Free ip cameras software for windows

Looking at todays tendency of video surveillance systems it can be easily noticed that popularity of IP based solutions is growing really fast. There are quite a lot of manufacturers, who provides great range of IP video cameras and video servers, which are intent to serve in a professional IP-enabled video surveillance system.
More of it, many companies provides solutions aimed to convert current CCTV video surveillance systems to IP based systems, keeping current equipment and infrastructure. In addition to these companies, who provides not only hardware solutions, but software as well, there are a lot of companies, who focuses on software part of IP video surveillance systems mostly, providing complete solutions as for small or enterprise business, as for personal use.
In the article I would like to share some of my experience in working with different IP video cameras and video servers from different manufacturers. The provided information is related mostly to accessing these cameras from your own application, which may be a simple application for your personal needs or which may be something more sophisticated and even close to some sort of video surveillance application.
As a demo application to the article I am providing a C# application, which allows as single camera viewing as multiple cameras viewing simultaneously. The program allows simultaneous view of not only several cameras from a single video server, but allows to view many different cameras even of different manufacturers at a time.

Displays traffic cameras from around Miami area.
Miami Traffic Cameras widget displays, right on your desktop, live video feeds taken by several webcams placed on the most used traffic ways in this city.
Now you can view and monitor the traffic right from in front of your computer.

This Widget allows you to view the ROMANSE traffic cameras within Hampshire (most are in and around Southampton), UK.
Options to narrow down the cameras to motorway and Winchester area.
Hampshire Traffic Cameras widget displays, right on your desktop, live video feeds, taken by several webcams placed in this location.

Watch in a rotating view the traffic of Las Vegas, Nevada by using Las Vegas Traffic Cameras
Las Vegas Traffic Cameras widget allows you to connect and view images from Las Vegas, taken by several webcams placed on the most traffic populated areas.
Las Vegas Traffic Cameras brings, right on your desktop, live video feeds from Las Vegas.

Traffic Camera widget for Greensboro, NC. Based on other traffic camera Widgets.
Greensboro Traffic Cameras widget brings, right on your desktop, live video feeds, taken by several webcams placed on the major freeways in this area.
You can easilly view and monitor the traffic.