Fix LTX-2.3 decoder grainy bug

mlx_video/models/ltx/video_vae/decoder.py

@@ -316,11 +316,12 @@ class LTX2VideoDecoder(nn.Module):
             elif block_type == "d2s":
                 reduction = block_def[2] if len(block_def) > 2 else 2
                 stride = block_def[3] if len(block_def) > 3 else (2, 2, 2)
+                residual = block_def[4] if len(block_def) > 4 else True
                 self.up_blocks[idx] = DepthToSpaceUpsample(
                     dims=3,
                     in_channels=ch,
                     stride=stride,
-                    residual=True,
+                    residual=residual,
                     out_channels_reduction_factor=reduction,
                     spatial_padding_mode=spatial_padding_mode,
                 )
@@ -425,9 +426,14 @@ class LTX2VideoDecoder(nn.Module):
         # Infer block structure from weights
         decoder_blocks = cls._infer_blocks(weights)
 
+        # Determine spatial padding mode from config
+        spatial_padding_mode_str = config_dict.get("spatial_padding_mode", "reflect")
+        spatial_padding_mode = PaddingModeType(spatial_padding_mode_str)
+
         model = cls(
             timestep_conditioning=config_dict.get("timestep_conditioning", False),
             decoder_blocks=decoder_blocks,
+            spatial_padding_mode=spatial_padding_mode,
         )
         weights = model.sanitize(weights)
         model.load_weights(list(weights.items()), strict=strict)
@@ -477,6 +483,7 @@ class LTX2VideoDecoder(nn.Module):
         # Second pass: determine d2s strides using the channel progression
         # For each d2s block, the next res block tells us the expected output channels
         blocks = []
+        d2s_strides = []
         for i, block in enumerate(raw_blocks):
             if block[0] == "res":
                 blocks.append(block)
@@ -508,9 +515,27 @@ class LTX2VideoDecoder(nn.Module):
                 else:
                     stride = (2, 2, 2)
 
+                d2s_strides.append(stride)
                 blocks.append(("d2s", in_ch, reduction, stride))
 
-        return blocks if blocks else None
+        if not blocks:
+            return None
+
+        # Determine residual flag: LTX-2 has uniform (2,2,2) strides with reduction=2 → residual=True
+        # LTX-2.3 has mixed strides or reduction=1 → residual=False
+        has_mixed_strides = len(set(d2s_strides)) > 1
+        has_non_standard_reduction = any(b[2] != 2 for b in blocks if b[0] == "d2s")
+        use_residual = not has_mixed_strides and not has_non_standard_reduction
+
+        # Apply residual flag to all d2s blocks
+        final_blocks = []
+        for block in blocks:
+            if block[0] == "d2s":
+                final_blocks.append(("d2s", block[1], block[2], block[3], use_residual))
+            else:
+                final_blocks.append(block)
+
+        return final_blocks