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title: "MAGI-2 Preview: workflow fit, costs and terms"
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# MAGI-2 Preview

Self-hosted audio/video research on multi-GPU servers

- **Availability**: available
- **Where it runs**: local
- **Costs**: Compute and storage costs for the eight-Hopper reference setup; budget the full pipeline and supporting checkpoints.
- **Adult content policy**: restricted

MAGI-2 Preview generates ten-second clips from text or a still image, with audio produced alongside the video. Its downloadable weights and two-stage pipeline give teams control over local inference, including a refiner for 1080p output. That control comes with a serious hardware bill: the reference setup uses eight Hopper GPUs and roughly 307 GB of checkpoints. It suits research teams with that infrastructure; a single-GPU visual novel team has little reason to start here. The base release is available, while the promised distilled version remains pending. Before planning adult output, check the supporting components: Stable Audio Open carries restrictions on sexually explicit content.

## Commercial use & license

The repository is Apache 2.0; supporting components retain their own terms. Stable Audio Open's community terms require commercial registration and a separate license above US$1 million annual revenue. Its AUP also applies. Check the full dependency set before commercial use.

## Adult content rules

The documented audio pipeline includes Stable Audio Open. Its community license incorporates Stability's AUP, which prohibits sexual acts and other sexually explicit content even for self-hosted use. The MAGI repository's Apache label does not establish different rights for that component.

[Read the policy](https://stability.ai/use-policy)

## What you need

Official reference setup: eight NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, Python 3.12, a recent CUDA toolkit, and ffmpeg to include the audio track. The model has 114B total parameters, 6B active per token, and supports ten-second clips. Allow roughly 307 GB for checkpoints and install the supporting-model dependencies.

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

- [Official MAGI-2 Preview repository](https://github.com/SandAI-org/MAGI-2-preview)
- [Stable Audio Open 1.0: community license](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE.md)
- [Stability AI acceptable use policy: September 2026](https://stability.ai/use-policy)

Last checked 5 October 2026.

## Why consider it

- Text- or image-driven clips with generated audio
- Separate generation and 1080p refinement stages
- Downloadable weights and local inference code

## Tradeoffs to plan for

- Official setup requires eight Hopper GPUs
- Ten-second clips; distilled release still pending
- Roughly 307 GB of checkpoints, with separate component terms

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=magi-2-preview)

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