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How to use your PC and Webcam as a

motion-detecting and recording
security camera
This tutorial will take you step-by-step through setting up your PC and
Webcam to act as a motion-detecting and recording security camera system. And
the software required to do this is open source (free).
Why?
What?
How?
Advanced includes: Multiple Webcams, Sending pictures to a remote location (FTP),
How to duct-tape the light off your webcam (super-stealth)
Examples
Coming soon: How to do the same thing, with a Mac.
Why?
6 Reasons to set up a motion activated web-cam
1. Maybe you live in a questionable (at best) part of East Vancouver and you’ve
already been broken into (while you were doing the dishes). It would be helpful
next time to have pictures of the intruder.
2. Maybe you’re trying to prove to your landlord that some of the more questionable
members of the general East Vancouver public are using the pathway between
your building and the one next door as a shortcut between streets. Often with very
large bags of cans (it’s a Vancouver thing). Loudly. At all hours of the day and
night.
3. Perhaps you want to catch someone using your PC after you’ve asked them
repeatedly not to use it (because they seem to go out of their way to install
spyware, toolbars you don’t want, and leave behind Britney Spears mp3s on your
desktop)
4. You’re bored?
5. You want to get pictures of the pretty birdies eating from your new bird feeder.
6. Yeah I know what you were expecting here, that’s lewd. Get your mind out of the
gutter, this is a family site.
What?
For this tutorial you’ll need:
1. a PC running Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP (the software is untested on Windows

95 and NT, but should work)
2. a webcam (or two, see advanced)
3. Dorgem – an open source (free) webcam utility. Update: Though Dorgem has
been discontinued, the download links still work, as does the software. The
author will not be updating it anymore, and won’t be answering email support
questions.
To upload images ‘off-site’ (in case someone steals your computer) you’ll need an FTP
account. See the Advanced section when you’re done the initial setup.
How?
1. Install (if it isn’t already) your webcam. If you’re pulling one out of the closet and
have long since lost the install CD, here are links to download the drivers for
some of the most common webcam vendors:
Creative Labs
Logitech
Labtec
D-Link
2. Download and install Dorgem. The installation is very straight forward, you’ll
mostly click Next a bunch of times.
3. Launch Dorgem and select your Webcam from the Camera selection drop-down
list.
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4. Click the Preview button to display the view your webcam has. Physically adjust
the camera to face the area you want to monitor.
5. Click the Source button and make any adjustments to the Brightness, Contrast
and/or other settings. Click OK when you’re happy with the results.
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6. Click the Options button
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7. Place a check in the box labeled Use motion detection. Certain Webcams (most
often Labtec) can require Dorgem to “reconnect” after a certain period of no
motion being detected. For now leave this box unchecked. If you notice that your
Webcam isn’t capturing any images even though it should have, revisit this
section and place a check in the box. It should be noted that if you do need to use
this setting, your cam will likely take a picture every time Dorgem “reconnects”
to it, so try using 5 minute (or higher) intervals. Otherwise you’ll end out with a
LOT of pictures, most of which won’t have captured actual “motion”.
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8. Click OK after you have enabled motion detection to return to the main Dorgem
window. Now you’ll need to create a ‘profile’ – which Dorgem refers to as
Storage events. Click the Store settings button to create an event.
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9. Choose File and click OK (adding an FTP event is covered in the Advanced
section, set a local file first to make sure everything works)
10. Enter a Name: for this event, make sure Enable is checked, and then set an
interval. Since you’ll be using motion detection, you probably want to capture
images fairly “closely together” – so try 1 or 2 seconds. If you know for certain
that this camera will detect a lot of motion (your camera faces an area with a lot
of movement) you may want to set this somewhat higher. This setting can always
be changed later, so experiment a bit. Click the … button next to Filename:
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11. Here you’ll be setting the folder to save images to, and the actual filename for
each image. Dorgem allows special characters in file names so that each name is
unique (otherwise each time your camera detected motion it would take a picture
and over-write the previous one). Somewhere in the file name, enter the
characters %g – which will give your file name a time-stamp. If you use %G in
the file name, it will also add the current year.
Because my camera is taking pictures of movement on my patio, I named the file

