# meituan-longcat/longcat-video

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4,460 stars · 708 forks · Python · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/meituan-longcat-longcat-video.md

## Description

LongCat-Video is a collection of specialized models for video synthesis, featuring a large language model based architecture for creating high-resolution videos from text, images, or existing sequences. It includes dedicated systems for text-to-video generation, image-to-video animation, and the creation of talking avatars.

The project provides specific capabilities for extending the length of existing clips through a video continuation model that predicts subsequent frames. It also enables the synchronization of character lip movements with audio and text prompts to produce speaking videos.

The system incorporates various optimization techniques to manage generation efficiency, including distillation-based sampling and quantization to reduce memory usage and inference latency. Additional structural components cover latent-space compression and spatial temporal modeling to maintain consistency across time and space.

## Tags

### Artificial Intelligence & ML

- [Text-to-Video Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/generative-ai-resources/diffusion-visual-models/generative-ai-pipelines/text-to-video-generators.md) — Synthesizes high-resolution motion video content from natural language descriptions. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/meituan-longcat/longcat-video@main/README.md))
- [Video Diffusion Models](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/generative-ai-resources/diffusion-visual-models/generative-models/latent-diffusion-models/video-diffusion-models.md) — Uses video diffusion models to transform random noise into high-resolution video sequences.
- [Talking Head Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/talking-head-generators.md) — Creates realistic speaking videos by synchronizing facial and lip movements with audio.
- [Video Generation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation.md) — Features a large language model based architecture for high-resolution video synthesis.
- [Temporal Sequence Extension](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation/temporal-sequence-extension.md) — Extends the duration of existing video clips by generating consistent subsequent frames. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/meituan-longcat/longcat-video@main/README.md))
- [Text-to-Video Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation/text-to-video-generators.md) — Implements a deep learning system to transform natural language descriptions into video.
- [Long-form Generation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation/video-clip-generators/long-form-generation.md) — Produces extended video sequences by predicting and generating subsequent frames.
- [Video Continuation Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation/video-clip-generators/video-continuation-tools.md) — Provides a model that extends existing video clips by predicting subsequent frames.
- [Latent Space Compression](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/generative-ai-resources/diffusion-visual-models/generative-ai-models/latent-space-generative-models/latent-space-projections/latent-space-encoders/latent-space-compression.md) — Encodes high-resolution frames into compact latent representations to lower computational costs.
- [Diffusion Model Distillation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/model-distillation-methods/diffusion-model-distillation.md) — Employs diffusion model distillation to reduce inference steps and accelerate video generation.
- [Weight Quantization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/quantized-inference-runtimes/weight-quantization.md) — Uses weight quantization to reduce the memory footprint and accelerate video generation inference.
- [Temporal Token Streams](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/sequence-modeling/temporal-sequence-processors/temporal-token-streams.md) — Processes video frames as temporal token streams to maintain consistency across time and space.
- [Video Generation Optimizations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/video-generation-optimizations.md) — Optimizes AI video synthesis through distillation-based sampling and weight quantization.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Image-to-Video Animators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/image-editing-processing/image-processing/image-sequence-processors/animation-frame-sequencers/generative-animation-sequences/image-to-video-animators.md) — Transforms static images into motion video sequences through visual analysis. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/meituan-longcat/longcat-video@main/README.md))
- [Autoregressive Frame Denoisers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/frame-buffer-snapshots/sequential-frame-buffers/temporal-frame-interpolation/autoregressive-frame-denoisers.md) — Implements autoregressive frame denoising to predict subsequent video segments for temporal coherence.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Lip Synchronization Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/avatars/realtime-avatar-renderers/lip-synchronization-engines.md) — Synchronizes character lip movements with audio and text prompts to produce speaking videos. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/meituan-longcat/longcat-video@main/README.md))

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Inference Speed Optimization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/distributed-consistency-models/inference-speed-optimization.md) — Reduces generation latency and memory usage through distillation and quantization. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/meituan-longcat/longcat-video@main/README.md))