Delivery primer: from clips to an episode runtime
A 22-minute episode at 15 seconds a clip is about ninety clips. Most vendors on the sheet stop between 5 and 30 seconds per generation, so the edit, not the generator, is where the episode is built. From 7 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
A 22-minute episode at 15 seconds a clip is about ninety clips. Most vendors on the sheet stop between 5 and 30 seconds per generation, so the edit, not the generator, is where the episode is built.
A few apps export long finished videos, 30 or 50 minutes, by assembling clips inside the app. Their figures describe the export, not the clip.
Plan the runtime in clips first, then check the export limit of whatever tool assembles them.
1Vendor figures that bear on it
Most models generate clips up to 8 with some allowing up to 15 seconds.
Adobe Firefly, AI video generator page
Without video input: an integer in the range [2, 30].
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Wan3.0 video generation API reference
Videos up to two minutes long are generated in six second increments at 1280x720 resolution
Amazon Nova user guide, video generation
- FAQUp to 8 seconds on most models and up to 15 seconds on someclip length
- Wan3.0 video generation2 to 30 seconds per generation without video input; 5 seconds by defaultduration parameter
- Nova ReelUp to two minutes, generated in six-second incrementsoverview
- Seedance plans4 to 30 seconds per video; Seedance 2.5 is described as 30-second direct outputvideo duration
- FAQFinished videos from 1 minute up to 30 minutes; 10 or 15 minutes on the smaller planshow long can my videos be
- FAQ4 to 30 seconds per Omni Reference run; longer episodes are several clips cut together elsewherehow long should an AI drama episode be
- Seedance 2.5 long video generator30 seconds per generation; Seedance 2.5's long video mode customizes 5 to 180 seconds
2How one pipeline outputs it
For a delivery question like “From clips to an episode runtime”, SceneMixer states the following about what it produces:
Measured across every job that finished successfully on scenemixer.com in the thirty days to 20 September 2026: analysis of a whole book runs about 2 minutes 49 seconds at the median, one episode's storyboard 1 minute 54 seconds, one video segment 3 minutes 20 seconds, and compositing an episode 3 minutes 52 seconds.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “How long does it take to produce one episode?” (read 2026-10-13)
Typically 60–120 seconds, always 9:16 vertical, ending on a hook. SceneMixer's episode outlines are generated with that pacing, and setting a project to 9:16 makes every segment vertical (the default is 16:9).
SceneMixer, How to Make ReelShort-Style Dramas with AI — “How long is a ReelShort-style episode?” (read 2026-10-13)
3Continue the primer
The primer reads printed figures; it does not measure any vendor's files.