Welcome to Use Video Monitor 2.0
Welcome to Use Video Monitor

What Is in Video Monitor (Essentials)

What Can Video Monitor (Functions)

Something You Should Know About

Welcome to Video Monitor for your PC-camera.

Recently, due to the improved quality and reduced prices, the PC-camera is becoming more and more popular. This innovative device is the computer's eye to the world. The computer with the use of the camera can capture video and photo for multimedia applications. This data can be sorted, organized and packaged for other people. Thus, more than ever before, visual communications are becoming more and more popular to convey our thoughts and ideas.

Video Monitor uses the camera as a security device to record video or photo data automatically. Video Monitor can monitor your home or office and notify you of an intruder by sounding an alarm, sending an email message or paging your pager. Have fun using your PC-camera.


What Is in Video Monitor 2.0 (Essentials)
What Is in Video Monitor (Essentials)

Video monitor is an application to display live video on the screen. You can use it to watch the door or any place while your are working at the computer. You can set up the timer to detect motion and capture video while you are not at the computer. Use motion detection to capture video to your hard disk for you to view later. There are two layouts for the Video Monitor, small footprint and large footprint. Press on the red arrow button to change the layout size.

There are three operational modes in Video Monitor:

Local Camera

uses a camera connected to the PC as input.

LAN Camera

uses the local area network to transmit and receive the video data as input.

Phone Camera

uses phone line and MODEM to transmit and receive the video data as input.

You may select the options in the setup dialog box, as follow:

Timer Recording

Record video data in the appointed time.

Security recording

Select the sensitivity level of motion detection and the way of recording  video files.

Video Messenger

Record video of the greeting message, video message of the visitor and replay the video message.

Transfer video files onto web site

Capture the video and send the files onto the server on the internet.

Security Alarm

Trigger the alarm while detecting motion in the view of camera.

Security Pager Page

The pager while detecting motion in the view of camera.

Security Video E-Mail

Send a video e-mail of the captured video while detecting motion in the view of camera.

Manage Video Message

Retrieve the video message from the database,delete the old video message or save the video into a standard video file.


Function

Video Monitor has three operational modes, two size of display, two indicators and fourteen functional buttons. Listed below: Three operational modes:

Please click the button that you need to help.

Three operational modes:

Local Camera

You may select the cameras connected to your computer as the video input. All the functions may be applied on this mode.

LAN Camera

You may select the remote camera on the local area network as the    Video input. It uses the network to transmit video data and lets you watch the view of the camera on other side. Only parts of the security functions may be applied on this mode.

Phone Camera

You may use the telephone line and MODEM to dial out and connect to the remote camera to receive the video captured by a remote camera from another computer. This mode only provides the access of remote video view and does not support security functions. It requires the network equipment and setup to use the functions of LAN Mode, The transmission speed and the load of network will affect the outcome of the functions.

For Phone Mode, it requires the phone line and MODEM. The transmission bandwidth and the quality of the transmission will affect the stability of the video transmission.

LAN Mode and Phone Mode are advanced functions of this program, your Video Monitor may not have these two operational modes.

Video Monitor has therein a client station and a server station in both LAN Mode and Phone Mode, one program can be the transmitting server and receiving client at the same time. You may open or close your camera as a video server. If you open the camera for access, other people on the network or on the phone line may connect to your computer and access the view of your camera. When you open your camera for access, you can use your computer as a client station to access other camera on the network.


Local Camera

You may select the cameras connected to your computer as the video input. All the functions may be applied on this mode.


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Security light

When your computer enters the security mode, this light will flash to indicate the security functions are working.


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Message light

When you have new messages in the video database, this light will flash to remind you that there are unread messages. These messages can be the captured video from timer, the video message from your visitor or the captured video of the security functions.


Close

Close the video window and exit the program


Minimize

Minimize the program window into the task bar.


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Switch Frame

Switch to large frame or small frame, wherein the small frame does not show the functional buttons.


Help

Enter the users guide of Video Monitor.


Top most / Non top most

Select the video window to be on the top most or not. If it is on the top most position, no other window can be placed on the top on it. In this way, you can watch the view at all time.


Security

Press on the security button to start the function, the security light begins to flash. Press on the button again to cancel security function, and the light stops blinking.


Message

Enter the dialog box of recording video message. You and your visitor may record the video and audio message, the message will be saved into the video database. Then you may playback the message later.


Play

Play the video file recorded in the database. By entering this dialog box, you may see a list of the video messages which were recorded earlier. You may choose to display all the messages or new messages only. New messages mean the videos and photos which are never being read before. You can decide the type of messages to be listed. Security videos or security photos are the data captured by motion detection mechanism. Message videos are the messages made by your visitors while you were absent from your computer. The captured photos are the photos recorded by timer recording function. You may sort the list by file date/time, file size or file name. After you review the video data, you can delete the unwanted files from the database. Or you may save the data into a file of standard format.


Settings

You can set all the options of the functions at this dialog box .


