Release notes: Alta Video 7.7.0 beta

Last modified: Monday July 14, 2025.

As we continue to unify the Avigilon Alta cloud products, we are renaming Alta Aware as Alta Video and the Alta Control Center as Alta Access to make navigating between your products easier.

The Avigilon Alta Beta documentation has moved to beta-aware.docs.alta.avigilon.com

Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Alta Video security solution beta software.

Alta Video Beta Program

The Alta Video Beta Program allows customers and partners to receive pre-release versions of the software containing the latest new features and fixes. As a member of the Alta Video Beta Program, you have the opportunity to provide feedback on these features and fixes, helping us to drive improvements to the product. To find out more about the Alta Video Beta Program, and to sign up, see https://security.avigilon.com/avigilon-alta-beta-program.

Avigilon Alta User Research

By joining the Avigilon Alta User Research program, you provide key feedback on the features and design of Alta Video. To find out more about this program, and to sign up, see https://www.avigilon.com/what-is-avigilon-alta-user-research.

About this release

Installing this release will upgrade Alta Video deployments, and, if needed to maintain feature compatibility, any Alta cameras associated with your deployment.

These software packages have been released to the Beta Upgrade Channel:

Release labelRelease dateSoftware build number
Alta Video software version 7.7.0 betaMonday July 14, 2025.Alta Video: 7_7_250714_01197
Camera modelRelease dateBuild number
Alta and Ava CamerasMonday July 14, 2025.Alta cameras: 7_7_250714_01467

What's new

In this release, Alta Video provides the following features:

FeatureDescriptionAdded in version
Saved views and clips folder organizationSaved views now offers hierarchical folder organization. This allows for easier management of permissions and intuitive drag-and-drop arrangement of all your saved views and folders. See Select and organize your Views in Video view.7.7.0 beta
New audio detections for Protect zonesYou can now choose different types of sound detections that trigger a zone alarm in Alta Protect. For more information about configuring zone detections, see Add triggers to a zone. 7.7.0 beta
Night vision settings for Alta camerasYou can now change how Alta cameras function in low light levels. You can adjust the light levels that trigger night vision and if infrared illuminators activate. Available options depend on the camera model. See Night vision and infrared settings.7.7.0 beta
Power source informationYou can now see where the power source for your camera is coming from for some cameras. See Find camera information. 7.7.0 beta
Report for image health monitoringYou can now create an image health report from Alta Video. See Configure image health monitoring. 7.7.0 beta
Face watchlist image deletionImages used for Face watchlist are now deleted after 30 days unless otherwise configured. See Face Watchlists.7.7.0 beta
Basic Avigilon Joystick supportYou can now use an Avigilon Joystick to control some functions of your pan-tilt-zoom cameras. This allows you to control PTZ camera movements and navigate to the next preset view directly from the joystick. See Use PTZ camera controls.7.7.0 beta

Updated domains

As we unify Avigilon Alta Video and Avigilon Alta Access, alta.avigilon.com will become the main domain used by Avigilon Alta Video and other Avigilon Alta services. Update your firewall rules to include this domain and its subdomains.

For the complete list of domains used, see:
Ports required by Avigilon Ava and Avigilon Alta cloud-native cameras
Reference: Ports required by Alta Cloud Connectors
Ports required by Avigilon Ava cameras connected to Alta Cloud Connectors
Client connections

Resolved issues

This release resolves these issues:

ReferenceResolutionResolved in version
AVA-12264An issue where a failed to copy to clipboard error message displayed when creating an external link from maps has been resolved.7.7.0 beta
AVA-11308An issue with an increase in API calls when searching for a device in Alta Video has been resolved.7.7.0 beta
AVA-11229An issue where some sensors showed as inactive and total count values were incorrect has been resolved.7.7.0 beta
AVA-10617 An issue where footage could fail to record after a sound rule triggered has been resolved. 7.7.0 beta
AVA-10447An issue where some Cloud Connectors did not start up fully has been resolved.7.7.0 beta
AVA-10011An issue where some DMP users did not receive email alerts has been resolved.7.7.0 beta
AVA-8967An issue that caused footage playback from the Cloud Connector to fail unless the device was rebooted has been resolved.7.7.0 beta

Software releases might include minor bug fixes that are not listed in the Resolved issues table.

Known issues

During testing, we have found the following issues in these software packages:

ReferenceIssueSoftware
AVA-10292When renaming the Cloud connector, the page must be refreshed for the change to be completed. Alta Video
AVA-12166 A 401 Unauthorized error is displayed when adding RTSP streams. Alta Video
AVA-11940There is a severe delay when backing up a Compact Dome Camera. Alta Video
AVA-11141When viewing the Setting an advanced field of view tutorial, the information fails to display. You can still set the advanced field of view for your cameras.Alta Video
AVA-10061When viewing the list of saved clips, a yellow exclamation mark is displayed with no description. Alta Video
AVA-9818When viewing a HTTP live stream and disabling the "Allow live streaming of audio", the audio continues to be transmitted.Alta Video
AVA-9786After adding Cloud Connector cameras to the deployment, a cloud backup was not attempted for 24 hours.Alta Video
AVA-9673When the SD card is not detected, the SD card system failure alert is not triggering.Alta Video
AVA-9512When searching using a label, results from cameras without the searched label will also display.Alta Video
AVA-6367When viewing the local display and a camera is unavailable, a blank screen can display instead of streaming the remaining cameras.Alta Video
AVA-10043Cloud Connectors sometimes cannot be successfully disconnected from a deployment.Alta Video
Fall detection and bag pick up/drop detection remain as Beta features. Contact support if you would like to trial them on your deployment.Alta Video
AVA-7372Face search can occasionally take a few minutes to return a result when used with multiple cameras over an extended time period.Alta Video
AVA-5855When saving a Video view, you may see a 400 Bad Request error. The saved view can still be shared and accessed.Alta Video
AVA-4811Alta Video shows an unverified SD card warning and cannot access a dual-SD card camera with only one working SD card.Alta Video
AVA-4757Flex cameras might go offline during an update and stop recording. Power cycling the device completes the update process.Alta cameras
AVA-4734Existing Halo sensors do not automatically support new channels. You must re-add them to Alta Video to enable them.Alta Video