Bensoftware
Producing high-quality video software for the Mac
Bensoftware is a software company 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 Bensoftware or view a complete list of our software products. We post regular updates on twitter and also have a blog for information and articles related to our software.
Latest articles from our blog
Protecting Yourself from Server Outages
When your SecuritySpy system is running autonomously at a remote location, there are a number of measures you can put in place to help ensure reliable operation, and to remotely control it if necessary, avoiding the need to physically visit the site to resolve any problems. Problems that may occur include computer crashes and router [...]
Read more...USB Cameras and SecuritySpy
We typically advise against using USB cameras with SecuritySpy. This is partly due to their general low video quality and short cable length, but also due to bandwidth limitations on the USB bus making it difficult to use multiple USB cameras at the same time. However, we understand that they can be an attractive option [...]
Read more...Network Topology
Overseeing a new installation of a video surveillance system recently gave me some useful insights into network hardware and layout. The system is relatively high-spec, using Arecont AV2100 and ACTi ACM-1231 megapixel network cameras, with a Mac Mini as the recording computer (running SecuritySpy of course!). If you are unfamiliar with Arecont, they produce simple box cameras [...]
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