Cam FTP V1.3

CamFTP takes regular snapshots from your webcam and uploads them to an FTP server of your choice. It supports JPEG compression to reduce snapshot file size. The snapshots can be labeled with a timestamp or some other user-defined text. There is also a surveillance mode which can be configured to perform an action (eg. play a sound, send email) when something changes in front of the webcam.




Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch camftp.exe.

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP

Cam Studio V2.0

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create AVI video files, then convert them into streaming Flash video files (SWF) using its built-in SWF Producer. It also supports anti-aliased screen captions as well as audio and video annotations.




Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the installer and install to the default folder. Copy all files (except uninstall.exe and uninstall.ini) to a folder of your choice, then uninstall the program. Launch Recorder.exe.

Unicode support: No

License: Freeware/Open Source

System Requirements: WinNT / Win2K / WinXP

MediaInfo V0.7.6.0

MediaInfo provides a great deal of technical and tag information from audio/video files. It features many different layouts to display the information, as well as the ability to create custom layouts as well. Can be used to find missing codecs or just to get all the information you'd need from a multimedia file.




Writes settings to: Application folder

Dependencies: UNICOWS.DLL (Win98/ME only)

How to extract: Download the 7-Zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MediaInfo.exe. Select Options, Preferences, Setup, and uncheck Shell extension and Shell InfoTip.

Stealth: No

Unicode support: Yes

License: Freeware/Open Source

System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista

GSpot V2.70a

Simply drag-and-drop any AVI file to the GSpot window, and GSpot will determine which audio and video codecs are required to play the file, as well as whether these codecs are installed on your system.



Writes settings to: Windows registry. I am accepting it as portable on the assumption that it will only be used occasionally to troubleshoot codec problems, so portable settings is that important.

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch the program by double-clicking on GSpot.exe.

Unicode support: No

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista