CCTV Photo Capture Utility

CCTV Photo Capture Utility is a lightweight software application developed specifically for helping you capture images from a connected webcam device. The tool works with different devices, such as webcams, TV Tuner cards, Enter TV Tuner 2.0 or TV Box. It is compatible with Windows XP and 7.

Portable running mode

You can store the utility on pen drives or other removable devices and carry it with you all the time. No administrative privileges are needed for running it. In addition, you can open it directly from the storage device.
It does not leave entries in your Windows registry and generate additional setup items so you may get rid of it without having to appeal to third-party uninstallers. A simple deletion task does the job. It’s easy to gain access to the tool’s interface because you only need to double-click on the EXE file. You do not have to go through an installation process.

Interacting with the GUI

CCTV Photo Capture Utility sports a simple design that incorporates only a few configuration settings. A help manual is not comprised in the package, only a ‘Readme’ file that includes short descriptions about the program’s functions.

Take screenshots of your webcam

The application offers you the possibility to start or stop the capturing mode, export the captured photos to the disk, as well as preview the video streams directly in the main window.
Other important configuration settings worth being mentioned enable you to specify the saving directory and set up camera parameters, namely frames per second, size of the image, compressor, driver, and output filename of the capture picture.
On the downside, CCTV Photo Capture Utility has not been updated for a long time so you may come across all sorts of compatibility issues. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Final observations

To sum things up, CCTV Photo Capture Utility comes bundled with basic features for helping you capture images of your webcam, and is suitable especially for less experienced users.