Text-to-Video
MLX
Safetensors
lance
multimodal
apple-silicon
text-to-image
image-generation
video-generation
diffusion
flow-matching
Mixture of Experts
qwen2_5_vl
wan
port
Instructions to use RockTalk/Lance-3B-Video-MLX with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use RockTalk/Lance-3B-Video-MLX with MLX:
# Download the model from the Hub pip install huggingface_hub[hf_xet] huggingface-cli download --local-dir Lance-3B-Video-MLX RockTalk/Lance-3B-Video-MLX
- Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| """End-to-end Text-to-Video (and Text-to-Image) inference for Lance-3B-Video-MLX. | |
| Self-contained: works from this repo directory after `huggingface-cli download`. | |
| Auto-fetches the Wan 2.2 VAE companion repo (`RockTalk/Wan2.2-VAE-MLX`) on first | |
| run if its weights aren't already present alongside this script. | |
| Usage: | |
| # T2V (default — 9-frame video at 256x256, ~22 s on M4 Studio) | |
| python inference.py --prompt "a calm ocean wave rolling onto a sandy beach" | |
| # Tune frame count: T = (T_lat - 1) * 4 + 1 | |
| # T_lat=1 -> 1 frame (image), T_lat=3 -> 9, T_lat=8 -> 29, T_lat=31 -> 121 | |
| python inference.py --prompt "..." --t-lat 8 | |
| # T2I fast path | |
| python inference.py --prompt "..." --t-lat 1 --size 512 --steps 30 | |
| Outputs: | |
| - <out>.png — horizontal strip of all frames | |
| - <out>_frame*.png — each frame as a separate file | |
| - <out>.mp4 — MP4 (if --mp4 and `imageio[ffmpeg]` is installed) | |
| Verified on M4 Studio (128 GB). Requires Apple Silicon with MLX >= 0.29. | |
| """ | |
| from __future__ import annotations | |
| import argparse | |
| import json | |
| import sys | |
| import time | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| import mlx.core as mx | |
| import numpy as np | |
| from PIL import Image | |
| _materialize = getattr(mx, "eval") | |
| REPO_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent | |
| sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_DIR)) | |
| from lance_mlx.lance import Lance, LanceConfig # noqa: E402 | |
| from lance_mlx.vae_wan22 import Wan2_2_VAE # noqa: E402 | |
| try: | |
| from mlx_vlm.models.qwen2_5_vl.config import ( | |
| ModelConfig, TextConfig, VisionConfig, | |
| ) | |
| except ImportError as e: | |
| raise SystemExit("mlx-vlm is required. Install with: pip install 'mlx-vlm>=0.3'") from e | |
| try: | |
| from transformers import AutoTokenizer | |
| except ImportError as e: | |
| raise SystemExit("transformers is required. Install with: pip install transformers") from e | |
| def build_lance_config(cfg_json: dict) -> LanceConfig: | |
| qwen = cfg_json["qwen2_5_vl_config"] | |
| vc = qwen["vision_config"] | |
| text_cfg = TextConfig( | |
| model_type="qwen2_5_vl", | |
| hidden_size=qwen["hidden_size"], | |
| intermediate_size=qwen["intermediate_size"], | |
| num_hidden_layers=qwen["num_hidden_layers"], | |
| num_attention_heads=qwen["num_attention_heads"], | |
| num_key_value_heads=qwen["num_key_value_heads"], | |
| vocab_size=qwen["vocab_size"], | |
| rms_norm_eps=qwen["rms_norm_eps"], | |
| rope_theta=qwen["rope_theta"], | |
| rope_scaling=qwen["rope_scaling"], | |
| tie_word_embeddings=qwen.get("tie_word_embeddings", True), | |
| ) | |
| vision_cfg = VisionConfig( | |
| model_type="qwen2_5_vl", | |
| hidden_size=vc["hidden_size"], out_hidden_size=vc["out_hidden_size"], | |
| intermediate_size=vc["intermediate_size"], depth=vc["depth"], | |
| num_heads=vc["num_heads"], patch_size=vc["patch_size"], | |
| spatial_merge_size=vc["spatial_merge_size"], in_channels=vc["in_chans"], | |
| spatial_patch_size=vc["spatial_patch_size"], | |
