ByteDance/bytedance-seedance-2-5-text-to-video/Released Jul 2026

Seedance 2.5 - Text to Video

Turn one prompt into beautiful, unrestricted video. Real faces, real action, and native synced audio in every clip -- single takes up to 30 seconds, for less than other providers.

Commercial use
Video

About Seedance 2.5 - Text to Video

ByteDance Seedance 2.5 generates video from a text prompt, with synchronized audio on by default. Supports 480p, 720p, and 1080p output (1080p uses 10-bit color and H.265/HEVC encoding), durations from 4 to 30 seconds, and multiple aspect ratios.

See what this model can do

A handful of real prompts and their outputs.

Cinematic
Salt Lake at Sunrise
"Wide tracking shot, mirror reflections, golden mist."
One-take
One-Take Kitchen Rush
"20-second unbroken handheld shot, native synced audio."
Realistic characters
The Potter's Hands
"Photorealistic skin, natural light, subtle performance."
Commercial
Perfume Splash
"Slow-motion product drop, crown splash, studio lighting."
UGC
Night Market Vlog
"Handheld selfie energy, lip-synced speech, natural audio."
3D Animation
Robot in the Koi Pond
"Stylized 3D render, expressive character animation, rain ambience."
Color
Holi Powder Dance
"Slow-motion powder bursts, deep blacks, rich saturated color."
Macro
Neon Chameleon
"Macro detail, shifting neon color, rain-slick city bokeh."

Ready to build with Seedance 2.5 - Text to Video?

Try Seedance 2.5 - Text to Video in the Workbench to prompt it, compare outputs, and iterate on prompts without writing any code. When you're ready to ship, call the same model from our API and build your own apps on top of it.

curl -sSf -X POST https://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/videos/generate \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OXEN_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
  "model": "bytedance-seedance-2-5-text-to-video",
  "prompt": "A lone ox walks down an empty desert highway at golden hour, dust drifting behind it, slow cinematic camera move, warm low sunlight, shallow depth of field.",
  "generate_audio": true,
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "duration": "auto",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "output_format": "mp4",
  "watermark": false
}'

Request parameters

Every field Seedance 2.5 - Text to Video accepts in the request body. See the API reference for response formats.

POSThttps://hub.oxen.ai/api/ai/videos/generate
FieldTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
promptstringYes
The text prompt used to generate the video.
generate_audiobooleanNotrueWhether to generate synchronized audio for the video, including sound effects, ambient sounds, and lip-synced speech.
aspect_ratiostringNo"16:9"
adaptive21:916:94:31:13:49:16
durationinteger | stringNo"auto"
Range: 430
resolutionstringNo"720p"
480p720p1080p
output_formatstringNo"mp4"Output video format. mp4 for broad compatibility, mov for high color precision in professional post-production workflows.
mp4mov
watermarkbooleanNofalseWhether to add an 'AI generated' watermark to the output.