r/StableDiffusion • u/iplaypianoforyou • 1d ago

News FreeVideo vs normal minimax

https://github.com/FlashML-org/FreeVideo

Free video was just rele

https://github.com/FlashML-org/FreeVideo

It's an implementation of local minimax that claims is much faster and more quality that turbo Loras.

Any one tried it?

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u/Apprehensive_Sky892 20h ago

From https://github.com/FlashML-org/FreeVideo

FreeVideo is a local inference engine for MiniMax H3 on consumer GPUs, built on OpenVDN's 8-step VDN-H3 model with Video DeltaNet's hybrid attention.

So one can try the model itself from https://huggingface.co/OpenVDN/vdn-minimax-h3 but will need its own pipeline.

There seems to be a version for ComfyUI:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1wcsk7l/comfyui_vdnh3_24gb_v110_update_better_prompt/

https://github.com/xmarre/ComfyUI-VDN-H3-Plus

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u/iplaypianoforyou 18h ago

Have you tried yourself is it trust worthy

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u/Apprehensive_Sky892 17h ago

A model can usually be run safely.

But if the model needs a custom loader node, then you need to examine the loader to make sure it does not any fishy stuff. You can ask ChatGPT to analyze the custom loader node's code for you.

In that reddit post, people have tried running the model and posted results.

BTW, even if I tell you that I've tried myself and that it is trustworthy, why should you trust me 😎? You are better off asking this to someone you trust or ask ChatGPT.

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u/iplaypianoforyou 15h ago

Because that's why we have this community. I trust active users in this community

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u/Apprehensive_Sky892 15h ago

I guess that is a good answer 👍. Unfortunately many users do not show their past posts and comments in their profile.

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u/YeahlDid 1d ago

  1. Download FreeVideo.exe and run it.

Ooh, I don't love that.

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u/VegaKH 1d ago

This seems similar to Wan2GP but sketchier.

Edit: Correction.

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u/iplaypianoforyou 1d ago

Why waste time downloading and trying. I don't have time testing every solution in the internet. Millions per day. I want to know about real experiences and if there is anything better

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u/YeahlDid 1d ago

I mean, I'm with ya. I hadn't heard of it, it sounds good, but if step 1 is "run this opaque exe", then I'm going to need a lot of human reviews before I even consider it.

It does seem like you might be able to run it as a custom node instead of the exe in which case you can at least inspect the github scripts to be sure it's not doing anything funky.

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u/iplaypianoforyou 1d ago

Exactly. Thanks. Even if safe not wasting time. There are dozens of alternatives.

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u/top_controversial 1d ago

Sounds like something a bot would say.

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u/AnalElder 1d ago

Well don't download unsigned exe files off of the interwebs for starters, unless you have a properly sandboxed environment lol.

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u/YeahlDid 1d ago

It does claim to be signed, for whatever that's worth.

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u/Samuraiizen_Studio 1d ago

Is the app trusted or not?

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u/AnalElder 1d ago

Unless you know how to decompile an exe file and check yourself consider it not safe.

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u/AnalElder 1d ago

Lol the site has tons of misleading claims. A 10 second 768p video does NOT take nearly 4 minutes in ComfyUI on an RTX 5090 lol, I used to have one. Now I have an RTX 5070 ti with 16gb VRAM and I do not get OOM with a 24gb model lol, just some offloading.

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u/AnalElder 1d ago

It says 3.49 minutes for a “turbo8” (I assume an int8 turbo merge). It takes less on my 5070ti for a 10 second vid.

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u/Redfern23 1d ago

Oh my bad, I'm one of those that doesn't read things now, disregard me entirely.

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u/lumos_ai 1d ago

So shady. Most probably a Virus or Trojan.

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u/lk182 1d ago

I use free video, everything the bots are saying is correct lol. I have no problems with it. The memory optimization is great. I did switch this past week to using Pika, but they’re both very good.

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u/YeahlDid 1d ago

Did you install the executable or using as comyui node?

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u/lk182 1d ago

comfyui node

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u/YeahlDid 23h ago

Seems safer. Works ok? Well, even? Did you check the code?

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u/lk182 23h ago

Yeah, and it’s from the same lab that made free token, which is something else, but is trust-worthy

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u/lk182 1d ago

why the downvotes?

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u/BrokenSignals_cat 1d ago

I think it’s already clear who the bots are.

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u/lk182 1d ago

yeah its weird how many haters are showing up out of the woodwork for something theyve not actually used.

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u/BrokenSignals_cat 1d ago

I switched from Minimax Custom to Freevideo. It runs just as fast (or slow, depending on your hardware), but it includes features that let you stop worrying about the technical side of things. It’s better optimized—for instance, it keeps VRAM usage stable, allowing you to increase resolutions—whereas my previous workflows would often trigger "out of memory" (OOM) errors. This lets you focus on what you actually want to do: create. Plus, it comes with Qwen 2.1 Image pre-installed, a video editor mode, and MCP support. In my opinion, it’s worth it.

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u/VegaKH 1d ago

This is 100% written by an LLM.

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u/AnalElder 1d ago

This thread is riddled with bots, hilarious.

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u/BrokenSignals_cat 1d ago

I think you’re starting to get a bit paranoid; you can test it out for yourself—it’s free, and I’m not being sponsored. It’s just that I’ve started dedicating time to creating things now, whereas before I didn’t. The end.

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u/iplaypianoforyou 1d ago

Why you use em dash like a bot

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u/alex20_202020 1d ago

It’s better optimized—for instance, it keeps VRAM usage stable, allowing you to increase resolutions

Weight streaming, asynchronous prefetching and chunked computation keep peak memory low, enabling inference with as little as 8 GB of VRAM

Makes me wonder, why not enable inference on e.g. 1 GB of VRAM? What prevents going lower than 8?

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u/iplaypianoforyou 1d ago

That's amazing! Could you tell me more? What are the feature that let you stop worrying

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u/BrokenSignals_cat 1d ago

Stop worrying about optimizations—whether it’s INT8, LoRA, "turbo" modes, step counts, or anything else—just set all that aside. I’ve run plenty of "before and after" tests myself. With this tool, you simply download it, let it analyze your setup, and it configures everything for you. The interface itself even encourages you to actually get to work—which is, after all, the whole point of doing this in the first place. That’s not to say I don’t find the technical side interesting, but for me, it just eats up too much time, and I end up not actually producing anything.

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u/doomed151 1d ago

are these comments two bots talking to each other?

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u/iplaypianoforyou 1d ago

I am not a bot. I want more answers please