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Motion Monitor

Motion Monitor is a light-weight, easy to configure security application. Just set up a web cam, or any other DirectShow compliant device, and use Motion Monitor to keep watch. As you can see in the screen shot below, Motion Monitor is easy to setup and even easier to use. Just plug in your capture device, start Motion Monitor and adjust the 5 configuration options. Then watch as Motion Monitor detects motion in each frame, and displays the motion it detects. If the motion detected is over the threshold that you configured it will save a JPEG in the /Output/ folder under the installation folder.

 Download Motion Monitor

Latest version: v0.1 (298 KB)
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Download full Source Code (43 KB)

Windows XPIf you are using Windows XP you will need:
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 (x86)

Windows XPIf you are using Windows 2000 you will need (in this order):
  • Windows Installer 3.1 (x86)
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Hotfix KB835732 (x86)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 (x86)

  • Works with Windows XP, Vista (x86/x64), Windows 7 (x86/64), 2000 SP4, 2003 and 2008
  • Do you need some help? Check out the Support Forum to find the answers that you need.
  • Check out the Motion Monitor Forum for some interesting plug-ins (source only)

Source Code Disclaimer: This code is not very good, and in no way represents my current coding style or abilities.

You should only download the Source version if you’re interested in hacking around with Motion Monitor. You will need Visual Studio 2005 Express or higher to use the Source. Since Motion Monitor was one of my first C# applications, much of the source code is cobbled together from tutorials around the internet, with most of it from the DirectShow.NET tutorial on CodeProject.com.

Kudos

  • DirectShow.NET for the new (at the time this application was written) and easy way to use DirectShow in .NET.