Ben Software
High-quality video software for the Mac
About Us
We are a software company focussed on producing high-quality video software for the Mac. Our flagship product is SecuritySpy, a powerful video surveillance software solution for monitoring your home or business. Find out more about Ben Software or view our software products. We post regular updates on twitter and also have a blog for information and articles related to our software.
Forum
We run an active forum where users discuss our software and share information about Mac-based video surveillance systems - visit the forum.
Latest articles from our blog
Using tinyCam on Android for SecuritySpy
While SecuritySpy has a dedicated iOS app that provides a great remote access experience on iPhones and iPads, we currently do not produce a dedicated Android app. This is because, since SecuritySpy is a macOS application, the vast majority of our users are within the Apple ecosystem, and very few use Android devices. At this […]
Read more...Connecting Google Nest Cameras to SecuritySpy via Starling Hub
Over the years, small app-based home cameras have grown in popularity, and there are now many competing offerings from companies such as Blink, Google, Arlo, and Ring. The appeal of these cameras is understandable, as they can work well for many home users, being compact, unobtrusive and easy to set up. However, they come with […]
Read more...AI-Powered Motion Detection
In our macOS CCTV software SecuritySpy, deciding whether to trigger recording and actions (e.g. notifications) is a two-step process. Firstly, a motion-detection algorithm determines whether there is some interesting movement happening. Next, the image is cropped to the area of movement and passed to a neural-network classifier to determine whether there is an object of […]
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