Ben

Browser suggestions
1. SecuritySpy should already be taking this into account. Are you saying that to zoom in, you have to hold Command and swipe down on the mouse/trackpad? Do you see this in both the Browser and video windows? 2. The relevant option here is "Se…

Comment by Ben November 13 permalink
Remote Access issue
OK, could you please email us and include screenshot of the Web settings in SecuritySpy, as well as the Time Capsule "Network" configuration - it may be best to help you with this directly. Also please check that you are using the latest …

Comment by Ben November 13 permalink
Can SecuritySpy ingest ZoneMinder cameras?
Yes - this is a MJPEG feed over HTTPS, which SecuritySpy can accept. Note that JPEG is high-bandwidth, so you may want to reduce the frame rate somewhat to limit this. It's currently set to a maximum of 30fps (the "maxfps=30" paramete…

Comment by Ben November 12 permalink
Remote Access issue
With AirPort devices, SecuritySpy can configure everything automatically, so manual setup should not be necessary. This should be a simple case of enabling the web server, and enabling the "Allow access from the Internet" options, under Pr…

Comment by Ben November 12 permalink
Using SS to record a Wansview IP camera on a different network with no port forwarding?
If there is a Mac running at that location, an easy way to check if the router has UPnP enabled is to grab the PortMap macOS app and attempt to set up port forwarding via that. So you may like to try this before going to the trouble of installing an…

Comment by Ben November 11 permalink
Using AI Motion detection to reduce triggers caused my rain?
Yes, the AI features should dramatically cut down or even eliminate these false-positives detections. The first step would be making sure your basic motion detection settings are optimum. This would normally be a sensitivity of around 50 and a trig…

Comment by Ben November 11 permalink
Using SS to record a Wansview IP camera on a different network with no port forwarding?
For what you describe, you really need port forwarding. This is the only way to allow incoming connections from the Internet to your camera (which is required for RTSP streaming from it). From your description, the Wansview software works via their…

Comment by Ben November 11 permalink
SFTP stopped working after 5.1 upgrade
Hi @rhosk - there have been some changes in SFTP uploads, but I'm surprised that you're getting this particular error, we will look into this. To be honest we haven't actually tested uploading to the same Mac that SecuritySpy is runni…

Comment by Ben November 11 permalink
Can not access from IOS app over internet through switch
That's good to hear, because the addition of a switch really shouldn't affect anything. The only thing I can think of is that the act of disconnecting your Mac from the router and plugging it into the switch resulted in your Mac having a d…

Comment by Ben November 10 permalink
Upload to S3 bucket
This description by @Ramias is exactly what this feature is designed for: offsite backup of the footage, in case the local storage is compromised (damaged/stolen/corrupted etc.). S3 is perfect for this because it's fast, inexpensive, and has bu…

Comment by Ben November 8 permalink
Error performing continuous capture
Yes, unfortunately this setting has to be done on a per-camera basis. Fortunately, it's only a few clicks per camera, and only needs to be done once.

Comment by Ben November 7 permalink
Not receiving Push Notifications
There is a new b17 beta up, with further improvements related to notifications, so please all continue testing with this one.

Comment by Ben November 7 permalink
IFTTT programming
Great to hear it's working well. Good idea, I've added a note in the FAQ about issuing multiple commands.

Comment by Ben November 7 permalink
Hikvision 4MP IR Cube question
To check whether it's a WiFi issue, connect the camera via Ethernet cable to your network (i.e. to your switch or router) and see if you still get the connection problems. This will help us to narrow down where the problem might lie. Ideally, y…

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
Upload to S3 bucket
Thanks for the feedback. I'm also concerned with feature bloat/creep, but S3 is a big player and this has been requested many times, so we considered it useful enough to add to SecuritySpy. I'm also concerned with UI clutter, so I'm …

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
V5 trigger other cameras not working
I have tested this function and cannot find any problems with it. For this to work, Actions mode of your camera A must be Armed (e.g. set to the schedule "Armed 24/7"), so please check that this is the case.

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
ONVIF discovery not working on vlan after network reconfiguration
ONVIF device discovery uses UDP, as opposed to the actual RTSP connection to the camera to obtain the video stream, which uses TCP (almost always). So this could explain the difference. Is there some option you have to enable to allow the VLAN to pa…

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
Captured files disappearing
Yes, any temporary large files that use significant space can get you below the 300GB threshold, which would cause files to be deleted. Also, recent macOS systems have "purgeable" space, which was interfering with SecuritySpy's metho…

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
IFTTT programming
That's great! To turn the lights off after 10 minutes you could do two curl command separated by a "sleep 600" command. You can put multiple commands in the space provided, separated by semicolons. So something like: curl -X POST [U…

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
SecuritySpy and Catalina
Hi @billie what camera make(s)/model(s) are these? Do you not see any setting in the camera for I-frame interval / GOV Length / Key frame rate / smart codec? One thing you could try is to switch the camera to VBR instead of CBR. VBR is almost alwa…

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
Not receiving Push Notifications
OK I have looked into this more thoroughly and believe I have found and fixed the problem now. Please download and install the latest beta version of SecuritySpy (currently 5.1.1b16), run it for a few days, and report back. Thanks.

Comment by Ben November 4 permalink
Upload to S3 bucket
Great to hear it's working well! There are ways to get a pretty good location without using Location Services - specifically the "closest city" location as set in the Date & Time system preference. This gives a pretty accurate lo…

Comment by Ben November 3 permalink
iOS client -- IP address and not Name
We'll change this behaviour in the next update of the app so that it doesn't overwrite the manually-entered IP address, but for now you can fix this by turning off Bonjour in macOS SecuritySpy, as described in the Connecting Over a VPN sec…

Comment by Ben November 2 permalink
IFTTT programming
The "Run Shell Command" is so new that it's not quite in the release version of SecuritySpy yet, but it's in the latest beta version of SecuritySpy (currently 5.1.1b14). Sorry for any confusion, this should be released as an offi…

Comment by Ben November 2 permalink
Upload to S3 bucket
Thanks for the feedback. Based on this, I've made the following tweaks: SecuritySpy will now attempt the upload first, before attempting to create the bucket. So if the bucket already exists, this should now succeed without requiring the Creat…

Comment by Ben November 2 permalink
Upload to S3 bucket
OK, by popular demand, we have now added S3 support in the latest beta version of SecuritySpy (currently 5.1.1b13). Could you all please test this and report back? Thanks.

Comment by Ben November 1 permalink
Using an older Canopus Video to Firewire converter
Are you referring to a network video server, such as the Axis Q7401? This would work well with our CCTV software SecuritySpy, but note that SwiftCapture does not support network devices, so if you need to get analog video into SwiftCapture, the best…

Comment by Ben November 1 permalink
Using an older Canopus Video to Firewire converter
The driver software for DV devices that is built into macOS is 32-bit, so DV devices can only be accessed by 32-bit applications. The latest version of SwiftCapture is 64-bit only, so won't work with DV devices, but you can get an older version…

Comment by Ben October 31 permalink
Use SS to Detect Webpage Change
Great to hear it's working well! Thanks for reporting back.

Comment by Ben October 31 permalink
MotionEye
Apparently MotionEye is capable of sending MJPEG streams, so it's just a question of finding the right HTTP request that MotionEye understands for obtaining this stream. I believe the setup would be as follows: - Under Preferences -> Camera…

Comment by Ben October 31 permalink

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