diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/av_model.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/av_model.py
index 2c6954ecd..2b080aaeb 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/av_model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/av_model.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from comfy.ldm.lightricks.model import (
     LTXVModel,
 )
 from comfy.ldm.lightricks.symmetric_patchifier import AudioPatchifier
+from comfy.ldm.lightricks.embeddings_connector import Embeddings1DConnector
 import comfy.ldm.common_dit
 
 class CompressedTimestep:
@@ -450,6 +451,29 @@ class LTXAVModel(LTXVModel):
             operations=self.operations,
         )
 
+        self.audio_embeddings_connector = Embeddings1DConnector(
+            split_rope=True,
+            double_precision_rope=True,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            device=device,
+            operations=self.operations,
+        )
+
+        self.video_embeddings_connector = Embeddings1DConnector(
+            split_rope=True,
+            double_precision_rope=True,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            device=device,
+            operations=self.operations,
+        )
+
+    def preprocess_text_embeds(self, context):
+        if context.shape[-1] == self.caption_channels * 2:
+            return context
+        out_vid = self.video_embeddings_connector(context)[0]
+        out_audio = self.audio_embeddings_connector(context)[0]
+        return torch.concat((out_vid, out_audio), dim=-1)
+
     def _init_transformer_blocks(self, device, dtype, **kwargs):
         """Initialize transformer blocks for LTXAV."""
         self.transformer_blocks = nn.ModuleList(
diff --git a/comfy/model_base.py b/comfy/model_base.py
index 9dcef8741..2f49578f6 100644
--- a/comfy/model_base.py
+++ b/comfy/model_base.py
@@ -988,10 +988,14 @@ class LTXAV(BaseModel):
     def extra_conds(self, **kwargs):
         out = super().extra_conds(**kwargs)
         attention_mask = kwargs.get("attention_mask", None)
+        device = kwargs["device"]
+
         if attention_mask is not None:
             out['attention_mask'] = comfy.conds.CONDRegular(attention_mask)
         cross_attn = kwargs.get("cross_attn", None)
         if cross_attn is not None:
+            if hasattr(self.diffusion_model, "preprocess_text_embeds"):
+                cross_attn = self.diffusion_model.preprocess_text_embeds(cross_attn.to(device=device, dtype=self.get_dtype_inference()))
             out['c_crossattn'] = comfy.conds.CONDRegular(cross_attn)
 
         out['frame_rate'] = comfy.conds.CONDConstant(kwargs.get("frame_rate", 25))
diff --git a/comfy/text_encoders/lt.py b/comfy/text_encoders/lt.py
index 82fbacf59..e2ce22e37 100644
--- a/comfy/text_encoders/lt.py
+++ b/comfy/text_encoders/lt.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import os
 from transformers import T5TokenizerFast
 from .spiece_tokenizer import SPieceTokenizer
 import comfy.text_encoders.genmo
-from comfy.ldm.lightricks.embeddings_connector import Embeddings1DConnector
 import torch
 import comfy.utils
 import math
@@ -109,22 +108,6 @@ class LTXAVTEModel(torch.nn.Module):
         operations = self.gemma3_12b.operations # TODO
         self.text_embedding_projection = operations.Linear(3840 * 49, 3840, bias=False, dtype=dtype, device=device)
 
-        self.audio_embeddings_connector = Embeddings1DConnector(
-            split_rope=True,
-            double_precision_rope=True,
-            dtype=dtype,
-            device=device,
-            operations=operations,
-        )
-
-        self.video_embeddings_connector = Embeddings1DConnector(
-            split_rope=True,
-            double_precision_rope=True,
-            dtype=dtype,
-            device=device,
-            operations=operations,
-        )
-
     def set_clip_options(self, options):
         self.execution_device = options.get("execution_device", self.execution_device)
         self.gemma3_12b.set_clip_options(options)
@@ -146,10 +129,6 @@ class LTXAVTEModel(torch.nn.Module):
         out = out.reshape((out.shape[0], out.shape[1], -1))
         out = self.text_embedding_projection(out)
         out = out.float()
-        out_vid = self.video_embeddings_connector(out)[0]
-        out_audio = self.audio_embeddings_connector(out)[0]
-        out = torch.concat((out_vid, out_audio), dim=-1)
-
         return out.to(out_device), pooled
 
     def generate(self, tokens, do_sample, max_length, temperature, top_k, top_p, min_p, repetition_penalty, seed):
@@ -159,14 +138,14 @@ class LTXAVTEModel(torch.nn.Module):
         if "model.layers.47.self_attn.q_norm.weight" in sd:
             return self.gemma3_12b.load_sd(sd)
         else:
-            sdo = comfy.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {"text_embedding_projection.aggregate_embed.weight": "text_embedding_projection.weight", "model.diffusion_model.video_embeddings_connector.": "video_embeddings_connector.", "model.diffusion_model.audio_embeddings_connector.": "audio_embeddings_connector."}, filter_keys=True)
+            sdo = comfy.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {"text_embedding_projection.aggregate_embed.weight": "text_embedding_projection.weight"}, filter_keys=True)
             if len(sdo) == 0:
                 sdo = sd
 
             missing_all = []
             unexpected_all = []
 
-            for prefix, component in [("text_embedding_projection.", self.text_embedding_projection), ("video_embeddings_connector.", self.video_embeddings_connector), ("audio_embeddings_connector.", self.audio_embeddings_connector)]:
+            for prefix, component in [("text_embedding_projection.", self.text_embedding_projection)]:
                 component_sd = {k.replace(prefix, ""): v for k, v in sdo.items() if k.startswith(prefix)}
                 if component_sd:
                     missing, unexpected = component.load_state_dict(component_sd, strict=False, assign=getattr(self, "can_assign_sd", False))