EP 048 · 60 MIN MIDJOURNEY VIDEO GOES HD FOR EVERYONE
Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist
The short version
Episode 48 catches up on Midjourney's video update: batch sizes of one or two instead of four, and HD video mode now open to standard-tier subscribers. Rory and Drew also dig into Object Weight (Omni-Reference) tuning, preview the teased Style Explorer feature, and compare GPT-5 to 4.0, concluding it feels largely unchanged. They close by weighing Veo 3's native dialogue and Kling's optional sound-effects download against Midjourney's still-silent video.
Key takeaways
- 01
Midjourney video now supports batch sizes of one or two (not just four), so testers can burn fewer fast hours per generation.
- 02
HD video mode is now open to standard-tier subscribers, but Rory still tests in 480p first since HD burns a month of credits fast.
- 03
For Omni-Reference, Rory finds Object Weight above 400 stops helping; 50-150 works best for swapping a character's clothes without losing consistency.
- 04
To keep an object still in a Midjourney video extension, name its exact position (e.g., 'locked in the right side of the frame') instead of just saying 'static.'
- 05
When extending a Midjourney video, describe the action, camera motion and environment interaction, not style: Midjourney already knows and keeps the style consistent.
- 06
Rory and Drew say GPT-5 feels no different from 4.0 despite the hype, and expect Midjourney's own V8 hype cycle to face the same skepticism.
- 07
Kling lets you download a video raw or pre-mixed with sound effects; Rory wants Midjourney to add the same either/or option once it ships audio.
Receipts · said on the record
“I honestly think like 70% of AI video is understanding how to troubleshoot it. It's like the prompting, like a lot of times the models are good enough to make up for bad prompting on certain things.”
“The higher you go on, on OW, like if you go OW 1000, it pulls in background too.”
“Nine out of 10 of these ain't gonna work for what I'm gonna actually show, right? And so I think like the curation aspect is maybe the key of that.”
“Why do we end up going down like a gruesome rabbit hole majority of time on this? Like it's like 0.2% of what we probably both generate and it somehow ends up on here.”
“There's four billion codes. So Style Explorer, what are you gonna type in blue? And then you've got 500 million style codes to go through. Blue illustration, now I've got 50 million to go through.”
Chapters
- 0:00 Cold Opener
- 8:35 Midjourney Update Rundown
- 9:04 Video Batch Sizes 1–2 + HD Mode
- 9:49 Moodboards Sidebar Update
- 11:27 V7.1 Notes + O-Ref Talk
- 12:14 Early V8 Teasers
- 18:53 Style Explorer Preview
- 20:16 tyle Explorer Wishlist + Trends
- 27:21 Midjourney TV
- 29:38 Token Talk: “Homesteader”
- 32:14 EXP Parameter Live Test
- 33:45 EXP vs Stylize Workflow
- 34:30 Stylize Confessions + Image Ranking
- 38:39 GPT-5 Hype vs Reality
- 40:02 Sora + Coherence Issues
- 45:38 HD Video in Practice
- 46:37 Missing “SD to HD” Button
- 48:21 Manual Prompting for Extensions
- 54:44 Text + UI in Midjourney Video
- 56:40 Video Troubleshooting Lab Idea
- 57:33 Fixing Video Coherence
- 58:57 Outro + Subscribe
Questions this episode answers
What changed in Midjourney's video update covered in this episode?
Midjourney added smaller batch sizes (one or two clips instead of four) and opened HD video mode to standard-tier subscribers; mood boards also got a dedicated sidebar tab instead of being buried under Personalize.
How does Object Weight (Omni-Reference) affect Midjourney results?
Rory found that pushing Object Weight much past about 400 stops adding fidelity and starts looking 'weirder'; for swapping a character's clothes while keeping them consistent, he found roughly 50-150 worked best.
What is Midjourney's Style Explorer?
Style Explorer is an unreleased Midjourney feature the hosts discuss based on Office Hours notes. Rory and Drew argue it needs trending or categorized style codes and community features, rather than plain text search across what Drew estimates are billions of codes.
Did Fast Hours think GPT-5 was a big upgrade over GPT-4?
No. Rory and Drew say GPT-5 feels largely unchanged from 4.0 for how they use it daily, and compare the hype cycle to what they expect Midjourney's own V8 launch to face.
How do Kling and Veo handle audio compared to Midjourney video?
Veo's native dialogue, which Rory says 'changed everything' when it launched, and Kling's option to download a clip raw or with baked-in sound effects both outpace Midjourney, which still ships silent video as of this episode.
Show notes
Fast Hours Podcast Ep. 48—Midjourney just unlocked HD video for everyone, added new batch size controls, and teased more of Style Explorer, V7.1, and V8. Here’s everything you need to know.
Two bleary-eyed nerds test Midjourney’s newest toys so you don’t torch your credits. In this run-and-gun lab, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn cover the video update (batch size 1–2, HD now available), why Moodboards finally lives in the sidebar, and what V7.1 is poking at while V8 hogs the spotlight.
They preview Style Explorer, debate O-Ref's re-emergence, and trade practical tactics for coherent, extendable shots without wasting fast hours. Expect detours into style codes, tokens (hello, “Homesteader”), and EXP vs Stylize in real workflows.
Translation: a friendly chaos sandwich with updates, experiments, and a little self-roasting, while laying out clear takeaways you can steal today.
