Alibaba Cloud AI Video Wan R2V

Use when generating reference-based videos with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Wan R2V models (wan2.6-r2v-flash, wan2.6-r2v). Use when creating multi-shot videos...

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Model Studio Wan R2V

Validation

bash

mkdir -p output/aliyun-wan-r2v
python -m py_compile skills/ai/video/aliyun-wan-r2v/scripts/prepare_r2v_request.py && echo "py_compile_ok" > output/aliyun-wan-r2v/validate.txt

Pass criteria: command exits 0 and output/aliyun-wan-r2v/validate.txt is generated.

Output And Evidence

• Save reference input metadata, request payloads, and task outputs in output/aliyun-wan-r2v/.
• Keep at least one polling result snapshot.

Use Wan R2V for reference-to-video generation. This is different from i2v (single image to video).

Critical model names

Use one of these exact model strings:

• wan2.6-r2v-flash
• wan2.6-r2v

Newer official releases may prefer the flash variant for lower latency and lower cost.

Prerequisites

• Install SDK in a virtual environment:

bash

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install dashscope

• Set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY in your environment, or add dashscope_api_key to ~/.alibabacloud/credentials.

Normalized interface (video.generate_reference)

Request

• prompt (string, required)
• reference_video (string | bytes, required)
• reference_image (string | bytes, optional)
• duration (number, optional)
• fps (number, optional)
• size (string, optional)
• seed (int, optional)

Response

• video_url (string)
• task_id (string, when async)
• request_id (string)

Async handling

• Prefer async submission for production traffic.
• Poll task result with 15-20s intervals.
• Stop polling when SUCCEEDED or terminal failure status is returned.

Local helper script

Prepare a normalized request JSON and validate response schema:

bash

.venv/bin/python skills/ai/video/aliyun-wan-r2v/scripts/prepare_r2v_request.py \
  --prompt "Generate a short montage with consistent character style" \
  --reference-video "https://example.com/reference.mp4"

Output location

• Default output: output/aliyun-wan-r2v/videos/
• Override base dir with OUTPUT_DIR.

Workflow

1. Confirm user intent, region, identifiers, and whether the operation is read-only or mutating.
2. Run one minimal read-only query first to verify connectivity and permissions.
3. Execute the target operation with explicit parameters and bounded scope.
4. Verify results and save output/evidence files.

References

• references/sources.md