patio-camera%G%g. This results with images being saved as patio-
camera20060926165001.jpg. Broken down that’s patio-camera – the current year
– the current month, day, hour, minute and second. Click Save after you’ve
selected a folder and file name.
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12. Click OK
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13. Click Close to return to the main Dorgem widow
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14. Wave your hand in front of the camera. Or throw something within its view. Jump
around in front of it like an idiot. If everything was set correctly, you should now
have some images in the folder you specified. Go take a look..
15. If it didn’t work, start again at step 3 and double-check everything. The built-in
Help file included with Dorgem is actually pretty helpful – use it for
troubleshooting. Feel free to leave a comment below and include as much info as
possible and I’ll try to help as well.
Advanced
Multiple Webcams
If you can get more than one Webcam to work in Windows (not always an easy task, esp.
if they’re Labtec), Dorgem can support them all. You don’t need to install another copy
of Dorgem, but you do need to start each instance differently. To do so, follow the steps
below..
1. Right-click on your current Dorgem desktop icon and select Create Shortcut
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2. You should see a new Dorgem (2) icon on your desktop – right-click on it this
time, and choose Properties
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3. Make sure the Shortcut tab is selected, and change the Target: to:
“C:\Program Files\Dorgem\Dorgem.exe” /c:cam2
If you installed Dorgem to somewhere other than the default location, make the
appropriate changes.
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4. Click Apply and then to return to your desktop. Double-click the Dorgem (2)
icon. When it launches, notice that it’s titled Dorgem (cam2). Repeat the same
steps you did for the first camera (though choose a different file name to save the
image as).
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Sending pictures to a remote location (FTP)
If you’re using this as a personal security system for your residence, you may want to
store the files off-site, in case someone steals your computer (rendering your security
totally useless). To do so, follow these steps.. (note: you’ll need an FTP account – check
to see if your ISP provides one for you, eg. Personal Web Space/storage).
1. Click the Store settings button and then click Add.
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2. This time select FTP and then click OK

3. Enter in the required information. The file name can use special characters (see
step 11 in the first How part of this tutorial). You may have to experiment with
some of these settings. For example, I have to use Passive mode because of the
way my home network is set up. You may not. Click OKwhen all of the required
info has been entered.
click to enlarge
4. Wave your hand in front of the webcam (or throw something through its field of
view). Check your FTP site and you should see a new file (or files) there. Note:
when I have both save to my local hard drive and save to FTP enabled, only one
works. You may need to disable the local copy if you want FTP to work. If you
figure out a way for both to work, by all means let me know.
How to duct tape the light off your webcam (super-stealth)
1. Does your webcam have an annoying light that gives away its location when you
try to hide it?
2. Find some duct tape that matches the colour of your camera. Or, masking tape and
a marker.
3. Place tape over the light.
4. Your camera will now blend in like a ninja. Extra bonus: use the duct tape to hold
your hidden camera in place.
Examples (from the first day I set this up)

Yes, birds will trigger the motion sensing webcam.
Seriously, this isn’t a shortcut for you to use.

How patio furniture gets stolen.
I don’t care if you’re practicing your tight-rope walking, stop using this area as a
shortcut.
You too.
My webcam lets me know when not to open my blinds. AKA get an unrequested view of
some carpenters crotch.
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1. Exasperated girlfriend says
Thank you – after discovering my boyfriend’s mother in our bedroom when I

