Ltxv2 Video

LTX-2 / LTX-2.3 Video Workflows

Version naming (read this first)

There is no "LTX 3.2" or "LTX2.3" as separate products. The user's shorthand refers to Lightricks LTX-2.3, a point release of the LTX-2 family. The lineage is:

• LTX-Video (2024): first text-to-video model from Lightricks.
• LTX-2 / LTX-V2 (Oct 2025): 19B-class DiT audio-video foundation model. Bundled checkpoint ltx-2-19b-distilled.safetensors, Gemma 3 12B text encoder.
• LTX-2.3 (released ~March 2026): 22B-parameter DiT update. Rebuilt VAE (sharper textures/faces/hair/text), ~4x larger text connector (text projection) for prompt adherence, native 9:16 portrait, LoRA support, HiFi-GAN vocoder for cleaner synchronized audio, up to 4K@50fps / ~20s clips. Apache 2.0. Distributed primarily as GGUF UNets (community quants) plus separate VAE / text-encoder / text-projection files, NOT a single bundled checkpoint like LTX-2.

When the user says "LTX3.2" / "LTX2.3", treat it as LTX-2.3. This skill covers both LTX-2 (bundled checkpoint path) and LTX-2.3 (GGUF UNet path).

⭐ Render-verified correct setup (read this FIRST — 2026-06-19)

The GGUF-UNet + DualCLIPLoader + gemma_3_12B_it_fp4_mixed path documented later in this skill (the Aitrepreneur installer path) produces soft/mushy video with inaccurate faces and eyes. It runs, but it is NOT the quality path. The setup below is the official Comfy-Org template, render-proven sharp (1280×704, accurate faces, synchronized 48 kHz stereo audio).

Models (exact, render-verified)

Node stack (the right one)

• LTXAVTextEncoderLoader (CORE, comfy_extras/nodes_lt_audio.py) loads gemma + the full checkpoint together via comfy.sd.load_clip([gemma, ckpt], type=LTXV). This is the audio-video encoder driving both video and audio/voice. Do NOT use DualCLIPLoader(type=ltxv) + a separate ltx-2.3_text_projection file. That is the legacy video-only path and yields mush.
• Gemma abliterated LoRA via a LoraLoader (CLIP LoRA) on the encoder output → CLIPTextEncode.
• Two-stage: base sample (~768×512) → LTXVLatentUpsampler (×2 spatial, uses the upscaler model + the checkpoint VAE) → refine sample → 1280×704 output. The upscale is the sharpness. A single-stage graph is visibly softer.
• Guider: the Comfy-Org template uses plain CFGGuider cfg=1 (distilled); the LTXVideo repo example uses MultimodalGuider + GuiderParameters (separate AUDIO/VIDEO) + ClownSampler_Beta (RES4LYF). Both produce sharp output. The LoRAs + two-stage matter more than the guider.
• ffmpeg is required for the final mux: <comfy-venv>/python -m pip install imageio-ffmpeg, then reboot. CreateVideo/SaveVideo/VHS_VideoCombine fail with ffmpeg ... could not be found otherwise.

Custom nodes

ComfyUI-LTXVideo (LTXV* nodes, MultimodalGuider, GuiderParameters, LTXVPreprocess, LTXVTiledVAEDecode, GemmaAPITextEncode, LTXFloatToInt) + RES4LYF (ClownSampler_Beta, only for the repo-example sampler). LTXAVTextEncoderLoader, ResizeImageMaskNode, CreateVideo, SaveVideo, ManualSigmas, LTXVScheduler, the Primitive* nodes are all CORE ComfyUI.

Quality troubleshooting (symptom → cause → fix)

• Mushy/garbage, no clear subject → empty positive prompt, or DualCLIPLoader+projection text encoder. Fix: set a prompt; use LTXAVTextEncoderLoader.
• Coherent but soft/blurry, faces & eyes slightly wrong → no two-stage upscale and/or missing the gemma abliterated LoRA and/or the old distilled LoRA. Fix: full two-stage template + both LoRAs above.
• status: success but no video file / outputs only has a math or text node → the output node (SaveVideo/VHS) failed validation and was silently dropped; the graph short-circuited. Check the ComfyUI log for Failed to validate prompt for output N and fix that node (missing ffmpeg, a broken connection, a model-not-in-list).
• DualCLIPLoader reshape [15360,1920] invalid for input 27582328 → wrong/truncated gemma → use gemma_3_12B_it_fp8_scaled.
• LatentUpscaleModelLoader: ...x2-1.0 not in list → reference ...x2-1.1.
• SaveVideo writes to a subfolder (video/<prefix>_NNNNN.mp4). Its history outputs entry isn't under images/videos/gifs, so a naive "find the video" check misses it. Look on disk under output/video/.

MCP UI→API converter gotchas (src/services/workflow-converter.ts)

The official template exercised several convertUiToApi gaps, all now fixed. Keep them in mind if a template still mis-converts:

• V3 dynamic combos (COMFY_DYNAMICCOMBO_V3, e.g. ResizeImageMaskNode.resize_type): each selected option's nested input must be keyed <combo>.<nested> (e.g. resize_type.longer_size, resize_type.width), NOT flat. ComfyUI rebuilds the nested dict via dynamic_paths/finalize_prefix. A flat key is rejected required_input_missing.
• Reroute is virtual. Its connections must be passed through (consumer resolves to the Reroute's input), else everything downstream dangles and the graph short-circuits.
• VHS_VideoCombine stores widgets_values as a name→value object, not a positional array.
• Typed Primitive* nodes (PrimitiveInt/Float/Boolean/StringMultiline) are real executable nodes. Keep them as link sources; don't bake their values into a consumer's widgets_values by index (mis-positions V3 nested inputs).

