# MiniMax Releases H3 Video Model on Hugging Face

> The company's new diffusion model handles text-to-video and image-to-video, with support for joint audio-video generation.

Published by The Open Weights on Jul 28, 2026. Canonical: https://theopenweights.com/news/minimax-h3-5ssh

## Key facts

- Company: MiniMax
- Model: MiniMax-H3
- Version: H3
- Category: Text → Video
- Modalities: Text → Video, Image → Video
- License: Other (Open weights, commercial use allowed)
- Precision: BF16
- Weights size: 66.3 GB
- Significance: notable
- Published: 2026-07-28
- Last verified: 2026-11-02
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3
- Canonical URL: https://theopenweights.com/news/minimax-h3-5ssh

MiniMax has published [MiniMax-H3](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3), a diffusion-based video generation model, on Hugging Face. The release supports both text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, positioning it against a growing field of open video generators.

What sets H3 apart, according to its model page, is support for joint audio-video generation — producing a soundtrack alongside the visuals rather than leaving audio as a separate post-processing step. That capability is still relatively rare in openly available video models, most of which output silent clips.

## Why it matters

Open video generation has moved quickly over the past year, but audio remains a persistent gap. A model that generates sound and picture together lowers the friction for creators who would otherwise need to stitch in music or effects manually.

A few caveats are worth noting:

- MiniMax has not published parameter counts, resolution, frame rate, or maximum clip duration in the release record.
- The model ships under a non-standard "other" license, so teams should review the terms before commercial use.

As with any newly posted checkpoint, real-world quality and the practical limits of the audio-video feature will become clearer once the community begins testing it. For now, the weights and documentation are live on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3).

## Get the model

- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3)

## Sources

- [MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) — Hugging Face, Jul 28, 2026

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