came home unexpectedly at lunch, I now have a way to check whether she is a
repeat offender.
March 19, 2010, 5:54 pm
2. nallano says
# Thumbs up
Indeed, that is a great tool. For me I combine its usage with DropBox (2Go free)
which automatically synchronize a files between different laptop/network. So
when, I am at work, I can be notified instantly if there is any move at home.
Please use (more…)
Indeed, that is a great tool. For me I combine its usage with DropBox (2Go free)
which automatically synchronize a files between different laptop/network. So
when, I am at work, I can be notified instantly if there is any move at home.
Please use this link to register: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTcxMjg1OQ.
Each subscription will give me additional 250Mo to my free plan. Thanks a lot.
March 25, 2010, 11:23 am
3. surfvoucher says
THANK YOU!!!! If I only read your post a couple of weeks ago the Police would
have had proofs of the Fu..kers that stole my PC. Do you know if it can store both
in an external drive and in an FTP root? It would be great to have a backup in the
case the internet is down or they also steal my external drive.
March 26, 2010, 7:55 pm
4. JJ says
Can someone please help and give me advice please, as to whether it is illegal to
record someone on webcam without their knowledge/consent?
April 27, 2010, 4:18 pm
5. Guy says
This is great!
Just to let you know I am the developer of a piece of software called TeboCam
which does the same thing as Dorgem plus you can set the sensitivity by training
the program to recognise movement (and avaoid birds triggering the webcam).
TeboCam is fairly feature rich (even now includes a web publishing tool for all
you webcam publishers) and is free although it is not open source as I want to
keep the rights to the software.
TeboCam is still in development, there have been some 18,000 dowloads in the
four months since I released it.
My user community drives the development of TeboCam so please give it a go
and let me know how you find it
Download it from here:

http://teboweb.com/WebCam.html
May 2, 2010, 4:25 pm
6. brydude420247 says
hell yeah i am using my xbox 360 live vision camera, works like a charm! thanks
a million!!
May 7, 2010, 2:44 pm
7. John Smith says
the web cam i have connects to my computer’s USB drive. Is there a something
that I could bye that would make the web cam portable so that i wouldnt have to
attach it to the computer? Like some device that i can plug the USB thing into an
it would power and store the video/pics from the web cam
May 15, 2010, 10:56 pm
8. Sajid says
I’m using built in Acer crystal Eye web cam,everything is working,but motin
detection is not working,dorgem captures image on interval time only.please help
me to solve this problem
May 16, 2010, 11:27 am

9. scottyman89 says
I just did your walkthrough and it is an awsome program but i can’t get the
motion detection to work it just keeps takin pictures and i was wondering if there
was a way to fix it… i am using a lifecam vx 3000…
May 29, 2010, 6:18 am
10. pero says
hi, i need help. i folow all this steps but when i go to the direction where the
software is saveing the pictures there is only one picture and this picture is
changing with the last movment. so i whant to ask is there any chanse to save a
new picture with every movment becouse if someone steal in my room the only
thing i’ll see when i came home is last movment (how he shut the door behind =
nothing) please help me if you can. thanks
June 1, 2010, 9:59 am
11. Mills says
i am having a difficult time achieving multiple captures. Each time the web cam
takes a picture, immediately it is deleted, then another snap shot is taken and once
again deleted. How can i fix this problem?
Thank you for your time.
June 1, 2010, 11:02 pm
12. Gary Teaford says
I wonder if you can help me. A friend gave me a security cam and it has a s-video
cord.. I’m wanting to set it up to view outside. I already am using a creative web
cam on my PC. Is it poss to set this cam up to my PC using a s-video port. I
understand I may not have sound, thats alright.It worked fine on TV using s-video
cord but it will not work on my PC. Is there a download I need to run this.
Please, I truly need your help
June 9, 2010, 12:04 pm

13. Mark Johnson says
Great tutorial. I can’t wait to try it out. Even if this software doesn’t work out for
me, I can always find another free software that’s similar to this one. Life is good.
Thanks for the wonderful and simple tutorial.
June 23, 2010, 12:14 am
14. eric says
it works awesome
i use it to see who keeps using my laptop and i found out it was my cousin
two question, first, im using the built in webcam on my laptop and every time i
close the Dorgem window it doesnt seem to work so i always have to pull up the
app and just leave it is there a way to use it with out having to keep the window
open (computer wise on the window part)
second, can i watch what is going on through an itouch
thank you very much!
August 10, 2010, 7:21 pm
15. Blake says
Thank you so much for this! Unfortunately due to my place being very old for the
area we live in we are not allowed to change the door handles or add locks but I
have noticed things missing from my room and I am sure it’s my roommate but I
don’t have any actual proof except that I know what is missing. This way I can
use this as proof! Thanks!
September 10, 2010, 10:38 pm
16. Sheryl says
ok got it all set up works great but was wondering if I can send the images to my
email as they come in?
September 12, 2010, 11:25 pm
17. Surya Prakash C N says
i will try to do this, if it works as said it is a boon for me to do something on this.

