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title: "LTX-Video 0.9.8: workflow fit, costs and terms"
description: "Existing local video workflows and experiments with distilled checkpoints"
language: en
canonical: https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/models/ltx-video-0-9-8
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model-family · Documentation reviewed · 5 October 2026

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# LTX-Video 0.9.8

Existing local video workflows and experiments with distilled checkpoints

- **Availability**: legacy
- **Where it runs**: local
- **Costs**: Local inference uses your hardware and electricity or a rented GPU. Rental rates and hosted-provider billing are unverified.
- **Adult content policy**: restricted

LTX-Video 0.9.8 is worth keeping when an existing animation workflow depends on it. Image, video and multiple keyframe conditioning let you build a shot around supplied visual material, while 13B and distilled 2B variants offer different compute tradeoffs. Its appeal for an established project is the chance to revisit a known setup: save the checkpoint, encoder, adapters and workflow files together, then compare an upgrade separately. This is an older video generation family; LTX 2.x audio capabilities should not be assumed. Adult-game developers also face a firm limit: Lightricks' current policy bans sexually explicit generation, including on-premises use. Local weights still carry licensing obligations.

## Commercial use & license

The 0.9.8 model card links the LTXV Open Weights License 0.X, with use restrictions and separate paid commercial terms for entities earning at least $10 million annually. Retain the license supplied with your checkpoint; the repository's Apache 2.0 code license and newer LTX 2.x terms do not replace it.

## Adult content rules

Lightricks' March 2026 policy prohibits sexually explicit generation across cloud and on-premises products, including requests for sex acts and sexual fantasies.

[Read the policy](https://static.lightricks.com/legal/ltx-acceptable-use-policy.pdf)

## What you need

Use the legacy 0.9.8 configuration for the 13B dev, 13B distilled or 2B distilled checkpoint, with its matching text encoder and any upscaler or adapter. Memory needs vary with the variant, precision and clip size; check the chosen workflow before renting a GPU.

Ranks are recommendations for the task described, based on reviewed documentation. Model ranks cover non-explicit development work. We have not run practical benchmarks. Check content policies and commercial terms separately. [How the ranks work](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/methodology.md)

### Sources & further reading

- [LTX-Video legacy repository](https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-Video)
- [Lightricks acceptable use policy, March 2026](https://static.lightricks.com/legal/ltx-acceptable-use-policy.pdf)

Last checked 5 October 2026.

## Why consider it

- Local ComfyUI and Python workflows to adapt
- Image, video and keyframe conditioning for guided shots
- A smaller 2B distilled option for lighter compute experiments

## Tradeoffs to plan for

- Active LTX development has moved to the 2.x family
- Checkpoint licensing is separate from the code license
- Current policy prohibits sexually explicit generation

The tier reflects documented fit for the workflow described here and availability. No numeric score or hands-on performance results are provided.

[Compare with other models](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/compare?model=ltx-video-0-9-8)

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