A length with no frame, against three frames with a range
One page states short dramas ranging from under a minute to several minutes, with no frame anywhere on it. The other states three frames natively, up to 4K, from five to a hundred and twenty seconds. The two pages answer opposite halves of the same column. As of 2026-09-22.
| Point at issue | Novi AI | Pexo |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Not stated anywhere | 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 |
| Duration | Under a minute to several minutes | Five to a hundred and twenty seconds |
| Resolution | Not stated | Up to 4K |
Inclusion rule. Both cells state something about the deliverable. The contrast is which dimensions each one commits to, recorded without inferring the missing ones. Order. The page stating only a length first, then the page stating all three.
1Duration can be written around and frame cannot
An episode that is too long can be written shorter. A frame is decided before the first shot is blocked: faces fill a tall frame, two-shots barely fit, and a wide establishing shot is wasted. Omitting the frame leaves the more consequential half unstated.
Inferring it from a sample reel is not safe. A page can show vertical samples and generate whatever the model defaults to, and the difference only surfaces once a season is underway.
2Several minutes and a hundred and twenty seconds are not the same kind of statement
One is an impression of a format; the other is a number a producer can multiply. Both describe duration and only one of them can be used to count generations for an instalment.
Loose language about length still tells a reader what kind of show the product is for, which is worth recording. It just cannot be put in a budget.
3Neither page covers frame rate, bitrate or loudness
A serialised app has opinions about all three and no page read for this file states any of them. A stated frame tells a buyer the picture will be the right shape and nothing about whether the file will be accepted.
So even the fuller of these two cells is an incomplete specification. It is simply incomplete two dimensions later than the other one.
4The wording both sides published
- Serial formatShort dramas are stated to range from under a minute to several minutes longa length without a frame
- Serial formatDelivery is stated natively in 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, up to 4K, and anywhere from 5 to 120 secondsthree frames with a length range
5The same column, read for a third tool
On the shape of the deliverable, SceneMixer's published page puts it in one line: 16:9 by default with 9:16 available; cliffhanger pacing in outlines
. Its reading here, A widescreen default with vertical available, and pacing written in, sets out what that line settles for a series and what it leaves to a production run.
6Sources
Read from the short-drama generator page at noviai.ai and the micro drama page at pexo.ai, both checked 2026-09-22. The full column is on serial format; the single readings behind this contrast are Novi AI and Pexo. Other contrasts filed here: PopShort AI and DramaSo, Vidu and Pexo, LTX Studio and Novi AI.