Sentry Motion Detector Camera vs Videk Director

Sentry turns a phone you already own into a motion-triggered camera that works in the dark. Set it down, arm it, and walk away. When something moves, it records. When the movement stops, it stops. The clips land in your photo library, ready to review whenever you want. It records for you to watch later. It is not a live video feed — you are not watching a stream, you are collecting what happened while you were not there. WHAT IT IS FOR Find out what your dog does to the sofa while you are out. See which animal has been visiting the garden after dark. Watch how a sleeping cat actually gets from one end of the room to the other. Point a spare phone at the garage overnight and check the footage in the morning. BUILT FOR THE DARK Most cameras give up when the light does. Sentry changes how the sensor reads a dark scene: it picks a binned format that gathers far more light per pixel, extends the shutter ceiling, and lets the frame rate drop so the shutter has time to stay open. The result is usable footage in rooms where the standard camera returns noise. The screen stays dark while it runs. Monitoring goes on for hours, often overnight, and a bright display would waste battery and light the room you are trying to film. RECORDING IS ALWAYS VISIBLE A red dot sits in the corner of the screen for as long as recording lasts. There is no setting to turn it off, because there should not be one. Photos play the standard iPhone shutter sound. NOTHING LEAVES THE DEVICE No account. No sign-up. No cloud. No subscription. Sentry contains no networking code at all — recordings are written straight to your photo library and stay there. It works with the phone in airplane mode. HOW IT WORKS 1 tap — photo 2 taps — start recording 3 taps — arm motion detection, which begins after 5 seconds and stops 1 second after movement ceases Swipe up — cycle the rear lenses Swipe down — front camera Two fingers, 3 seconds — stop Shake — settings Long sessions are saved in chunks as they record, so a flat battery costs you minutes rather than hours. RESPONSIBLE USE Record only where you have the right to. Laws on recording people vary by country and by state, and some places require the consent of everyone present. Sentry shows a recording indicator that cannot be disabled and plays the shutter sound on photos, so anyone who looks at the device can tell it is capturing. REQUIREMENTS iPhone and iPad running iOS 18 or later. Extended recording and motion detection use significant battery — keep the device on a charger for long sessions. Video files are large, so check free space before a long run.

Videk Director is the command center of the Videk multi-camera system - a professional production suite built entirely from your existing iPhones and iPads. Pair with the free Videk Camera app (installed on any iPhone or iPad you want to use as a camera source), and you have a fully controllable multi-camera studio in your pocket. No dongles, no capture cards, no extra hardware. Just your Apple devices and a Wi-Fi network. CONTROL ALL YOUR CAMERAS FROM ONE DEVICE See every connected camera in a live grid and tap to switch your program source instantly. Monitor all feeds in real time with decoded H.264 video. Choose which camera's microphone is active - or use the Director device's own mic. LIVE OVERLAYS Add text and image overlays to your program output in real time. Import PNGs or animated GIFs from your photo library, drag to position, pinch to scale, rotate freely, and adjust opacity. Overlays persist across sessions so your branded graphics are always ready. SESSION RECORDING - RECORD EVERYTHING, EDIT LATER Record all camera sources simultaneously as individual video tracks. The Director tracks which camera you selected at every moment. After your shoot, review the full multi-track session, change camera selections in the timeline, and export a finished MP4 — all without leaving the app. LIVE STREAMING VIA RTMP Stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, TikTok, or any custom RTMP destination. Choose 720p, 1080p, or 4K output with H.264 or HEVC encoding. Adaptive bitrate keeps your stream stable even as network conditions change. VIDEO COMPOSITING Built-in GPU-accelerated compositor with multiple layout modes: single camera full-screen, side-by-side, or a full multi-camera grid - all with Metal-accelerated rendering and aspect-ratio-preserving letterboxing. ZERO CONFIGURATION NETWORKING Devices discover each other automatically over your local Wi-Fi via Bonjour. No internet required. Your video never leaves your network unless you explicitly stream it out. Share a 6-digit session code with each Camera device and you're live in seconds. REQUIRES VIDEK CAMERA Videk Director works as part of the Videk two-app system. Install Videk Camera (free, separate download) on every iPhone or iPad you want to use as a camera source. PERFECT FOR: • Live events - concerts, conferences, ceremonies • Content creation - YouTube, podcasts, tutorials • Weddings and celebrations • Sports and performances • Houses of worship • Education and lectures • Real estate walk-throughs TECHNICAL SPECS: • Requires iOS 17.0 or later • Output: up to 4K at 60 fps • Streaming: RTMP to YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, TikTok, or custom server • Recording: MP4 per-source tracks with editable timeline • Video: H.264 or HEVC with adaptive bitrate • Audio: 64–320 kbps, selectable source • Networking: Bonjour + custom TCP, local Wi-Fi only PRIVACY: All video processing happens on-device. Camera streams travel only over your local network. No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking. Your data stays yours TERMS OF USE: https://videk.app/terms