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Alta Proxy Tool

Connect to Avigilon Alta cameras through a local RTSP proxy — no cloud relay required.

Download for Windows

Portable .exe — no installation needed

Features

Cookie-Based Auth

Authenticate seamlessly via the companion Chrome extension. No credentials stored in the app.

Device Discovery

Automatically discovers all on-premise cameras in your Alta deployment with online/offline status.

Local RTSP Proxy

Launches aware-cam-proxy to establish direct camera connections for RTSP streaming.

Batch Operations

Connect to multiple cameras at once with batch proxy launch and sequential port assignment.

Self-Updating

Built-in update checker downloads new releases directly from GitHub.

Portable

Single .exe, no installer. Run it from anywhere on any Windows machine.

Quick Start

  1. Download the app Grab the latest .exe from the Releases page and place it in a folder alongside aware-cam-proxy.exe.
  2. Install the Chrome extension Open chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode, click "Load unpacked", and select the chrome-extension folder from this repo.
  3. Log in to Alta Sign in to your Avigilon Alta deployment in Chrome as you normally would.
  4. Send cookies to the app Click the extension icon and press "Send Cookie to APT". The app will connect automatically.
  5. Start proxying Select cameras from the device list and click Start Proxy. Use the generated RTSP URL in your video client.

Requirements

  • Windows 10+ The proxy executable is Windows-only.
  • Google Chrome Required for the cookie bridge extension.
  • aware-cam-proxy.exe Must be in the same folder as the app.
  • Alta Deployment An active Avigilon Alta Video account.