EP 047 · 73 MIN MIDJOURNEY TV IS WEIRDLY ADDICTIVE
Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages
The short version
Episode 47 covers two new Midjourney features: Midjourney TV, a free 24/7 feed of short auto-playing videos, and personalized Explore-page 'For You' feeds the hosts compare side-by-side live. Rory shares keyframe tips from a week of testing end-frame chaining (keep subjects off-center so motion continues) and demos Runway's Aleph for changing a video's camera angle after the fact. They also preview roadmap items: mood-board weighting, a faster video-turbo mode, and stylize/chaos parameters for video.
Key takeaways
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Midjourney TV (midjourney.tv) auto-plays an endless feed of 4-5 second clips; Rory wants it as a screensaver, calling it 'a great branding piece.'
- 02
In Midjourney keyframes, keep your subject off-center in each frame: a dead-center subject just freezes at the end instead of continuing its motion.
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Runway's Aleph lets you take an existing video and ask, in chat, for a different camera angle or perspective; Rory calls it the coolest thing he's seen.
- 04
For Veo 3 dialogue, prompt the voice's tonality directly (e.g., 'soft, feminine tone' or 'raspy, testosterone-laden voice') to control delivery, not just the words.
- 05
Veo 3's native dialogue collapsed a 7-step manual pipeline (image, video, ElevenLabs voice, lip-sync, re-sync) into a single prompt, Rory says.
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You can draw arrows on a still image (Figma, Canva) to direct a Veo 3 shot's camera motion instead of writing it out.
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Ideogram's single-image face-training reportedly locks in just the face, not full outfit or character consistency shot to shot, per secondhand reports the hosts cite.
Receipts · said on the record
“I wish this could be my my screen saver on my background, right? Just like constant loop, you know … this is just a great branding piece. You want to put something out that's free and that everyone can see all the work.”
“This though feels like more of a aggregation of the things that I've liked in the Explore feed previously to me, if I had to take a guess … If the aesthetics, if I like the aesthetics, I usually heart it.”
“If you go and put another keyframe in that has a center-framed sort of image, they're going to stay almost relatively the same. There's not going to be a lot of movement.”
“Runway's redemption was their image side … it's not as visually capable as some of the other models, but references is very good.”
“Advantages or leverage that you have is being in early and then stacking the knowledge over time versus trying to digest too much at once.”
Chapters
- 0:00:00 Drew opens with After Dark energy, Rory’s apartment woes
- 0:01:00 Midjourney TV first impressions (and why it’s weirdly addictive)
- 0:04:30 Personalized Explore Page walkthrough & “For You” feed
- 0:09:40 Style codes, crushed highlights, and Rory’s goat obsession
- 0:14:30 Style Explorer predictions & trending token ideas
- 0:19:30 Keyframe loops explained (and why composition matters)
- 0:25:30 Midjourney’s background erase + Photoshop pain flashbacks
- 0:33:40 Office Hour drops: mood board weighting & video turbo mode
- 0:40:00 Video pricing, audio layers, and sound’s “Rubicon moment”
- 0:46:50 Chaos & stylize parameters coming to video prompts
- 0:50:30 Secret projects, two-second video model & Vine comeback
- 0:53:20 Abercrombie flashbacks & heavyweight tee obsession
- 0:57:20 Heavyweights (the Ben Stiller kind) + Aleph’s video magic
- 1:05:00 Runway diagram prompting, ideogram shoutout, Mystic AI
- 1:09:30 Midjourney’s growth curve & why you need to dive in now
- 1:12:00 Like & subscribe pitch + one-year podcast anniversary
Questions this episode answers
What is Midjourney TV?
Midjourney TV, found at midjourney.tv, auto-plays an endless feed of short 4-5 second Midjourney video clips. Rory and Drew call it weirdly mesmerizing and say it works as ambient inspiration or free community branding, comparing it to similar features from Runway and Google.
What are Midjourney's personalized Explore pages?
Personalized Explore pages add a 'For You' feed tailored to what a user has liked or generated before. Rory and Drew compare their own feeds live on the episode and find them noticeably distinct, down to shared quirks like 'crushed highlights.'
What is Runway Aleph?
Runway Aleph is a chat-based video-to-video editing feature that can re-angle or reframe an existing shot just by asking for a different perspective. Rory calls it one of the coolest things he's seen and says Runway's real strength is reference consistency, not raw visual quality.
How do you keep keyframes moving instead of freezing in Midjourney video?
Rory recommends keeping your subject slightly off-center in each keyframe. If the subject sits dead-center in both the start and end frame, Midjourney just freezes it in place instead of continuing its motion.
How does Veo 3's dialogue compare to the old way of adding sound to AI video?
Rory says Veo 3's native dialogue collapsed what used to be a roughly seven-step pipeline (generate an image, animate it, record a voice in ElevenLabs, lip-sync it, and re-sync everything) into a single prompt, including control over vocal tonality.
Show notes
Fast Hours Podcast Ep. 47—Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages
Rory’s apartment is in chaos, Drew’s talking about broken toes again, and somehow they end up deep-diving Midjourney TV like it’s cable circa 1999.
In this episode, the guys go full nerd on Midjourney’s video loops, end frames, and personalized Explore Pages—plus fresh Office Hour gems on Style Explorer, V8 hints, and even video audio layers that could flip workflows on their heads.
If you’ve ever wanted to know how to chain video keyframes without breaking your sanity (or your credits), this is your episode. Bonus: Vine nostalgia, Abercrombie comebacks, and more unsolicited fashion advice than anyone asked for.
