MiniMax H3 Lite is available on EmpirioLabs. It is the lowest-cost model in MiniMax's H3 family: clips of 4 to 15 seconds at 480p or 768p, each with a native stereo audio track, from a prompt, an opening frame, a first and last frame, or a mix of image, video, and audio references.
How it compares
| MiniMax H3 Lite | MiniMax H3 Highspeed | MiniMax H3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resolutions | 480p, 768p | 768p | 768p, 2K |
| Clip length | 4 to 15 seconds | 4 to 15 seconds | 4 to 15 seconds |
| Native stereo audio | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt expansion and 2K regeneration | No | No | Yes |
How to call MiniMax H3 Lite
Submit the job, then poll it. This one combines two reference images into one scene at 480p:
curl -X POST https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-h3-lite",
"prompt": "The puppy from the second image chases a ball past the red bicycle from the first image, playful barks.",
"images": ["https://example.com/bicycle.jpg", "https://example.com/puppy.jpg"],
"resolution": "480p",
"duration": 4
}'
# {"job_id": "...", "status": "processing", "poll_url": "/v1/jobs/..."}
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"The mode follows what you attach: no image is text to video, one image is the opening frame, an image plus a last_frame is first and last frame, and two or more images, or any video or audio reference, is reference to video. Set mode only to override that choice.
Operational notes
- With
aspect_ratioleft atadaptive, text to video and reference to video come out at 16:9. Choose9:16or another ratio for vertical reference clips. Image to video and first and last frame always follow the input image. durationtakes whole seconds from 4 to 15. A value outside that range is refused rather than clamped.- Reference audio needs an accompanying reference image or video in the same request.
- Prompt expansion, 2K regeneration and the watermark belong to MiniMax H3. Requests that ask Lite for them are refused, so remove those fields when switching models.
Pricing
MiniMax H3 Lite is pay as you go, billed per second of the generated clip at the resolution you choose, with 480p the lower rate. A reference video is billed for its own duration in addition to the generated clip. Reference audio is not billed, and the first five reference images are included. Current rates are on the model page and the pricing page.
Try it
Run it in the Playground with no code, or read the API reference for every parameter. For faster 768p clips there is MiniMax H3 Highspeed, and for 2K MiniMax H3.
