Azure Media Services legacy components
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.
Retirement plans of legacy components and migration guidance
The Windows Azure Media Encoder (WAME) and Azure Media Encoder (AME) media processors are deprecated.
- Migrate from Windows Azure Media Encoder to Media Encoder Standard
- Migrate from Azure Media Encoder to Media Encoder Standard
The following Media Analytics media processors are either deprecated or soon to be deprecated:
| Media processor name | Retirement date | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Media Indexer 2 | January 1st, 2020 | 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 Media Services Video Indexer. |
| Azure Media Indexer | March 1, 2023 | 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 Media Services Video Indexer. |
| Motion Detection | June 1st, 2020 | No replacement plans at this time. |
| Video Summarization | June 1st, 2020 | No replacement plans at this time. |
| Video Optical Character Recognition | June 1st, 2020 | This media processor was replaced by Azure Media Services Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |
| Face Detector | June 1st, 2020 | This media processor was replaced by Azure Media Services Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |
| Content Moderator | June 1st, 2020 | This media processor was replaced by Azure Media Services Video Indexer. Also, consider using Azure Media Services v3 API. See Compare Azure Media Services v3 presets and Video Indexer. |