Video clip rules
Detect people or unknown moving objects
Determine if an object is:
- Inside or outside a region
- Entering or exiting a region
- On top of a region
- Entering or exiting through a door
- Crossing a boundary
- Loitering
Send an email if a rule is triggered
Play a sound if a rule is triggered
Save a video of the event when a rule is triggered. All other video is temporarily kept for a period of days which can be adjusted (default is 48 hours).
Run a custom action using a script or other program if a rule is triggered (Basic and Pro Editions)
Automatically upload video clips to an FTP site for secure archival (Basic and Pro Editions)
Search view
List of video clips with thumbnails
One-click filter for type of object or any rule
Display color-coded frames around people, objects, and rule regions
Video playback controls, with keyboard shortcuts
- Play and replay shortcut
- Previous and next frame
- +/- 2 seconds
- Previous and next clip
- Beginning and end of clip
- Markers for when objects appear
Playback speeds: 1/2x, 1x, 2x, 3x
Video storage resolution:
- QVGA (320 x 240)
- VGA (640 x 480)
- XGA (1024 x 768)
- SXGA (1280 x 1024)
24-hour time bars showing video clips and temporary video
Export clips to standard video format (.mp4)
Delete clips
Monitor view
View live video of connected cameras (port forwarding required to process and view cameras on a different network)
Add, edit, remove cameras using a Camera Setup wizard
Manage rules for each camera
- Enable and disable rules
- Schedule rules to run at specified times or days
- One-click access to video clips recorded by that rule
Configure a set of cameras to turn on or off with a toolbar button (Basic and Pro Editions)
Set a delay when arming cameras to allow time to exit before cameras start recording or sending alerts (Basic and Pro Editions)
System requirements
Video recognition requires intensive processing by your computer. The minimum requirements for a single camera are:
Windows- Windows XP Service Pack 2+, Vista, Windows 7
- 2.0GHz Pentium 4 processor or higher
- 1GB RAM or higher (2GB RAM minimum for Vista and Windows 7)
- Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
- 2.0GHz Intel-based processor or higher
- 1GB RAM or higher
Minimum screen resolution:
- 1024 x 768
- 25GB of free disk space is recommended for QVGA with two days of temporary video
- Allocate more disk space to record higher resolution or more temporary video. Click here for details.
- Video can be stored on an external drive
A USB webcam or IP camera is required. IP cameras require a network connection to the computer where the software is installed.
Vitamin D Video is pre-configured to work with many webcams and network (IP) cameras. Click here for a list of supported cameras.
Note that recognition performance may vary by camera. Axis and Panasonic cameras, for example, provide some of the best results.