You can broadcast live audio and video using the following methods:

• Remote Access - allows other computers access the camera using the Active WebCam program. The program uses UDP protocol to push captured images and sound to viewers' computers. Transferred video and audio can be encrypted and password protected.
• FTP Upload - the program uploads images to your web site using FTP protocol. Your viewers point Internet browsers to your web site and watch the captured video. The captured video can be viewed using any Internet browser, no plug-ins or downloads required.
• HTTP Server - the program runs own HTTP server that all users, connected to your computer using Internet browser, can see live video from your camera. The captured video can be viewed using any Internet browser, no plug-ins or downloads required.

Your camera can be used as a Surveillance System to watch your home, office, children, pets or anything else.

The program has a Motion Detection feature, which can perform various tasks when it triggered.

When the program detects motion in the monitored area, it can sound an alarm, e-mail you the captured images, start broadcasting or record a video.

Video can be recorded in AVI or MPEG formats.

The recorded video can be played back through Internet.

The program has features to add text captions,  image overlays, and date/time stamps on each video frame.

You can shrink, grow, and rotate captured images.

Image can be cropped that the only selected part of a captured image will be broadcasted.

You can use Active WebCam to record full-motion clips from your video and audio sources. The program has the following recording features: Live Recording, Archive Recording, and ability to create Archive of Snapshots.
With Live Recording the program records video and audio content constantly that allows you pause, fast-forward, and rewind live video from camera at any time.
The Archive Recording is performed by user or as a scheduled task. The video and audio content is streamed into a file on your hard disk.
Archive of Snapshots is a sequence of still images captured with a predefined time interval.
The recorded files can be password protected that all video and audio information are scrambled and the file can be played with a valid password only.

• Works with all USB and Parallel Port cameras, Windows compatible Capture Devices and Framegrabbers, TV-boards, and with Network IP Cameras.
• Broadcasts live video up to 30 frames per second.
• Multiple cameras support. Simultaneous recording and broadcasting from unlimited number of cameras.
• Dynamic IP Service, that gives a permanent internet address to your web camera whenever IP of your computer changes.
• Time stamps captured video.
• Broadcasts audio.
• Supports Encrypted Transmission.
• Records password protected video clips.
• Performs Live Recording that allows rewind and playback captured content at any time.
• Has features to control camera's Pan, Tilt, and Zoom.
• Helps you to create web page for your web camera.
• Records video when a motion is detected.
• Allows to view recorded video remotely.
• Sends you e-mail when motion detected.
• Runs a program when a motion is detected.
• Allows to define the active area for motion detection.
• Creates thumbnails from captured images.
• Has a comprehensive scheduler.
• Checks the available space on hard drive and stops recording if there is no available space.
• User name and password to control access to your camera and recorded videos from Internet.
• Has feature to limit number of camera viewers.
• Stealth mode makes the program completely invisible that it doesn't display any icon in the sys tool tray and it is not presented in the task bar tray.
• Password protection from unauthorized usage.
• Ability to run the program as Windows service that the program starts automatically at system boot and executes even when no user is logged on to the system.