Chapter 1 - Getting Started

Webcam Watcher Online Help

Chapter 2 - What's New
New in version 3.0
New in version 2.4
New in version 2.2
New in version 2.1
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Image Enhancement - intelligent image processing improves most pictures.
Streaming Cameras - supports various streaming formats at up to 10 frames per second
Improved Motion Detection
Improved Performance
Additional HTTP Headers / Timestamp - customize the HTTP request that is used to fetch pictures
Picture Fetching Optimized - Webcam Watcher uses If-Modified-Since GET where possible

Show Active Webcams - lets you see which cameras are active or On Now
Favorites - preferentially scan those special cams
Camera Names - you are no longer limited to CAMxxx names. You can also specify different filename prefixes for saved pictures.
Slow scan inactive cams - makes the most of your bandwidth by scanning inactive webcams less frequently.
Save frames as AVI movie - you can create an easily viewable AVI from a series of captured pictures
Monitor webcams on LAN via file URL (e.g c:\webcam32\webcam.jpg )
Easily change refresh and save settings
Status Bars to show you at a glance how well Webcam Watcher is performing
Import AloeCam and Javacam files - now you can transfer webcam lists from these two popular packages
Motion Detection settings can be changed for each webcam (or cams can use global settings).
Error Logging to help you pinpoint problems

Motion Detection allows Webcam Watcher to only save pictures when they actually change.
Global Save Settings allow you to easily override each webcam’s save settings so that you can turn saving on or off, or enable it only when motion is detected.
System Tray Support lets you send Webcam Watcher to the system tray when you minimize.
Version Check automatically checks for new versions of Webcam Watcher when you download the webcam list, or on-demand (Help > Check for new version). No information is sent to Beausoft during this process.
Right-click menu for the webcam thumbnails lets you easily start, stop, edit, etc webcams.

CamBar This lets you keep your favorite cameras on-screen (much like the Windows Taskbar). Click here for more info.
Screen Saver The included screen saver lets you view live cameras or saved pictures. To setup, open the Windows Control Panel and select Display. Now click on the Screen Saver tab, and select the Webcam Watcher saver.
The Screen Saver will not normally connect to the Internet if you are not connected - by default it will simply show pictures that have previously been captured by Webcam Watcher..
Select Multiple Cameras You can use the normal windows shift-click and control-click conventions to select multiple webcams. You can then perform operations on the webcams as a group (start, stop, delete, save as a webcam list, etc.)
Saving Pictures You can specify whether Webcam Watcher saves every frame or skips X frames between saves. Or you can turn off picture saving.
Show Map or Weather for a Webcam With a single click you can browse to a page containing a map of a webcam's location. Webcam Watcher needs to know the place-name and country where the webcam is located. A similar function shows you a weather report for a webcam.