage where all your camera videos are viewable from the Internet or
your home/company LAN ( Live Cam ).
Additional the webserver enables the possibility to control
the program from remote. You could start/stop the camera
preview, the video recording and capture a picture. For each camera
separately! Additional you could start all programs which are installed
on your system from remote through the webserver.
Media Viewer
With the integrated Media Viewer you could view
the captured pictures and videos from your harddrive. You could delete
files, create and delete directories.
Multiple languages are supported
 english  german  spanish  french  italian  turkish  polish  danish  chinese  norwegian
Additional languages follows from time to time!
System Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Comparison
of the products!
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