That software will record whatever you throw at it. The weak link will be the DVR card you plug into your PC. The cheap ones aren't all that and when you get more than one camera on them they struggle. The more expensive ones will take 4-8 cameras at hi-res all day long. The software will record anything you want, one camera all the time and the other on motion shouldnt be a problem, you cofigure each camera seperate on their. The problem I had was that a 250gb hard drive gets full quite quick and you have to leave the pc on all the time but the pros out weigh the cons. That software is very user friendly and gives you a lot of options. Im pretty sure I used there demo as its full function but if you ever take a screen capture it has there name on it but for some reason when you export video (save as a mpg to watch again) it doesnt which cool. Im no expert by any means and I found it a piece of piss to get going, just banged a DVR card in, threw video lead over roof and in through window frame, put a 2nd hard drive in PC and left it to it. Stopped them little twats and caught someone nicking a car a few houses down (the drunk thief got it stuck on the kerb outside our house!!). HTH