| temporal_patch_size=vc["temporal_patch_size"], | |
| window_size=vc["window_size"], | |
| fullatt_block_indexes=vc["fullatt_block_indexes"], | |
| tokens_per_second=vc["tokens_per_second"], | |
| ) | |
| mc = ModelConfig( | |
| text_config=text_cfg, vision_config=vision_cfg, model_type="qwen2_5_vl", | |
| image_token_id=qwen["image_token_id"], | |
| video_token_id=qwen["video_token_id"], | |
| vision_start_token_id=qwen["vision_start_token_id"], | |
| vision_end_token_id=qwen["vision_end_token_id"], | |
| vision_token_id=qwen["vision_token_id"], | |
| ) | |
| return LanceConfig( | |
| qwen_config=mc, | |
| latent_patch_size=tuple(cfg_json["latent_patch_size"]), | |
| max_latent_size=cfg_json["max_latent_size"], | |
| max_num_frames=cfg_json["max_num_frames"], | |
| max_num_latent_frames_override=cfg_json.get("max_num_latent_frames"), | |
| latent_channel=cfg_json["latent_channel"], | |
| vae_downsample_spatial=cfg_json["vae_downsample_spatial"], | |
| vae_downsample_temporal=cfg_json["vae_downsample_temporal"], | |
| timestep_shift=cfg_json["timestep_shift"], | |
| ) | |
| def ensure_vae_weights(repo_dir: Path) -> Path: | |
| candidate = repo_dir / "wan22_vae.safetensors" | |
| if candidate.exists(): | |
| return candidate | |
| try: | |
| from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download | |
| except ImportError as e: | |
| raise SystemExit( | |
| "huggingface_hub is required to fetch the Wan VAE. " | |
| "Install with: pip install huggingface_hub" | |
| ) from e | |
| print("[setup] Fetching Wan 2.2 VAE from RockTalk/Wan2.2-VAE-MLX ...") | |
| downloaded = Path(hf_hub_download( | |
| repo_id="RockTalk/Wan2.2-VAE-MLX", | |
| filename="model.safetensors", | |
| )) | |
| target = repo_dir / "wan22_vae.safetensors" | |
| try: | |
| target.symlink_to(downloaded) | |
| except OSError: | |
| import shutil | |
| shutil.copy(downloaded, target) | |
| return target | |
| def save_outputs(video_np: np.ndarray, out_path: Path, want_mp4: bool, fps: int) -> None: | |
| """video_np: (T, H, W, 3) in [-1, 1]. Saves strip + per-frame PNGs + optional MP4.""" | |
| video_u8 = np.clip((video_np + 1.0) * 127.5, 0, 255).astype(np.uint8) | |
| out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) | |
| strip = np.concatenate(list(video_u8), axis=1) # (H, T*W, 3) | |
| Image.fromarray(strip).save(out_path) | |
| print(f"[ok] frame strip -> {out_path}") | |
| base = out_path.with_suffix("") | |
| for i, frame in enumerate(video_u8): | |
| Image.fromarray(frame).save(f"{base}_frame{i:02d}.png") | |
| print(f"[ok] per-frame PNGs -> {base}_frame*.png") | |
| if want_mp4: | |
| try: | |
| import imageio.v3 as iio | |
| mp4_path = out_path.with_suffix(".mp4") | |
| iio.imwrite(mp4_path, video_u8, fps=fps, codec="libx264") | |
| print(f"[ok] mp4 -> {mp4_path}") | |
| except Exception as exc: | |
| print(f"[warn] MP4 export failed: {exc}") | |
| print(" Install with: pip install 'imageio[ffmpeg]'") | |
| def main(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: | |
| repo = REPO_DIR | |
| n_frames = (args.t_lat - 1) * 4 + 1 | |
| print("=== Lance-3B-Video-MLX ===") | |
| print(f"prompt: {args.prompt!r}") | |
| print(f"out: {args.out}") | |
| print(f"size: {args.size}x{args.size} steps: {args.steps} " | |
| f"T_lat={args.t_lat} → {n_frames} frames cfg: {args.cfg}\n") | |
| t0 = time.time() | |
| cfg_json = json.loads((repo / "config.json").read_text()) | |
| lance_cfg = build_lance_config(cfg_json) | |
| model = Lance(lance_cfg) | |
| print(f"[ok] Lance built ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)") | |
| t0 = time.time() | |
