Choosing Format & Length
Your format and length shape how your video tells its story. Pick the right combination and your content flows naturally; pick the wrong one and even a great prompt feels off.
How to set format and length in V2
The format and duration menus were removed. You now have two places to control them:
1. In your prompt. Say it directly: “Make me a 30-minute documentary about…” or “Make me a top 10 video about…”. VidRush recognizes the format and length and sets them for you.
2. In the Quote Statement. After you submit your prompt, the Quote Statement shows the format and duration VidRush inferred. If it guessed wrong, or you forgot to specify, adjust it there before approving.
With a Custom Script or Custom Voiceover, both settings are inferred automatically. VidRush analyzes your script or audio and selects the matching format: a documentary-style script triggers the Documentary format, a list-structured script triggers Top 10. Duration follows your text length and voice speed, with roughly plus or minus 2 minutes of variance.
Pick Your Format
VidRush currently supports two formats. Both work with Deep Video v1 Mini and Pro at any reasoning effort.
Documentary suits topics that unfold as a continuous narrative: history, science, geopolitics, true crime, explainers, biographical deep-dives. You get a single flowing narration layered with B-roll and motion graphics.
Top 10 (Listicle) suits countdown content where each item stands on its own: “10 Strangest Discoveries,” “Top 5 Investment Mistakes.” Each item becomes its own mini-segment.
If you are unsure: a topic with a natural list structure should be a top 10, and a topic that reads like a story with a beginning, middle, and end should be a documentary. Fiction and lore work too; frame them as a “documentary” or “lore explainer” in your prompt.
Choose Your Length
Available durations: 6–8, 10–12, 18–20, and 30–40 minutes.
A good rule of thumb: ask for the shortest length that still covers all your talking points without rushing. Longer videos use more credits and take longer to render.
Talking Points per Duration
| Duration | Recommended Talking Points |
|---|---|
| 6–8 min | 4–5 |
| 10–12 min | 7–8 |
| 18–20 min | 10–15 |
| 30–40 min | 20–30 |
Listicle Item Limits
If you choose the Top 10 format, VidRush enforces minimum and maximum item counts based on your selected length. This keeps each item substantial enough to hold viewer attention:
| Duration | Items Allowed |
|---|---|
| 6–8 min | 3–6 items |
| 10–12 min | 5–9 items |
| 18–20 min | 7–15 items |
| 30–40 min | 15–35 items |
Using a Custom Script Instead
When you paste a Custom Script, Format and Length controls are automatically disabled. VidRush determines duration from your text length and voice speed. Expect ± 2 minutes of variance.
Credits are still based on the final rendered length in the editor, not the raw script word count.
AI Prompt Checker
Before generation starts, VidRush’s AI Prompt Checker reviews your setup for potential issues. If your chosen length doesn’t match the information density of your prompt, or if suitable footage looks limited, you’ll see a warning. The two most common flags are:
Low Footage Availability: Your topic is very niche or specific, and VidRush may struggle to find enough relevant B-roll. Consider broadening your angle slightly or adding research links in your prompt to help guide footage selection.
Hyperspecific Prompt: Your prompt is too narrowly focused for the selected length. You can either shorten the duration or expand the scope of your topic.
You can refine your prompt based on these warnings or proceed as-is, the checker is advisory, not a hard block.