Turn a Webcam into a security camera that saves to an online drive

I used Gladinet (http://www.gladinet.com/) to map online storage to a drive letter and Dorgem (http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/) to capture pictures when motion is detected. Dorgem then saves the pictures to my online web storage so if the computer that is taking the pictures is stolen, I still have the evidence offsite. That and I can monitor security from outside the house.This shouldn't cost any money as long as you have a webcam and a persistant internet connection. It's great for dorm room and home office security.

Update: One problem is the camera is sensitive to light changes and takes about 3000 photos a day in a room when left alone. Good news is Dorgem is open source code. If anyone knows how to program in a sensitivity setting, it would be great to get that update installed.

UPDATE: I found software that now incorporates a sensitivity control so the above update is not as big of a problem any more:
http://download.fyxm.net/download-now-Motion-Detection-Internet-apps-WebCam-1...

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[Stevea715]

doesnt this charge after a free trail?

[scrappmutt2]

@Stevea715 Scratch what i said earlier, i believe Gladinet is the free trial software.

[scrappmutt2]

you do not need virtual pc or anything. what kind of webcam are you using? if it was just nstalled, there is a good chance you may have to restart the pc.

[gtarules1]

2:16 - Sky-skynet? SKYNET!?!?!? Thumps up for Skynet! =)

[wedo4567]

go download dorgem itz much easyer

[MrLokki1999]

my dad was in my computer im gonna tell him to fucking gtfo my computer!! thank you

[berkeliumk]

The capture is done using VFW driver. Its kindda unstable.

[criz4rachiie]

a little dude stole you're pc! quick catch him!!! ;) heheehe

[LinxDinx]

Thanks for the post! I've set the interval to 3 secs, but it takes about 10 secs to save a single pic to the skydrive. I guess there's the drawback right? & I do have a relatively fast connection. but this was a very helpful and useful tut. THANKS!!

[taylaboy889]

it canot find my webcam plzzz help click reply