seedinteger
Random seed (0-2147483647) for reproducible results. Omit for a random seed.
Wan 2.6 Reference to Video
alibaba/wan/2.6/reference-to-videoAlibaba Wan 2.6 reference-to-video model generating video guided by reference content.
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Playground
Input
The text prompt to generate a video from.
Additional Settings More
Customize your input with more control.
The URLs of reference videos to guide video generation.
The duration of the generated video in seconds. Valid values are 5 and 10. Allowed values: 5, 10.
The aspect ratio of the generated video. Allowed values: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16.
The resolution of the video to generate. Allowed values: 720p, 1080p.
Random seed (0-2147483647) for reproducible results. Omit for a random seed.
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum each
Reference images, referred to in the prompt as Image1, Image2, ... Combined with videos, up to 5 references in total.
ResultExample
What would you like to do next?
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
- Open result ↗
Input
{ "duration": 5, "prompt": "character1 waves at the camera in a park", "resolution": "720p", "videos": [ "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/c72451c5-1f5c-4eda-a2ee-25f90d5edd48/input/066dc590-034d-4da8-a5d9-93f357a55807.mp4" ] }
Wan 2.6 Reference to Video
Place characters from reference images or short reference videos into a new scene. Name each reference in the prompt and Wan 2.6 keeps their look while they act out the scene, including multi-character interactions and dialogue.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 50,000 characters. |
videos | video URL[] | — | Reference clips, Video 1, Video 2, … |
duration | 5 / 10 | 5 | Output length in seconds. |
aspect_ratio | 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:4 / 16:9 / 9:16 | 16:9 | Output frame shape. |
resolution | 720p / 1080p | 720p | Sets the per-second rate. |
seed | integer | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
images | image URL[] | — | Reference images, Image 1, Image 2, … |
Billing
You pay for output seconds: $0.10 at 720p and $0.15 at 1080p, Alibaba's list price. When you send reference videos, 5 seconds of input are added to the billed length.
| Output | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|
| 5s, images only | $0.50 | $0.75 |
| 5s, with reference video | $1.00 | $1.50 |
| 10s, images only | $1.00 | $1.50 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Give every reference a role and refer to it by number: “Video 1 plays guitar on the chair from Image 3”.
- Quote dialogue and name the speaker.
Limits
- Send at least one image or video reference.
Also on SandBase
Other Wan 2.6 endpoints: alibaba/wan/2.6/text-to-video, alibaba/wan/2.6/image-to-video, alibaba/wan/2.6/flash/image-to-video, alibaba/wan/2.6/flash/reference-to-video, alibaba/wan/2.6/text-to-image, alibaba/wan/2.6/image-to-image, alibaba/wan/2.7/text-to-video (newer).
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Send your first request
Submit this model through the SandBase Unified Run API.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "alibaba/wan/2.6/reference-to-video",
"prompt": "Video1 holds Image2 and plays a soothing country folk song on the chair from Image3, saying: 'The sunshine is so nice today.' Image1 holds a bouquet of sunflowers, walks past Video1, places the flowers on the table next to Video1, and says: 'That sounds lovely, could you sing it again?'",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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"2. Authentication
Create a SandBase API key and set it in your server environment. All requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep the key on your server. Do not expose it in browser code or commit it to a repository.
3. Queue
Submit a request
POST to /v1/run with this model ID and its inputs. The request example above includes submission and polling.
Fetch request status and result
Use the returned run ID to poll until the status is completed, failed or timeout. Read output only after completed.
curl "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$RUN_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"4. Files
Hosted files
Pass a publicly accessible file URL in the model’s image, video or audio field. Supported formats and limits are shown beside each Playground input.
Uploading images
Use the upload or replace control on supported image fields in the Playground. Video URL fields accept a hosted driving video; they do not imply video-upload support.
5. Schema
Input
imagesarray
Reference images, referred to in the prompt as Image1, Image2, ... Combined with videos, up to 5 references in total.
promptstringrequired
The text prompt to generate a video from.
Default: "Video1 holds Image2 and plays a soothing country folk song on the chair from Image3, saying: 'The sunshine is so nice today.' Image1 holds a bouquet of sunflowers, walks past Video1, places the flowers on the table next to Video1, and says: 'That sounds lovely, could you sing it again?'"
videosarray
The URLs of reference videos to guide video generation.
durationinteger
The duration of the generated video in seconds. Valid values are 5 and 10.
Default: 5
Possible values: 5, 10
resolutionstring
The resolution of the video to generate.
Default: "720p"
Possible values: "720p", "1080p"
aspect_ratiostring
The aspect ratio of the generated video.
Default: "16:9"
Possible values: "1:1", "4:3", "3:4", "16:9", "9:16"
{
"model": "alibaba/wan/2.6/reference-to-video",
"prompt": "Video1 holds Image2 and plays a soothing country folk song on the chair from Image3, saying: 'The sunshine is so nice today.' Image1 holds a bouquet of sunflowers, walks past Video1, places the flowers on the table next to Video1, and says: 'That sounds lovely, could you sing it again?'",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}Output
A completed run exposes its result in output. The following is the model’s saved example, not a new generation.
[
{
"poster": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/posters/a6f0ed33ab1796ceb861.jpg",
"source": "Self organization completed prediction",
"source_url": "https://www.sandbase.ai",
"url": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/c72451c5-1f5c-4eda-a2ee-25f90d5edd48/output/72f28b5e-65a1-47be-8529-26c24716b306.mp4"
}
]