Preferences 

Set program preferences and options using the Preferences dialog on the File 

menu. 

Show Icon in System Tray: The program minimizes to a small icon in 

the system tray. 

Use Black/White thumbnails: For improved performance 

Outgoing Email Server: You need to specify an email (SMTP) server to 

use if you want to send e mail alarms. 

SMTP Username, SMTP Password: Enter these here if your email 

server requires them. Otherwise leave blank. 

Email From Address: Used to identify outgoing email alarm 

messages. 

Global CPU Throttle: Number of milliseconds paused between each 

frame received. 

Autotune CPU: If checked, Netcam Watcher will constantly monitor it's 

CPU usage and attempt to keep to the target CPU usage specified on 

the slider. 

Minimum Darkness Level for Motion Detect. You can specify a value 

here for the lowest pixel value (1..255) that is considered for motion 

detection. Often cameras make excessive noise when there is little or no 

light and this can falsely trigger motion detection. Use a value here to 

prevent false alarms. 

Force Alarms, Timer On: If checked forces these buttons to be down 

on program start up. 

AVI frame rate: When converting MJPEG to AVI this specifies the frame 

rate. 

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