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Veo 2 Released 2024-12

Google video
Price$0.5/s

Provider list prices: no platform markup, pay-as-you-go. These are official list prices. Logged-in customers may see effective prices including workspace discounts on /console/pricing.

Use Veo 2 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": "veo-2.0-generate-001",
        "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"])

About Veo 2

Legacy GA model, silent 720p output
Text- and single-image-to-video
5-8 seconds at 24 fps

Veo 2 is Google's legacy generally-available video model, announced in December 2024, before native audio joined the Veo line.

  • It generates silent .mp4 clips from a text prompt or a single first-frame image at 720p, 24 fps, 5 to 8 seconds long, in 16:9 or 9:16 — with no audio track and no last-frame or reference-image input, all of which arrive in the Veo 3.x generations.
  • Google now lists Veo 3.1 as the recommended replacement, but Veo 2 remains available for existing workflows and cost-sensitive silent output.
  • Synthorai serves it through the asynchronous /v1/videos job API — create a task and poll it, or use Prefer: wait for short jobs — and bills per output second (the upstream returns no usage, so duration is metered from the request).

Specs & limits

Modalitiestext + image → video
Featuresvision
Resolution720p
Clip length5–8 s
Frame rate24 fps
Aspect ratios16:9 · 9:16
Video inputstext-to-video · first-frame image-to-video (single image)
Format.mp4
NotableGoogle's legacy Veo 2 GA video model (announced December 2024, before native audio joined the Veo line): silent 720p output only, text-to-video plus single first-frame image-to-video, 24 fps, 5-8 s, 16:9 and 9:16; no audio track and no last-frame or reference-image input (those arrive in the Veo 3.x generations). Google now lists Veo 3.1 as the recommended replacement. Synthorai serves it via the async /v1/videos job API and bills per output second (upstream returns no usage, so duration is metered from the request).

per Google official docs ↗

FAQ

Is the Veo 2 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 Veo 2 against your real workload before adding a payment method.

What is Veo 2 best at?

Legacy GA model, silent 720p output, plus text- and single-image-to-video and 5-8 seconds at 24 fps. See the About section for the full picture from the vendor's own release notes.

How much does Veo 2 cost?

Veo 2 costs $0.5 per second of generated video on Synthorai. Only successful generations are billed: pay-as-you-go, no platform markup, no subscription.

How do I generate videos with the Veo 2 API?

POST to /v1/videos on Synthorai with model="veo-2.0-generate-001" 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 Veo 2?

Point your existing OpenAI SDK at base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1", set model="veo-2.0-generate-001", and you're done. One API key covers every model on the gateway.

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