MiniMax H3 Max: Image to Video

Prompt-optimized image-to-video generation

Try MiniMax H3 Max: Image to Video in the Workbench

Run this model interactively, tune parameters, and compare outputs.

Model ID: minimax-h3-max-image-to-video

MiniMax H3 Max (Image to Video) is a post-trained variant of MiniMax H3, tuned by fal for stronger prompt adherence and better aesthetics. It animates an optional first-frame image from a text prompt into a video, and routes to text-to-video when no image is given.

It generates 5 to 15 second clips at 480P or 768P resolution, with prompt expansion modes that trade latency for prompt fidelity, an optional end frame for first-to-last keyframe generation, and a safety checker enabled by default. When a first frame is provided, the output keeps its aspect ratio.

Example request

Use the Workbench as a request builder: configure parameters for this model in the UI, then open the API tab to copy the exact cURL or Python call.

Sync

This blocks until the video is ready (typically 5-15 minutes). Prefer Async or Async with SSE for anything beyond quick experimentation.

See the video generation reference for more details.

Minimal

cURL

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/videos/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}'

Basic parameters

cURL

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/videos/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}'

All parameters

cURL

curl -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/videos/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P",
  "enable_safety_checker": true,
  "sync_mode": false,
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}'

Async

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll until the generation reaches a terminal status.
while true; do
  STATUS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq -r '.status')
  echo "Status: $STATUS"
  case $STATUS in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break;; esac
  sleep 5
done

# Print the result.
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq .

Basic parameters

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll until the generation reaches a terminal status.
while true; do
  STATUS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq -r '.status')
  echo "Status: $STATUS"
  case $STATUS in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break;; esac
  sleep 5
done

# Print the result.
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq .

All parameters

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P",
  "enable_safety_checker": true,
  "sync_mode": false,
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Poll until the generation reaches a terminal status.
while true; do
  STATUS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq -r '.status')
  echo "Status: $STATUS"
  case $STATUS in succeeded|failed|cancelled) break;; esac
  sleep 5
done

# Print the result.
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue/$GEN_ID" | jq .

Async with SSE

See the async queue reference for more details.

Minimal

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

Basic parameters

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

All parameters

cURL

# Enqueue, capture the generation id.
GEN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/queue \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "<prompt>",
  "input_image": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "tail_image_url": "https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/elau/assets/file/main/bloxy/bloxy_cropped_512x512.png",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "768P",
  "enable_safety_checker": true,
  "sync_mode": false,
  "prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}' | jq -r '.generations[0].generation_id')

# Stream the SSE channel, grab the data line that follows a
# media_generation_completed event for our id, and pretty-print it.
curl -sN -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/events \
  | awk -v id="$GEN_ID" '
    /^event: media_generation_completed$/ { expect=1; next }
    /^data: / && expect {
      payload = substr($0, 7)
      if (index(payload, "\"generation_id\":\"" id "\"")) { print payload; exit }
      expect = 0
    }
  ' | jq .

Fetch model details

The models endpoint returns the full model object, including its json_request_schema.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/models/minimax-h3-max-image-to-video

Request parameters

Required parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
prompt	string	—	Text prompt for video generation
input_image	string	—	Optional URL of the image to use as the first frame. When provided, the output aspect ratio follows this image. When omitted, the request is handled as text-to-video (16:9 by default). Format: uri.

Optional parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
tail_image_url	string	—	Optional URL of the image to use as the last frame, for first-to-last keyframe generation. Format: uri.
duration	integer	5	The duration of the video in seconds. Range: 5 – 15.
resolution	string	"768P"	The native generation resolution of the video. One of: 480P, 768P.
enable_safety_checker	boolean	true	If set to true, the safety checker will be enabled.
sync_mode	boolean	false	Return the generated video as base64 instead of a CDN URL.
prompt_expansion_mode	string	"balanced"	How much effort to spend rewriting the prompt before generation. ‘balanced’ returns in about a second. ‘quality’ spends up to ~30s on a richer prompt. One of: balanced, quality.
seed	integer	—	Random seed. A random seed is selected when omitted.