VALT 6.5.0

November 25th, 2025

New Application Features

• Rooms can be multi-selected and prepared in a single interaction
• New Marker types
  • Duration Markers that can comment on a time period instead of just a single point
    • These markers can also be converted directly into their own Clip
  • Transcription Markers which can convert video transcriptions directly into comments
• AVMIX Module
  • Rooms can mix-and-match different video and audio streams
• Templates
  • Templates can be downloaded and imported based on JSON-formatted files
• Email Calendar Integration
  • Users can create Schedules that synchronize with Microsoft 365 Calendars
• WebRTC Streaming Type
• VALT Cue
  • Cue Session Build
  • Cue Circuit

Application Improvements

• Help page configuration and public pages have a drastically improved UI
  • Customizable Help Tiles & Help Topics
• Alerts have a "Mark all as read" button to clear notifications
• Alerts can be searched for via the search bar in the top-right
• Forms fields now allow the '<' and '>' characters
• Moved "default retention rule" configuration out of "advanced settings" when configuring user and group settings
• Schedules can now be multi-selected and deleted

New Technical Features

• Switched database engine from MySQL to MariaDB
• Updated Frameworks and Packages
  • Symfony 6.4.14
  • Composer 2.8.6
  • PHP 8.4.14
  • Node 22.14.0
  • Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.5+3
  • Java 21.0.8+9
  • MariaDB 11.8.2
  • RabbitMQ 4.1.5
  • Redis 7.4.7
  • Nginx 1.28.0
• VALT Migrator Docker container that simplifies and speeds up execution of database/Doctrine migrations during updates from versions 5.4 - 6.4
• SSL auto-renewal watcher service that auto-updates the installed SSL certificates

Technical Improvements

• All database/Doctrine migrations are now saved to a logfile
• Re-organized database backup directory structure for more practical usage