Media processor retirement

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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.

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 Analyzer for Media (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 Consider using Azure Media Services v3 API.
Face Detector June 1, 2020 Retired Consider using Azure Media Services v3 API.
Content Moderator June 1, 2020 Retired Consider using Azure Media Services v3 API.
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 Analyzer for Media (formerly Video Indexer).

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