| weights = mx.load(str(repo / "model.safetensors")) | |
| non_vit = {k: v for k, v in weights.items() if not k.startswith("vit_model.")} | |
| n_vit = len(weights) - len(non_vit) | |
| model.load_weights(list(non_vit.items()), strict=True) | |
| _materialize(model.parameters()) | |
| print(f"[ok] strict load — {len(non_vit)} tensors ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s, " | |
| f"dropped {n_vit} ViT tensors not needed for generation)") | |
| vae_path = ensure_vae_weights(repo) | |
| t0 = time.time() | |
| vae = Wan2_2_VAE( | |
| z_dim=48, c_dim=160, dim_mult=(1, 2, 4, 4), | |
| temperal_downsample=(False, True, True), | |
| ) | |
| vae.model.load_weights(list(mx.load(str(vae_path)).items()), strict=True) | |
| _materialize(vae.model.parameters()) | |
| print(f"[ok] VAE strict load from {vae_path.name} ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)") | |
| tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(str(repo)) | |
| ids = tok(args.prompt, add_special_tokens=False, return_tensors="np").input_ids[0] | |
| text_ids = mx.array(ids, dtype=mx.int32) | |
| def tok_id(s: str) -> int: | |
| out = tok.convert_tokens_to_ids(s) | |
| if out is None or out == tok.unk_token_id: | |
| raise RuntimeError(f"special token {s!r} not found in tokenizer") | |
| return out | |
| special_token_ids = { | |
| "bos": tok_id("<|im_start|>"), | |
| "eos": tok_id("<|im_end|>"), | |
| "start_of_image": tok_id("<|vision_start|>"), | |
| "end_of_image": tok_id("<|vision_end|>"), | |
| "image_token_id": cfg_json["qwen2_5_vl_config"]["image_token_id"], | |
| } | |
| print(f"[ok] tokenized: {len(ids)} prompt tokens") | |
| H_lat = args.size // lance_cfg.vae_downsample_spatial | |
| W_lat = args.size // lance_cfg.vae_downsample_spatial | |
| latent_shape = (args.t_lat, H_lat, W_lat) | |
| print(f"\nRunning {args.steps}-step denoising loop ...") | |
| t0 = time.time() | |
| final_latent = model.sample_t2i( | |
| prompt_token_ids=text_ids, | |
| latent_shape=latent_shape, | |
| special_token_ids=special_token_ids, | |
| num_steps=args.steps, | |
| timestep_shift=lance_cfg.timestep_shift, | |
| seed=args.seed, | |
| cfg_scale=args.cfg, | |
| ) | |
| _materialize(final_latent) | |
| sample_dt = time.time() - t0 | |
| print(f"[ok] sampled. latent {final_latent.shape} " | |
| f"({sample_dt:.1f}s, {sample_dt/args.steps*1000:.0f} ms/step)") | |
| print("Decoding through VAE (streaming for T>1) ...") | |
| t0 = time.time() | |
| video = vae.decode(final_latent) | |
| _materialize(video) | |
| print(f"[ok] VAE decode ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s) shape={video.shape}") | |
| video_np = np.asarray(video).squeeze(0) # (T, H, W, 3) | |
| save_outputs(video_np, Path(args.out), want_mp4=args.mp4, fps=args.fps) | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
| ap.add_argument("--prompt", default="a calm ocean wave rolling onto a sandy beach") | |
| ap.add_argument("--out", default="output.png") | |
| ap.add_argument("--steps", type=int, default=24) | |
| ap.add_argument("--size", type=int, default=256, | |
| help="square frame size (256 recommended for T2V)") | |
| ap.add_argument("--t-lat", type=int, default=3, | |
| help="latent frame count; output frames = (t_lat-1)*4 + 1") | |
| ap.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=0) | |
| ap.add_argument("--cfg", type=float, default=4.0) | |
| ap.add_argument("--mp4", action="store_true", | |
| help="also export an MP4 (needs `pip install 'imageio[ffmpeg]'`)") | |
| ap.add_argument("--fps", type=int, default=8, | |
| help="MP4 frame rate") | |
| main(ap.parse_args()) | |