Operational_Mode
Operational Mode

Select Local Mode , LAN Mode or Phone Mode


Local_Mode
Local Mode

Uses the PC cameras connected to the computer as the input source. You will find a list of PC cameras, and you may select one from the camera list. You may decide to open the view of this camera for others on the network or phone line to access, which means you provide the camera server functions. Please read the options of the following security functions to make use of it.


Timer_Recording
Timer Recording

Starts to capture video by the actuation of the timer. If you want to record video or take photo by the means of time, you can use Timer Recording function. You may schedule the time to start recording and the time interval in seconds between the two recording operations. You may also decide how to capture, e.g. by video or photo. Taking photo means only a single picture was taken at the capture time. Recording video means the consequent pictures were taken at the capture time. You may decide the length of the capture by manually pre-determining the capture period or automatically stopping recording while the detected motion stops. To save hard disk space, the captured data was compressed into a small file. The database of recorded video has the limitation of storage. You may select to re-use the file storage, i.e. to keep new data files and overwrite the old ones. Or you can select to stop recording while the file space is not enough.


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Security

Security options include the switch to enable or disable the security functions as an option. If you enable the security functions, the settings of Alarm, Pager and E-Mail functions will become available. You can set the sensitivity level of motion detection to High, Middle or Low. You may set the sensitivity by the condition of environment. For example, it can be High sensitivity under the good illumination and the clear picture. To avoid the false alarm situation, you may choose the region of image for motion detection, such as excluding the wall area and monitoring the area of doorway or window only. The settings of captured video and photo are the same as the settings of Timer Recording.


Greeting

Recording the greeting video for message function. When your visitors press on the Message button, and they will see this greeting video. Press on the Record button to start recording the greeting video. Press on the Stop button to stop the recording. Press on the Play button to review the recorded greeting video.


Alarm

Trigger the alarm while detect the motion to warn the intruder. You may select the sound of alarm. Press on the Play button to hear the sound of the selected alarm. You may select the repetitive count for the alarm, and set the time delay after the detecting motion and the repetitive interval to play the alarm. You can also set the delay time of activating the security function, thereby giving you enough time to move out of the monitor view of the camera without triggering the alarm.


License

License to Use

You have got licensed from Meta Media, Inc. at the time you purchase Video Monitor 2.0. You may install the licensed copy of software to one and only one personal computer (PC) at one time. If you want to install this software to another PC, please remove the copy in the original PC first. It is to be noted that the licensed copy of software is a single PC version and valid for single PC installation only. Therefore, users are not licensed to use or forward the software through network. It is prohibited to publish or share this software with others through a local network or internet. The duplication of this CD-R and the copying of this software into any storing medium are also beyond the licensed right.

License Termination

When you clear the licensed copy of software from your hard disk with the removal program included in this software or any other way, the licensing relationship is terminated. However, after removing this licensed copy of software from the original PC, you may still install it into another PC under the license of Meta Media, Inc.

Sincerely

Meta Media, Inc.


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Setting box

You may select the options in the setup dialog box, as follow:

Select Local Mode , LAN Mode or Phone Mode

Timer Recording

Record video data in the appointed time.

Security recording

Select the sensitivity level of motion detection and the way of recording video files.

Video Messenger

 Record video of the greeting message, video message of the visitor and replay the

 video  message.

Security Alarm

Trigger the alarm while detecting motion in the view of camera.

Manage Video Message

Retrieve the video message from the database, delete the old video message or save the video into a standard video file.


Manage Video Message

Play the video file recorded in the database. By entering this dialog box, you may see a list of the video messages which were recorded earlier. You may choose to display all the messages or new messages only. New messages mean the videos and photos which are never being read before. You can decide the type of messages to be listed. Security videos or security photos are the data captured by motion detection mechanism. Message videos are the messages made by your visitors while you were absent from your computer. The captured photos are the photos recorded by timer recording function. You may sort the list by file date/time, file size or file name. After you review the video data, you can delete the unwanted files from the database. Or you may save the data into a file of standard format.


Phone Camera

You may use the telephone line and MODEM to dial out and connect to the remote camera to receive the video captured by a remote camera from another computer. This mode only provides the access of remote video view and does not support security functions.


LAN Camera

You may select the remote camera on the local area network as the video input. It uses the network to transmit video data and lets you watch the view of the camera on other side. Only parts of the security functions may be applied on this mode.


LAN Mode

Selects the remote camera open for network access as the input source. Press on the Connect button, a new video window is created to show the view of this remote camera. The blinking red light on the top indicates the video transmission of the remote video server. If it stops blinking, it represents that the camera server may be shut down and closed the connection service. You can close the video window to disconnect the server or minimize the video window. The size of the video window is decided by the server program, the window will become 160x120 while the video server switches into small window for input video. This mode can monitor the view of the remote camera, but it only supports the functions of playing alarm and capturing photos after in response to the result of the motion detection rather than performs all the security functions. The settings of the security functions are the same as the settings of Local Mode. You can open three remote video window at the most.


Phone Mode

Enters the telephone number for connecting the remote camera through another computer on the phone line. This mode only provides the access of the view from remote camera, it does not support any security functions.