Refactor LoRA loading for v2.3 in generate.py to prioritize distilled-lora files over full model weights, enhancing model flexibility. Update key sanitization logic to utilize a replacement list for improved readability and maintainability. Modify denoise_dev_av function to include sigma parameters for audio and video modalities, ensuring consistent handling of latent variables during processing. Adjust Vocoder weight loading to allow for non-strict loading, accommodating additional keys in model weights.

mlx_video/generate.py

@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ def load_and_merge_lora(
         candidates = sorted(lora_file.glob("*.safetensors"))
         if not candidates:
             raise FileNotFoundError(f"No .safetensors files found in {lora_path}")
-        lora_file = candidates[0]
+        # Prefer distilled-lora files over full model weights
+        lora_candidates = [c for c in candidates if "distilled-lora" in c.name]
+        lora_file = lora_candidates[0] if lora_candidates else candidates[0]
         console.print(f"[dim]Using LoRA file: {lora_file.name}[/]")
     else:
         # Treat as HuggingFace repo ID
@@ -97,7 +99,9 @@ def load_and_merge_lora(
         candidates = sorted(lora_dir.glob("*.safetensors"))
         if not candidates:
             raise FileNotFoundError(f"No .safetensors files found in {lora_dir}")
-        lora_file = candidates[0]
+        # Prefer distilled-lora files over full model weights
+        lora_candidates = [c for c in candidates if "distilled-lora" in c.name]
+        lora_file = lora_candidates[0] if lora_candidates else candidates[0]
         console.print(f"[dim]Using LoRA from repo: {lora_path} ({lora_file.name})[/]")
 
     # Load LoRA weights
@@ -123,17 +127,26 @@ def load_and_merge_lora(
             lora_pairs.setdefault(base_key, {})["B"] = lora_weights[key]
 
     # Apply key sanitization only for raw PyTorch format
+    # Replacements handle both mid-string and end-of-string positions
+    # since LoRA base keys end at the module name without trailing dot
+    _LORA_KEY_REPLACEMENTS = [
+        (".to_out.0", ".to_out"),
+        (".ff.net.0.proj", ".ff.proj_in"),
+        (".ff.net.2", ".ff.proj_out"),
+        (".audio_ff.net.0.proj", ".audio_ff.proj_in"),
+        (".audio_ff.net.2", ".audio_ff.proj_out"),
+        (".linear_1", ".linear1"),
+        (".linear_2", ".linear2"),
+    ]
     if has_prefix:
         sanitized_pairs = {}
         for key, pair in lora_pairs.items():
             new_key = key
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".to_out.0.", ".to_out.")
+            for old, new in _LORA_KEY_REPLACEMENTS:
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".ff.net.0.proj.", ".ff.proj_in.")
+                if new_key.endswith(old):
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".ff.net.2.", ".ff.proj_out.")
+                    new_key = new_key[:-len(old)] + new
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".audio_ff.net.0.proj.", ".audio_ff.proj_in.")
+                else:
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".audio_ff.net.2.", ".audio_ff.proj_out.")
+                    new_key = new_key.replace(old + ".", new + ".")
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".linear_1.", ".linear1.")
-            new_key = new_key.replace(".linear_2.", ".linear2.")
             sanitized_pairs[new_key] = pair
     else:
         sanitized_pairs = lora_pairs
@@ -823,15 +836,17 @@ def denoise_dev_av(
             audio_timesteps = mx.full((ab, at), sigma, dtype=dtype)
 
             # Positive conditioning pass
+            sigma_array = mx.full((b,), sigma, dtype=dtype)
+            audio_sigma_array = mx.full((ab,), sigma, dtype=dtype)
             video_modality_pos = Modality(
                 latent=video_flat, timesteps=video_timesteps, positions=video_positions,
                 context=video_embeddings_pos, context_mask=None, enabled=True,
-                positional_embeddings=precomputed_video_rope,
+                positional_embeddings=precomputed_video_rope, sigma=sigma_array,
             )
             audio_modality_pos = Modality(
                 latent=audio_flat, timesteps=audio_timesteps, positions=audio_positions,
                 context=audio_embeddings_pos, context_mask=None, enabled=True,
-                positional_embeddings=precomputed_audio_rope,
+                positional_embeddings=precomputed_audio_rope, sigma=audio_sigma_array,
             )
             video_vel_pos, audio_vel_pos = transformer(video=video_modality_pos, audio=audio_modality_pos)
             mx.eval(video_vel_pos, audio_vel_pos)
@@ -857,12 +872,12 @@ def denoise_dev_av(
                 video_modality_neg = Modality(
                     latent=video_flat, timesteps=video_timesteps, positions=video_positions,
                     context=video_embeddings_neg, context_mask=None, enabled=True,
-                    positional_embeddings=precomputed_video_rope,
+                    positional_embeddings=precomputed_video_rope, sigma=sigma_array,
                 )
                 audio_modality_neg = Modality(
                     latent=audio_flat, timesteps=audio_timesteps, positions=audio_positions,
                     context=audio_embeddings_neg, context_mask=None, enabled=True,
-                    positional_embeddings=precomputed_audio_rope,
+                    positional_embeddings=precomputed_audio_rope, sigma=audio_sigma_array,
                 )
                 video_vel_neg, audio_vel_neg = transformer(video=video_modality_neg, audio=audio_modality_neg)
                 mx.eval(video_vel_neg, audio_vel_neg)

mlx_video/models/ltx/audio_vae/vocoder.py

@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ class Vocoder(nn.Module):
         model = cls(config)
         weights = mx.load(str(model_path / "model.safetensors"))
 
-        # weights = vocoder.sanitize(weights)
+        # Use strict=False to skip extra keys (e.g., bwe_generator in LTX-2.3)
-        model.load_weights(list(weights.items()), strict=strict)
+        model.load_weights(list(weights.items()), strict=False)
         return model