#Securityspy software mac driver#
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Profile 1: Cameras 1-3 record 24x7, Cameras 4-6 record on motion and cameras 7-9 no recording so on various profiles you can have the cameras act different - example:

#Securityspy software mac driver#

I am not sure about the free BI driver, but the paid BI Driver lets you interact with c4. Are you saying that sometimes something other than these three types of URL's are necessary? Maybe I'm missing something, but the camera compat test driver lets you specify your own custom URL's for Still/MJPEG/H264. You can watch recorded footage on the iOS app if you pay the $6 in app purchase - that gets you access to 'captures' (ie, the recordings) and gives you a 'multiplex' view (multiple camera feeds on a single screen) I have no idea if you can do this with security spy so someone else needs to comment on their experience. It's not free and neither is it pretty but it works. The Blue Iris phone app allows you to watch recorded footage. Apparently its been fixed but I haven't tried it yet. I mentioned it over 2 years ago in dealer forums and nothing came of it. I was finally fed up with security spy after controller reboots would reset the camera in the driver. I stopped using it mostly because the mac mini I had at the time was starting to become under powered and a new blue iris beta driver was starting to surface. Its been a while since I last used security spy but I liked it. Its better than nothing so I do use it on occasion. Sometimes the url has to be arranged differently than the way the driver arranges it. The camera compatibility test driver doesn't always work.

#Securityspy software mac license#

I know it's only been one day and I may run into issues (if you all know of any already, please post here!) but, so far, I'm loving itĪfter the trial, a 4 cam license will cost around $90 so I'll have to cross that bridge later, but that still beats the hundreds of dollars the Zuum NVR would have cost meīut - if the IP camera has a RTSP feed, what stops you from using the 'generic' or 'compatibility' driver and just manually specifying the feed URLs? What does BI or SecuritySpy when used with C4 give you in addition? Does it allow you to watch recorded video or something? If so, I'd be willing to bet the native interfaces/apps for BI/SecuritySpy are better anyways. I also hated the noise the NVR's fan/fans would drove me crazy - I don't have any noise issues with SecuritySpy running on my Mac mini with the external 2TB drive When I had the Zuum NVR, I hated the generic NVR interface which I found clunky and just generally lacking in 'polish' - I quickly realized that most NVRs have the exact same GUI So far so good I'm really liking the Mac-centric interface, the iOS app, the remote web access, etc.

#Securityspy software mac trial#

SecuritySpy has a 30 day free trial and a pretty decent iOS app (though a $6 in-app purchase is required to review captures (ie, recordings) - I went ahead and paid the $6 so I could try everything out in conjunction with the free trial

#Securityspy software mac portable#

I also had a 2TB portable USB 3 drive laying around unused I already have a Mac mini running 24/7 as my primary computer, iTunes server and Plex server, so I didn't have to worry about going the NAS route or anything like that Not ideal, of course, as I only could access live feeds and do rudimentary motion detection with snapshot images emailed to me when motion was detected (and I've had problems with the motion detection as I posted about recently)Īnyway, someone mentioned SecuritySpy in a Mac forum I follow, so I decided to try it out In the end, I decided to have my dealer take back the Zuum NVR and just go without an NVR for the time being for my 4 Lilin IP cams I've posted extensively about my trials and tribulations with my IP cams, NVR, etc