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Summary

Adds support for the second released MiniMax-H3 latent upscaler checkpoint, minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_2d_conv_v1. It is the lean sibling of the 3D-conv model added in #2249: a 2D conv backbone with two shared temporal blocks, and no attention, squeeze-excite, large-kernel branch, post-upsample refine or learned pixel-shuffle stage.

Both generations now live in src/model/upscaler/h3_latent_upscaler.hpp and share the latent normalization constants, the input contract and the stage A -> bilinear resize -> stage B driver. The only per-variant code is the network itself plus the stage leaf (a scalar scale for 3D, Fourier scale/tier features for 2D).

The variant is detected from the checkpoint, so --hires-upscaler only needs the file name:

• resizer.conv_in.weight present as a 4D kernel -> 2D variant (its network is nested under a resizer module)
• otherwise -> 3D variant (which keeps 5D kernels at the root and folds them at bind time)

create_upscaler_runner() hides that choice behind a single H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase handle, so the video pipeline no longer branches: UpsamplerScope holds one runner pointer, and init / collect_params / compute are each a single call.

Two documentation fixes ride along, because the guide is the only place users see these names:

• the usage guide gains a Supported variants section (required by the model documentation rules) with both checkpoints, their fp16 sizes and when to pick which
• the learned-upscaler CLI example used h3-latent-upscaler-3d, a placeholder that matches no release; it now uses the real checkpoint name

Related Issue / Discussion

• feat: MiniMax-H3 latent hires second pass #2249 — the 3D-conv variant this builds on
• Checkpoints: LBH-123-AI/Minimax_h3_latent_Upscaler (Apache-2.0), ported from the MIT-licensed ComfyUI node of the same name

Additional Information

Why a 2D variant

The 3D checkpoint is sized for large factors, but a hires second pass usually asks for something around 1.2x-1.5x, where it is both oversized and slow. The 2D checkpoint is about half the weights and noticeably cheaper to run at those factors:

	minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_3d_conv_v1_fp16	minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_2d_conv_v1_fp16
Checkpoint (fp16)	690 MB	364 MB
Upscale stage, 320->448, 22 frames, CPU	10.49 s	6.17 s

They are not drop-in equivalents: on the same seed and prompt the two outputs differ (SSIM 0.690), so the 2D variant is a cheaper alternative rather than a compressed copy of the 3D one. Both are official releases of the same checkpoint family.

Numerical validation

Compared stage by stage against the upstream PyTorch reference (strict=True, all 262 tensors bound), single-pass latent in / latent out:

Stage	max abs	mean abs	rel. error	corr
conv_in	0.000000	0.00000000	—	1.000000
mid (after in-block chain)	0.347900	0.00515565	5e-5	1.000000
mid_up (after bilinear resize)	0.333252	0.00477748	5e-5	1.000000
out (final latent)	0.005013	0.00028833	6e-5	1.000000

The residual comes from fp16 graph accumulation against an fp32 reference; the final latent differs by 0.005.

End-to-end

sd-cli --mode vid_gen \
  --diffusion-model minimax_h3_fl2va-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --llm qwen3vl_32b_minimax_h3-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --vae minimax_h3_video_vae_fp16.safetensors \
  --audio-vae minimax_h3_audio_vae_fp32.safetensors \
  -p "a cat walking in a garden" \
  -W 320 -H 320 --video-frames 22 \
  --cfg-scale 1 --seed 42 --steps 4 \
  --hires --hires-width 448 --hires-height 448 \
  --hires-steps 2 --hires-denoising-strength 0.5 \
  --hires-upscaler minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_2d_conv_v1_fp16 \
  --hires-upscalers-dir models/upscalers

Produces a 448x448 clip with the audio track intact. The 3D checkpoint and Latent (bicubic) were run with identical settings for comparison; all three differ in output (2D vs bicubic SSIM 0.685, 3D vs bicubic 0.586), which confirms the model-backed path actually feeds the second pass.

Output is deterministic: running the same command twice, and again after the file reorganisation in this PR, yields byte-identical output files.

Note when testing hires on H3

Use --steps >= 4 together with --hires-steps and a non-default --hires-denoising-strength. With --steps 1 and the default strength the second pass starts from full noise, so the upscaler result is discarded and every upscaler — bicubic, 3D and 2D alike — produces the same video. That is a separate issue in make_hires_sigma_schedule (src/pipeline/request.cpp) and is not touched by this PR.

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• If this PR adds or changes model support, I have added or updated its usage guide and relevant model index/README entries following the model documentation requirements.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added support for 2D- and 3D-convolution MiniMax-H3 latent upscaler checkpoints. The selected checkpoint determines the variant used.
  • Both variants support scale-conditional upscaling and preserve video frame count and packed audio latents.
• Documentation
  • Added supported variant details, approximate checkpoint sizes, tradeoffs, and download links.
  • Updated platform examples and documented how to load checkpoints with the high-resolution upscaler options.

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Walkthrough

The H3 latent upscaler now shares runner and validation logic across 3D and 2D variants. It detects the checkpoint variant from its weights, runs the selected model through the video pipeline, and documents both supported checkpoints.

