Create stunning cinematic clips with synchronized audio using MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3.0), one of the best open-weight video models ever released, text-to-video and image-to-video with optional first and last frame control.
MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3.0) is the latest generation of the Hailuo video family and one of the most impressive open-weight video models released to date. It generates complete audiovisual clips in a single pass: 5–15 seconds of smooth 24fps video with synchronized stereo audio, dialogue, sound effects, and ambience produced together with the picture, no separate audio stage. The result is a level of realism and cinematic coherence that puts it among the very best video models available today.
Key Features
Incredible Visual Quality: Cinematic detail, natural physics, and rock-solid temporal consistency across the entire clip
Native Audio Generation: Dialogue, sound effects, and room tone generated in sync with the action, you get a finished scene, not a silent clip
Text-to-Video: Turn a simple text prompt into a fully realized audiovisual scene
Image-to-Video: Animate from a first frame, and optionally pin a last frame to control exactly where the shot lands
Top-Ranked: Sits at the top of independent human-preference leaderboards among all video generation models
Best For
Short cinematic scenes with sound (ads, social content, film pre-viz)
Bringing still images to life with controlled start and end frames
Storytelling clips where dialogue and sound must land with the picture
High-end creative generation where quality matters most
Prompt Tips
Write the shot as a short brief: subject, action, camera, lighting, and the sound you want
For image-to-video, use the last frame option to lock the final composition of the shot
Describe audio explicitly ("soft rain, distant traffic, whispered dialogue"), H3 generates it with the scene
Use it
Three ways to run MiniMax H3
Make a video with MiniMax H3 ("minimax-h3"): a paper boat drifting down a rainy street, slow push in
curl https://imference.com/generate \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $IMFERENCE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "minimax-h3",
"format_code": "minimax-landscape-sd",
"prompt": "a paper boat drifting down a rainy street, slow push in"}'
