Lower-cost 4 to 15 second clips at 480p or 768p with native stereo audio, from text, a first and last frame, or image, video, and audio references.
MiniMax Video Generation Proprietary Endpoint NewLower-cost 4 to 15 second clips at 480p or 768p with native stereo audio, from text, a first and last frame, or image, video, and audio references.
minimax-h3-lite/v1/videos/generationsminimax/minimax-h3-liteminimax/h3-liteLive pay-as-you-go rates from the EmpirioLabs catalog. You are billed only for what you use, with no monthly minimum.
MiniMax H3 Lite runs through POST /v1/videos/generations. The request returns a job_id right away; poll GET /v1/jobs/{job_id} until the job completes and read the output URLs from the result. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-h3-lite",
"prompt": "Describe what you want MiniMax H3 Lite to generate."
}'curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
json={
"model": "minimax-h3-lite",
"prompt": "Describe what you want MiniMax H3 Lite to generate.",
},
)
job = response.json()
# Generation runs as an async job. Poll until it completes.
import time
while True:
status = requests.get(
f"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/{job['job_id']}",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
).json()
if status.get("status") in ("completed", "failed"):
print(status)
break
time.sleep(5)Request parameters supported by the MiniMax H3 Lite API on EmpirioLabs. Defaults apply when a field is omitted.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Range / values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | - | - | Scene description, up to 7000 characters. Can describe action, camera work, dialogue, sound effects, and on-screen text. |
| mode | enum | auto | auto, t2v, i2v, flf, r2v | auto: detect from the inputs. t2v: text-to-video. i2v: animate one image as the opening frame. flf: transition from a first frame to a last frame. r2v:... |
| resolution | enum | 768p | 480p, 768p | Output resolution. 768p is billed at a higher per-second rate than 480p. |
| aspect_ratio | enum | adaptive | adaptive, 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 | Output aspect ratio for text-to-video and reference-to-video. Image-to-video and first and last frame follow the input image. Adaptive uses 16:9 for text-to-video... |
| duration | number | 6 | 4 to 15 | Clip length in seconds, whole numbers only. |
| image | string | - | - | Image URL. One opening frame for image-to-video, or up to 9 reference images for reference-to-video. |
| last_frame | string | - | - | Closing frame image URL. Supplying it selects first and last frame mode. |
| video | string | - | - | Reference video URL, up to 3 clips of 2 to 15 seconds each and 15 seconds in total. Reference video is billed for its own duration in addition to the generated clip. |
| audio | string | - | - | Reference audio URL, up to 3 clips of 2 to 15 seconds each. Requires an accompanying reference image or video. |
Generates 4 to 15 second clips at 24 fps in 480p or 768p, each with a native stereo audio track.
Image to video and first and last frame follow the input image. Text to video and reference to video use the ratio you choose, or 16:9 when it is left at adaptive.
On EmpirioLabs, MiniMax H3 Lite is billed pay as you go: 480p $0.025 per second; 768p $0.04 per second; Reference image input $0.02 per input image after the first 5. The live rate card on this page always matches what the API charges.
MiniMax H3 Lite is served through POST /v1/videos/generations on api.empiriolabs.ai with standard bearer-token authentication.
Yes. The EmpirioLabs playground runs MiniMax H3 Lite in the browser with the same parameters the API exposes, so you can test prompts before writing code.
Create an EmpirioLabs account, then generate a key under API Keys in the dashboard. Billing is pay-as-you-go credits, so you only pay for the requests you make.
Check out our pricing or reach out if you want your own model deployed on our stack.
