ContaCam provides you with reliable free live webcam software for use as video surveillance.

It is extremely easy on system resources and does not contain unnecessary bloat. ContaCam is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user-friendly and running on even the most moderate systems.

ContaCam features CCTV Security Surveillance with motion detection and 24 hours digital video recording (DVR). It includes motion detection events presented as animated thumbnails and actions like FTP upload, sending emails (SSL/TLS or STARTTLS support) with an attached movement file or running an external program, and has a live webcam with the possibility of history tracking. There is also an integrated webserver with password protection (internet or intranet), manual recording, and snapshots (video game captures, movie recording, etc. ContaCam supports Webcams, WDM and DV devices, and Network cameras (IP cameras), and you can utilize audio storing for up to 24 hours recording and on detection.

ContaCam additionally includes all the FreeVimager features for snapshot editing and AVI file recompression.