Media processor retirement
Over time, we enhance Media Service components and retire legacy components. This article helps you migrate your application from a legacy component to a current component.
Important
Although Azure Media Services is being retired on June 30th, 2024, there is no change to the media processor retirement timeline.
Media processor retirement timeline
| Media processor name | Retirement date | Status | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Media Indexer 2 | January 1, 2020 | Retired | This media processor will be replaced by the Media Services v3 AudioAnalyzerPreset Basic mode. For more information, see Migrate from Azure Media Indexer 2 to Azure Video Indexer (formerly Video Indexer). |
| Motion Detection | June 1, 2020 | Retired | No replacement plans at this time. |
| Video Summarization | June 1, 2020 | Retired | No replacement plans at this time. |
| Video Optical Character Recognition | June 1, 2020 | Retired | This media processor was replaced by Azure Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |
| Face Detector | June 1, 2020 | Retired | This media processor was replaced by Azure Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |
| Content Moderator | June 1, 2020 | Retired | This media processor was replaced by Azure Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |
| Azure Media Indexer | March 1, 2023 | Retired | This media processor is replaced by the Media Services v3 AudioAnalyzerPreset Basic mode. For more information, see Migrate from Azure Media Indexer 2 to Azure Video Indexer (formerly Video Indexer). |
| Video Analyzer preset (in v3 API) | Sept 14, 2023 | Planned | As Microsoft’s Responsible AI Standards outlines, Microsoft is committed to fairness, privacy, security, and transparency with respect to AI systems. To align with these standards, Azure Media Services is retiring the Video Analyzer preset on September 14, 2023. This preset currently allows you to extract multiple video and audio insights from a video file. Customers can replace their current workflows using the more advanced feature set offered by Azure Video Indexer |
| Media Encoder Premium Workflow | February 29, 2024 | Planned | The AMS v2 API no longer supports the Premium Encoder. If you previously used the workflow-based Premium Encoder for HEVC encoding, you should migrate to the new v3 Standard Encoder with HEVC encoding support. If you require advanced workflow features of the Premium Encoder, you're encouraged to start using an Azure advanced encoding partner from Imagine Communications, Telestream, or Bitmovin. |
Migration guide
Get help and support
You can contact Media Services with questions or follow our updates by one of the following methods:
- Q & A
- Stack Overflow. Tag questions with
azure-media-services. - @MSFTAzureMedia or use @AzureSupport to request support.
- Open a support ticket through the Azure portal.