In simple English
This tool generates 15-second videos with stereo sound from your text prompts, images, or reference clips. You can run it on your own server or use their online API. It requires massive computer hardware with multiple graphics cards to run locally. The model was built by MiniMax AI to compete with top commercial video generators.
What it is
MiniMax H3 is an omni-modal generative system that outputs 24 frames per second video and 32 kHz stereo audio. It provides open weights for the base model while keeping its context preprocessing and 2K upscaler behind an API.
What it is good for
Solo creators and developers who want to generate video and audio scenes from prompts, animate still images, or combine multi-source reference media.
- Generates video and synchronized stereo audio at the same time.
- Supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video workflows.
- Provides open weights compatible with standard serving frameworks like SGLang and vLLM.
- Requires multiple high-end graphics cards with massive memory to run locally.
- The 2K resolution upscaler and context preprocessing modules are closed-source API services.
- Setup and configuration for distributed inference require advanced technical knowledge.
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