Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini is the smallest member of ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 series on BytePlus ModelArk, positioned in the official tutorial with a single line: use it for the best cost performance.
- Input
- text image
- Output
- video $3.5/M
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Specs & limits
Video
| Resolution | 480p / 720p A fixed set of options, not a range. |
|---|---|
| Clip length | 4-15 s A continuous range, not a fixed set. |
| Frame rate | 24 fps |
| Aspect ratios | 6 (incl. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1) |
| Video inputs | text-to-video · first/last-frame image-to-video |
| Native audio | Yes, generates sound |
| Format | .mp4 |
Model
| Modalities | text + image → video |
|---|
- Best-cost-performance tier of the Dreamina Seedance 2.0 series and the cheapest 2.0 model
- same capability set as the flagship (t2v, first/last-frame i2v, generate_audio, multimodal reference, video editing/extension) with output capped at 480p/720p
- 24 fps, 4-15 s, six aspect ratios, .mp4
- version date 260615 encoded in the model id
One prompt, measured through the gateway
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini
Model returned 1280×720 Length 5s
One prompt, one request per model, no retries and no cherry-picking - the first result each model returned. Neither size nor duration was pinned: each model used its own default, because a request shaped to fit all of them would flatter none. Files here are re-encoded for the web, so judge composition and prompt adherence, not compression.
Use Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini in 30 seconds
Asynchronous job API: create a task and poll it, or hold the request open with Prefer: wait. POST /v1/videos
import time
import requests
BASE = "https://synthorai.io/v1"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": "Bearer sk-syn-..."}
# 1) create the video generation job (POST /v1/videos)
task = requests.post(
f"{BASE}/videos",
headers=HEADERS,
json={
"model": "dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615",
"prompt": "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn, waves rolling in, camera pulling back",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration": 5,
},
).json()
# 2) poll the job until it reaches a terminal state
while task["status"] in ("queued", "in_progress"):
time.sleep(5)
task = requests.get(f"{BASE}/videos/{task['id']}", headers=HEADERS).json()
# 3) completed → signed video URL (valid ~24h - download and store it promptly)
if task["status"] == "completed":
print(task["data"][0]["url"])
else:
print(task["error"])const HEADERS = {
Authorization: "Bearer sk-syn-...",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
};
interface VideoTask {
id: string;
status: "queued" | "in_progress" | "completed" | "failed" | "cancelled";
data?: Array<{ url: string }>;
error?: { code: string; message: string };
}
// 1) create the video generation job (POST /v1/videos)
const created = await fetch("https://synthorai.io/v1/videos", {
method: "POST",
headers: HEADERS,
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615",
prompt: "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn, waves rolling in, camera pulling back",
resolution: "720p",
duration: 5,
}),
});
let task = (await created.json()) as VideoTask;
// 2) poll the job until it reaches a terminal state
while (task.status === "queued" || task.status === "in_progress") {
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
const res = await fetch(`https://synthorai.io/v1/videos/${task.id}`, { headers: HEADERS });
task = (await res.json()) as VideoTask;
}
// 3) completed → signed video URL (valid ~24h — download and store it promptly)
if (task.status === "completed") console.log(task.data?.[0]?.url);
else console.error(task.error);# Create the job; "Prefer: wait" holds the request up to 60s and returns the
# completed task when generation finishes in time (else the queued task).
curl https://synthorai.io/v1/videos \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-syn-..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Prefer: wait=60" \
-d '{
"model": "dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615",
"prompt": "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn, waves rolling in, camera pulling back",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration": 5
}'
# Still queued / in_progress? Poll until completed → data[0].url (valid ~24h).
curl https://synthorai.io/v1/videos/vid_9f2e8c1a4b7d \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-syn-..."package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"time"
)
const base = "https://synthorai.io/v1"
type videoTask struct {
ID string `json:"id"`
Status string `json:"status"`
Data []struct {
URL string `json:"url"`
} `json:"data"`
}
func call(method, url string, body []byte) (t videoTask) {
req, _ := http.NewRequest(method, url, bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer sk-syn-...")
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&t)
return t
}
func main() {
// 1) create the video generation job (POST /v1/videos)
payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
"model": "dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615",
"prompt": "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn, waves rolling in, camera pulling back",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration": 5,
})
task := call("POST", base+"/videos", payload)
// 2) poll the job until it reaches a terminal state
for task.Status == "queued" || task.Status == "in_progress" {
time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
task = call("GET", base+"/videos/"+task.ID, nil)
}
// 3) completed → signed video URL (valid ~24h — download and store promptly)
if task.Status == "completed" {
fmt.Println(task.Data[0].URL)
}
}import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
// JDK built-in HttpClient — no extra dependency needed.
HttpClient http = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
// 1) create the job; "Prefer: wait=60" holds the request up to 60s and
// returns the completed task when generation finishes in time
HttpRequest create = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://synthorai.io/v1/videos"))
.header("Authorization", "Bearer sk-syn-...")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.header("Prefer", "wait=60")
.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("""
{"model": "dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615",
"prompt": "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn, waves rolling in, camera pulling back",
"resolution": "720p", "duration": 5}"""))
.build();
String task = http.send(create, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()).body();
System.out.println(task); // {"id":"vid_…","status":…} — completed → data[0].url
// 2) still queued / in_progress? Poll GET https://synthorai.io/v1/videos/{id} until the
// status turns completed, then download data[0].url (valid ~24h).About Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini
- It is priced the lowest of the three 2.0 tiers, at half the flagship's rate in the resolutions they share.
- Its capability table matches Fast row for row rather than being a cut-down variant, so text-to-video, first-frame and first-and-last-frame image-to-video, multimodal reference, video editing, video extension, and optional synchronized audio through generate_audio are all present, producing 480p or 720p .mp4 clips at 24 fps, 4-15 seconds long, in six aspect ratios.
- Like Fast it has no 1080p or 4K path and no priority queue parameter, and like the whole 2.0 series it has no draft mode and no camera-lock control.
- Audio is on by default and generated in mono, and the series restriction on reference material containing real faces applies here too.
- It is the thinnest-documented model of the family, appearing in the comparison table and catalog rather than getting its own release write-up, so treat the tutorial's cost-performance line as the whole of its official positioning.
- Synthorai exposes it through the asynchronous /v1/videos job API: create a task, poll its status URL, or hold the call open with Prefer: wait.
FAQ
Is the Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini API free to try?
Yes: new accounts get 10 trial calls and up to $1 in free credit, no card required. That's enough to try Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini against your real workload before adding a payment method.
What is Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini best at?
Best cost performance in the 2.0 series; keeps audio-visual synchronization; natural pick for high-volume drafts. See the About section for the full picture from the vendor's own release notes.
How much does Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini cost?
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini costs $3.5 per million video tokens on Synthorai (video tokens ≈ width × height × 24fps × seconds ÷ 1024). Only successful generations are billed: pay-as-you-go, no platform markup, no subscription.
How do I generate videos with the Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini API?
POST to /v1/videos on Synthorai with model="dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615" to create an asynchronous job, then poll the task (or hold the request open with a Prefer: wait header) until the video URL is ready. No vendor SDK is needed.
How do I get access to Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Mini?
Point your existing OpenAI SDK at base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1", set model="dreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615", and you're done. One API key covers every model on the gateway.
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