thanks alot.
September 13, 2010, 1:03 am
18. Sayed Lotfy says
A perfect smart Software
September 13, 2010, 8:17 am
19. matt says
hi this is a great tutorial, but for some reason it will not let me use the cam that is
built into my lap top, it says it can not connect, also i used a seperate web cam and
everytime my laptop goes into sleep mode the camra shuts of and does not take
any pics, if you could please email me back, thanks
October 16, 2010, 7:13 pm
20. Benjamin Wilson says
I tested out this program and works, but still pictures aren’t my thing. Does AVI
work as well for sounds and other things? I’m planning to use my webcam
(Logitech QuickCam E2500) as a security camera attached to my front side of the
house to record people speeding at night time and send the file to the police along
with the speed of the car, the info, etc.
October 16, 2010, 11:59 pm
21. Jay says

I didn’t go through all the comments, but I wanted to let everyone know this
works perfectly on Windows 7 32-bit Enterprise, using a Dell Latitude E6400 w/
built in webcam.
October 22, 2010, 11:21 am
22. Gaston says
This software is great, and so is this tutorial. It very simple, works great, and
allows multiple webcams, just what I need! Thanks brother
October 26, 2010, 6:04 pm
23. Ramesh says
Hi, THUMBS UP
thats great, I AM TRYING THIS 4 THE FIRST TIME, hope it works
THANKS regards,
star ramesh
November 27, 2010, 3:47 am
24. madhu says
It’s really good for new comers in computer technology who want to try
something new.
December 7, 2010, 2:18 am
25. Samuel says
How can i get multiple snapshots?
December 16, 2010, 8:18 am
26. josh says

im doing this to try and find out witch one of my cats keeps peeing in my chair.
btw this works great on windows 7 home x64
January 12, 2011, 10:40 pm
27. navi555 says
I have a friend of mine that will be moving into a new apartment near campus
soon and was looking for some security systems that she can use. Ill take a crack
at this and see if shes interested. TYVM.
Also Couldn’t help but notice a bunch of people had problems with the pictures
overwriting themselves or deleting the old one and replaced with the new one. I
haven’t tried it yet, but it sounds like the pictures are being overwritten by another
picture of a newer picture of the same name (patio-cam overwriting patio-cam)
Make sure there is the timestamp is set in the filename (%G and %g in step 11).
This should give your a different name every time the pictures are taken, thus
preventing the picture from being overwritten.
January 14, 2011, 5:07 pm
28. Herculean says
I want to do this to see who is stealing my mail every day. Perhaps set up a switch
that activates when the mailbox door is opened that sends a signal to the camera
and records anwhere from 30 seconds to a minute?
January 22, 2011, 11:33 am
29. Chiz-ance says
Thanks! This works fantastically.
March 15, 2011, 3:55 pm
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6 Reasons to set up a motion activated web-cam

For this tutorial you’ll need:

1. a PC running Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP (the software is untested on Windows

6. Click the Options button

Because my camera is taking pictures of movement on my patio, I named the file

13. Click Close to return to the main Dorgem widow

“C:\Program Files\Dorgem\Dorgem.exe” /c:cam2

Sending pictures to a remote location (FTP)

1. Click the Store settings button and then click Add.

2. This time select FTP and then click OK

How to duct tape the light off your webcam (super-stealth)

3. Place tape over the light.

Examples (from the first day I set this up)

Seriously, this isn’t a shortcut for you to use.

Posted in Security, Windows, iPod.

By Ross McKillop – September 27, 2006

1. Exasperated girlfriend says

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Download it from here:

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Thank you for your time.

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Thanks for the wonderful and simple tutorial.

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thank you very much!

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i will try to do this, if it works as said it is a boon for me to do something on this.

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