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MiniMax H3 Max Turbo Text to Video

minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video

MiniMax H3 Max Turbo, the fastest tier of the H3 family post-trained by fal, turns a text prompt into a 5-15 second video with native audio.

Base price
$0.20USD / run
Execution
async
Model type
video
Input fields
7
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Input
Text prompt for video generation
Output aspect ratio. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16.
The native generation resolution, or 1080P latent refinement from a native 768P source. Allowed values: 480P, 768P, 1080P.
515
Video duration in seconds (5-15). Range: 5 to 15.
Random seed. A random seed is selected when omitted.
Optional URL of an audio clip at least 2 seconds long (maximum 15 MB) to pin to the generated soundtrack. Longer clips are trimmed to the requested video duration, keeping the beginning. The original audio replaces the output soundtrack, padded with silence if shorter than the video, without changing playback speed. Exceptionally high sample rates may be resampled to 96 kHz. Accepts an HTTP(S) URL or a base64 data URI.
How much effort to spend rewriting the prompt before generation. 'disabled' skips prompt expansion. 'balanced' returns in about a second. 'quality' spends up to ~30s on a richer prompt.
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Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.20 / run

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
video

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
MiniMax
Model ID
minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video
Execution
async
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

API README

MiniMax H3 Max Turbo Text to Video

MiniMax H3 Max Turbo turns a text prompt into a 5-15 second video. It is the speed-optimized tier of MiniMax H3 Max, with 480P, 768P and 1080P output.

Pricing

OptionPrice
480P per second$0.025
768P per second$0.040
1080P per second$0.080

Billed per requested second.

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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Unified Run API endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden. Gentle camera tracking, natural movement, soft afternoon light filtering through the leaves.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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Questions

FAQ

How do I call MiniMax H3 Max Turbo Text to Video through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

Do I need a separate MiniMax account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to MiniMax H3 Max Turbo Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with MiniMax separately.