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[Philiverpool]

Hello. My Mom's house was recently robbed during the daytime and now she is very interested in monitoring her home when she is not there and being able to capture video of potential future thiefs. I recommended this site to her but she has a question.

Will the video upload automatically to a website in case the computer running the program and cameras in the house are stolen?

How can she monitor the cameras and when away from home. Iphone or something similiar?

[ryan]

Hi Philiverpool,

We currently don't offer remote viewing clients. You can configure emails with snapshots to be sent when events occur, which in general is a lot more interesting than periodically tuning in to a camera where nothing is happening. For remote application interaction myself and others have found tools like windows remote desktop or VNC applications useful.

The paid versions of Vitamin D Video support automatic FTP upload of clips that match given rules, which would would persist in the event the computer itself was taken. There are workarounds to also integrate this functionality with services such as dropbox, something we hope to make easier in the future. You can also configure data in general to be stored on an external or networked drive which could be secured.

Hope that helps, and thanks for your interest!

[doug]

Another possible solution that is very low tech: have Vitamin D Video store the video on a USB drive, then lock that drive down somehow (locked drawer, lock to desk, etc). It is possible that a thief wouldn't bother stealing a measly USB disk if you make it a little difficult for them.

-Doug