Changes: MiniMax-H3 latent upscaling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared runner and 3D integration src/model/upscaler/h3_latent_upscaler.hpp	A shared runner provides input checks, parameter collection, and two-stage execution. The 3D runner uses this interface and shared latent normalization.
2D checkpoint configuration and model src/model/upscaler/h3_latent_upscaler.hpp	Checkpoint validation and 2D model components are added, including frame-wise spatial operations, temporal blocks, Fourier features, and stages A and B.
2D inference and pipeline selection src/model/upscaler/h3_latent_upscaler.hpp, src/pipeline/video.cpp, docs/models/minimax_h3.md	The 2D runner validates and processes inputs. The factory selects a runner from checkpoint weights, and the video pipeline uses the shared interface. The documentation lists supported checkpoints and loading options.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant VideoPipeline
  participant create_upscaler_runner
  participant H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase
  VideoPipeline->>create_upscaler_runner: provide checkpoint weights and runner configuration
  create_upscaler_runner-->>VideoPipeline: return selected 2D or 3D runner
  VideoPipeline->>H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase: check readiness and collect parameters
  VideoPipeline->>H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase: compute target latent
  H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase->>H3LatentUpscalerRunnerBase: run stage A, interpolate, and run stage B

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This adds support for the lighter 2D-convolution MiniMax-H3 latent upscaler and selects the variant automatically from the checkpoint. The earlier gaps in rejecting unsupported checkpoint layouts and the wrong download filename are fixed. Three small issues remain:

• W4-convrot-quantized 2D checkpoints are rejected at load time.
• The guide gives one training-scale range for both checkpoints.
• The guide's hires examples are incomplete commands.

None affects the released fp16 checkpoints. The change is reasonable to merge with these as follow-ups.

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Use the published 2D checkpoint filename.

The download is named minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_2d_conv_v1_fp16.safetensors, not h3_latent_upscaler_2d_v1_fp16. Use the published filename so users can identify the correct download and select it without an undocumented rename. (huggingface.co)

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Check all spatial block indices for unsupported large-kernel blocks.

The upstream layout places its first large-kernel block at index 3, not index 0. The counting loops stop at that block and accept the preceding three residual blocks. These checks then miss the unsupported block. The runner executes a shortened model because parameter validation checks only registered tensors. Reject unsupported block keys at every index, and reject gaps instead of treating them as the end of the model. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Detect learned-upsample branches by prefix.

Upstream PSUpsampleBank names branches by scale factor, such as branches.2, and requires factors of at least two. It does not create branches.0. An otherwise compatible checkpoint with a learned 2x branch therefore passes this guard, but run_stages replaces that branch with bilinear interpolation. Extra checkpoint tensors do not fail registered-tensor validation. Reject any key under resizer.learned_up.branches.. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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The shared note at lines 431-432 gives 1.2–2.0× as the trained domain for the learned upscaler. Lines 23-24 apply that note to both checkpoints. The publisher reports that the 2D checkpoint trains on scales from 1.1× through 4.0×, including 3.00×. Users may avoid supported 2D targets such as 3× because of this text.

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Use the logical input width when detecting the embedding layer.

For a W4-convrot checkpoint, resizer.embed.linear.0.weight stores half of its logical input width in ne[0]. The loader accepts packed W4 weights for quantized modules, and Linear allocates them with that halved width. The detector reads the physical ne[0], so a logical width of 96 is read as 48 and rejected at line 764. The model then fails to initialize. Read the logical width instead. The output width ne[1] is not packed and stays unchanged.

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--- "a/src/model/upscaler/h3_latent_upscaler.hpp"
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             }
             // Linear weight is [out, in] in torch, so [in, out] once reversed.
             config.embed_dim     = static_cast<int>(embed_in->ne[1]);
-            const int64_t in_dim = embed_in->ne[0];
+            const int64_t in_dim = embed_in->logical_ne0();
             if (in_dim != 4 * 16 && in_dim != 4 * 16 + 32) {
                 LOG_ERROR("h3 latent upsampler 2d: unsupported embedding input width %lld", (long long)in_dim);
                 return config;

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Thanks — all three findings are addressed in b20ddb5.

1. Published checkpoint filename (docs line 18) — correct catch. h3_latent_upscaler_2d_v1_fp16 was a local rename, not the released name; the table now uses minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_2d_conv_v1_fp16. I also fixed the learned-upscaler CLI example further down, which used h3-latent-upscaler-3d — a placeholder that matched no release either. Both examples now use minimax_h3_latent_upscaler_3d_conv_v1_fp16.

2. Learned pixel-shuffle guard — now scans every key under resizer. and rejects any that starts with learned_up., instead of probing branches.0.conv.weight.

3. Unsupported modules at every index, plus gaps — the four feature checks (post-up refine, squeeze-excite, large kernel, learned pixel-shuffle) are now one pass over the resizer. keys, matching post_up. / .se. / .dw. / .lk. substrings, so they no longer depend on index 0. Block counting still stops at the first canonical key, but has_block_beyond() now rejects a layout whose indices are not contiguous, since that would leave later blocks unbound.

Both guards are no-ops on the released checkpoint: its resizer. keys contain none of those markers and its block indices are 0..11, and the end-to-end run is byte-identical before and after (same md5).

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Filed a separate issue for a pre-existing quirk I hit while profiling the 2D upscaler: #2360.

Short version: make_hires_sigma_schedule() uses static_cast<int>(effective_steps / denoising_strength), so with the default --hires-denoising-strength 0.7, a 1- or 2-step hires pass gets scheduler_steps == effective_steps, no sigma is trimmed, and the refine starts at sigma = 1.0. For flow denoisers that means latent * (1 - 1.0) + noise * 1.0, i.e. the upscaler output is discarded entirely — two different upscalers produced bit-identical video at those settings.

Nothing in this PR depends on it: the --hires examples in docs/models/minimax_h3.md use --hires-steps 4 --hires-denoising-strength 0.4 (scheduler_steps = 10, offset 6), which is unaffected, and the profiling numbers in the description were measured the same way. Mentioning it in case anyone reproduces with the default denoising strength and sees an upsample that looks like a plain re-sample.