Sora Text to Video: API Sunset and Next Steps

This is a time-sensitive model query, not a generic prompt tutorial. If you have an existing Sora workflow, identify the last date on which it must run, the route used to call it, and where its outputs are stored. Do not launch a new long-lived integration on an endpoint scheduled to close. If you only want to make a short clip now, choose a currently available model and verify its own input fields, content rules, and price estimate in the live interface. This page should be refreshed against the live catalog at publication and immediately after the announced date. The distinction matters: a model listing, a playable example, and an endpoint that accepts new jobs are three different observations.

Collect your prompts, source images, output files, review notes, and the exact shots used in an edit. Store a copy outside the generation service. Record aspect ratio, duration, shot order, audio requirements, and protected details such as product marks or a recognizable subject. A replacement model will not reproduce a previous video simply because it receives the same words. For a campaign with several approved clips, mark which source file belongs to each final cut. That gives the editor a way to replace one shot without losing the rest of the sequence. Do not treat a successful file download as proof that the same prompt will work elsewhere; keep both the artifact and its creative brief.

Start with one representative Sora prompt. Rewrite it as a simple shot brief: subject, visible action, setting, camera behavior, duration, framing, and sound. Then inspect the candidate model's own schema. A field called `size` in one route does not establish that another accepts the same values, and a request that runs successfully can still miss the editorial brief. Run one difficult shot before moving a queue. Compare actual files at normal playback speed and keep a written pass/fail reason. A model swap is a production change, not merely a URL replacement.

The WaveSpeed video catalog lets you inspect available video models. Choose one that supports the inputs your shot needs, then read that model's current reference instead of carrying Sora-specific assumptions into a new request. The video guide explains the browser and API paths. If your team already uses predictions, submit a single trial job, retain its ID, inspect the result, and only then update application routing. WaveSpeed's general video generation page covers prompt-to-shot basics. The model-selection guide focuses on request fields and output constraints. Neither should be read as saying that another model reproduces Sora's behavior or usage rights. Check current model availability and the live charge before committing to a replacement.