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Periscope is the next generation of web cam software that lets you use your iSight to capture activity in front of your Mac's camera and then save or share that image simply and automatically.
Within seconds, you can configure Periscope to monitor a room for motion, sound or on a timer. Periscope will send real-time images to your e-mail, .Mac web page, or FTP site, and can upload to Flickr!
Put it this way, the next time your mini-fridge is raided by a roommate pleading innocence... You got the dirt.
Within seconds, you can configure Periscope to monitor a room for motion, sound or on a timer. Periscope will send real-time images to your e-mail, .Mac web page, or FTP site, and can upload to Flickr!
Put it this way, the next time your mini-fridge is raided by a roommate pleading innocence... You got the dirt.
- 'scope your home when you're out of town.
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What's New
Version 1.5.4:
- Improved support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later
- 1-GHz G4, G5, or Intel-based Mac
- 512 MB of RAM
- 32 MB of video RAM
- 500 MB of hard drive space
- An iSightâ„¢ camera or Mac-compatible webcam
- Microphone required for noise detection
- Internet connection required for some features
- .mac subscription required for .mac features
- iPhoto features require iPhoto ’06 or later
Periscope User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:22,871 |
| Version Downloads:21,467 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Video |
| License:Demo |
| Date:02 Nov 2007 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $39.95 |
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Periscope is the next generation of web cam software that lets you use your iSight to capture activity in front of your Mac's camera and then save or share that image simply and automatically.
Within seconds, you can configure Periscope to monitor a room for motion, sound or on a timer. Periscope will send real-time images to your e-mail, .Mac web page, or FTP site, and can upload to Flickr!
Put it this way, the next time your mini-fridge is raided by a roommate pleading innocence... You got the dirt.
Within seconds, you can configure Periscope to monitor a room for motion, sound or on a timer. Periscope will send real-time images to your e-mail, .Mac web page, or FTP site, and can upload to Flickr!
Put it this way, the next time your mini-fridge is raided by a roommate pleading innocence... You got the dirt.
- 'scope your home when you're out of town.
- 'scope for intruders with motion detection.
- 'scope the kids when you're at the office.
- 'scope a time-lapse movie of your workday.
- 'scope for security.
- 'scope for fun!
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Jimistar82 reviewed on 20 Dec 2009
I have the fastest Mac made, and the amount of image processing thrown at the CPU with absolutely no thought to the effects is staggering. If you love the pinwheel, this app is for you.
It hobbles my mac.
You are stupid to buy this product. I was. Don't be stupid with me.
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pfitzpa1 reviewed on 15 Sep 2008
However I could never get the email sharing to work on my .mac account, making it practically useless for me as email is the only sharing option that works for me.
The options were fairly easy to navigate and figure out, and the GUI is not bad.
The Window/Activity log showed nothing for me even though I had several motion and manual triggered shots.
CPU Usage is ridiculous, I presume it's processing the video to detect motion but maxing out the CPU permanently also makes this a non-starter. (Note when I restarted periscope the CPU usage settled down at around 10% so I'm not sure why the initial high usage was there)
Lack of video, which should be a simple feature to add is also a minus.
I couldn't get a sense of what the delay between snaps was after a trigger and if it was configurable.
The default setting for the video is reversed, I'm not sure why that is but I had to find the video setting to flip the video so it looked correct.
The Support/forums were of very little help. Most of the related posts had no resolution that could help me.
I gave this a 2 for ease of use because I had difficulty verifying/debugging why email was not working and help was useless.
For value I got this as part of the mupromo package so the cost was not an issue, however the fact it doesn't work with email makes it little/no value for money as I can't use it properly.
Stability I gave a 3 because of the CPu loading issue.
I wished this would have worked like I wanted it to. Great idea, not so good execution.
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JKT reviewed on 30 Aug 2008
I've marked down ease-of-use and stability because of this - if the problems were fixed then it would be a 4 star app, easily, as the features can't be faulted. What is particularly good is the ability to set activation regions for capture rather than having the whole view trigger photo taking. This means you can set areas that you won't trigger yourself through normal use. There is however, one exception and that is the sharing to .Mac - we should be able to lock down the folder the photos are uploaded to and the site to view them (otherwise it is trivial for someone to find images of the inside of your home and/or remove the images).
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Walruscp reviewed on 28 Aug 2008
The only problem has been that sometimes setting up the option to email is a bit funky. For some reason it does not always work the first time, and it could be related to Gmail. Not sure though.
I would also add that the image quality is not the greatest (as was pointed out in a Mac|Life review).
Overall, a very nice product.
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Sorry to hear that you didn't like the GUI.
We at Freeverse are proud of the GUI of Periscope, and feel it fits well with the Mac OS X; it's simple, intuitive, and has a little bit of animation thrown in there as well.
btw, we are a Mac software company, first and foremost. ;-)
www.freeverse.com
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