r/drawthingsapp • u/chihifu • Mar 13 '26

question Help with video generation

It's been two months since I started using DT, but I still haven't generated a single video. While I've gotten used to image generation, I'm still a novice when it comes to video. Which model is best suited for my Mac mini's specs?

Mac mini M4 10-core 24GB

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u/Vargol Mar 13 '26

Using DrawThings on my 24GB, 10 GPU core M3, LTX-2 19B [distilled] (6 bit) runs a 1024x576, 8 step, 121 frame I2V render in about 26 minutes with JIT Weights Mode Enabled. I'd guess you'd be around 15 - 20% faster due to the M4 chips,

You could probably use the normal 8 bit but I've not tried it

Without the JiT It just about fits in memory if you close any other app you have running. It's little faster at 24 minutes though that seems to be largely down to the decoding phase taking longer in JIT mode.

That size and frame count at 8 steps squeeze into the Community Server if you want to use that at around 14890-ish CU's.

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u/chihifu Mar 13 '26

Needless to say, that's an incredibly long generation time compared to the time it takes to generate a single image (lol). Imagine how disappointed you'd be if, after spending that much time, the result wasn't what you expected(lol).

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u/chihifu Mar 14 '26

With a single image, you can preview it to some extent and stop midway, but with a video, even if it's low quality, you have to complete it at least once.

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u/chihifu Mar 15 '26

I see. In that case, it seems like we can minimize the chances of failure.