MiniMax H3 Max
MiniMax H3 Max is the premium tier of the H3 family, generating 5 to 15 second clips with native synchronised audio at 480P or 768P, billed per second of output. It is frames-driven: steer a shot with a text prompt, a first frame, or a first and last frame pair — frame inputs cost nothing extra. It does not take reference images, clips or audio; for reference images use the base H3, and for reference clips and audio use Seedance 2.5. Pick base H3 when you need 2K or image references; pick Max when fidelity at 768P is what matters.
Pricing
Input
$3.00 / video
Output
—
Pay only for what you use. No subscriptions, no minimums.
Specs
- Context
- —
- Max output
- 15s
- Latency
- Slow
- Category
- Video
Constraints & limits
Duration
Up to 30s (linear pricing)
Base price
For 5s clip
Auto-refund
On generation failure
The gateway auto-clamps requests to the model's limits where possible.
Quick start
Video generation is async — the sample submits then polls until done or failed (auto-refund on failure).
import os, time, requests
API = "https://api.thalam.ai/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['THALAM_KEY']}"}
# 1. Submit
submit = requests.post(
f"{API}/videos/generations",
headers=headers,
json={
"model": "minimax/minimax-h3-max",
"prompt": "A drone shot over a desert at golden hour.",
"duration": 5,
},
)
task_id = submit.json()["task_id"]
# 2. Poll until done (or auto-refund on failure)
while True:
poll = requests.get(f"{API}/videos/tasks/{task_id}", headers=headers).json()
status = poll["task"]["status"]
if status == "TASK_STATUS_SUCCEED":
print(poll["videos"][0]["video_url"])
break
if status == "TASK_STATUS_FAILED":
print(f"Failed: {poll['task'].get('reason', 'unknown')}")
break
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