Pack

packs/ltx-2.3-txt2vid (and the i2v/flf/extender variants) should be built on this official two-stage template. For a no-input-file T2V pack, set the template's bypass_i2v / "Switch to Text to Video?" boolean true and feed the I2V image input a blank EmptyImage (discarded at runtime but still validates).

Source note: the install scripts below pull LTX-2.3 files from a third-party mirror repo huggingface.co/Aitrepreneur/FLX, not the official Lightricks/LTX-2.3 repo. The official weights live at huggingface.co/Lightricks/LTX-2.3. Filenames/quants match what those scripts download.

Overview

LTX-2 is a DiT-based video foundation model from Lightricks. It uses a Gemma 3 12B text encoder and supports both text-to-video (T2V) and image-to-video (I2V). Key features:

• Distilled model for fast 8-step generation; dev model for higher quality (~20+ steps)
• Two-stage pipeline: Generate at low res, then 2x spatial upscale in latent space
• Camera control LoRAs for cinematic movements
• Synchronized audio-video generation in a single pass (LTX-2.3 audio VAE + HiFi-GAN vocoder)
• GGUF quantization (LTX-2.3) for low-VRAM local inference via ComfyUI-GGUF

Models

LTX-2 (bundled checkpoint path)

Loading note (LTX-2): The bundled checkpoint contains the VAE internally. The Gemma 3 text encoder loads separately via CLIPLoader with type: "ltxv" pointing at text_encoders/.

LTX-2.3 (GGUF UNet path — current install)

LTX-2.3 ships as a separate GGUF UNet + standalone VAE + text encoder + text projection, not a single bundled checkpoint. The install scripts (see below) place files like this:

Loading note (LTX-2.3): Because the UNet is a bare GGUF, the VAE no longer comes "for free" with a checkpoint. Load LTX23_video_vae_bf16.safetensors explicitly with VAELoader. Place GGUF UNets in models/unet/ and use the GGUF Unet loader. Some community 2.3 workflows pair gemma_3_12B_it.safetensors (full) instead of the FP4 mixed file; the installer uses the FP4 mixed one.

Install scripts

The exact download commands for both paths live in references/workflows.md.

LoRAs (Installed)

Concept/Style LoRAs (Installed)

Located in loras/LTXV2/:

• style/PLORAV7_LTX_000010500.safetensors
• concept/head_swap_v1_13500_first_frame.safetensors
• concept/LTX-2 - Better Female Nudity.safetensors
• action/LTX2-i2v-OralSuite.safetensors
• action/LTX2-i2v-SexThrust.safetensors
• And more in concept/ and action/ subfolders

Key Nodes

LTXVConditioning

Binds text conditioning with frame rate information:

{
  "class_type": "LTXVConditioning",
  "inputs": {
    "positive": ["<clip_text_encode>", 0],
    "negative": ["<clip_text_encode_neg>", 0],
    "frame_rate": 25
  }
}

EmptyLTXVLatentVideo

Creates the initial video latent (for T2V):

{
  "class_type": "EmptyLTXVLatentVideo",
  "inputs": {
    "width": 768,
    "height": 512,
    "length": 97,
    "batch_size": 1
  }
}

Frame count constraint: Must be 8n + 1 (9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57, 65, 73, 81, 89, 97, 105, 113, 121).

LTXVScheduler

Dedicated sigma schedule for LTX-V2 latent space:

{
  "class_type": "LTXVScheduler",
  "inputs": {
    "steps": 8,
    "max_shift": 2.05,
    "base_shift": 0.95,
    "stretch": true,
    "terminal": 0.1
  }
}

Connect the optional latent input for latent-aware shift scaling.

Feeding a prior stage's output into I2V (e.g. Krea2 image → LTX video). The LoadImage that feeds LTXVImgToVideo.image needs the source frame registered as a ComfyUI INPUT. When that frame is an OUTPUT from an earlier stage, call upload_image (action:"stage") with its { filename, subfolder?, type? } and drop the returned input filename into LoadImage. (For a file already on local disk, upload_image (action:"image").) NEVER copy the output file into, or guess, a filesystem input/ path. ComfyUI's input/output dirs may be CUSTOM (--input-directory / --output-directory), so a guessed path makes LoadImage reject the file (Invalid image file) and wastes the render. upload_image (action:"stage") goes through the server API (/view → /upload/image) and resolves the real dirs correctly.

VERIFY A VIDEO RENDER VIA THE FILESYSTEM, NOT /history. VHS_VideoCombine (and similar video nodes) write the .mp4 but frequently do NOT register the output in ComfyUI's /history. The prompt shows done with an empty outputs map and no error. Do NOT conclude the render "silently dropped" from get_history / queue (action:"status") alone. Confirm the file with get_image (action:"list_outputs") (it now lists videos too, with kind: "video"): match the filename_prefix (e.g. ltxv2_….mp4), check the mtime is fresh, then chain it into the next stage with upload_image (action:"stage").

LTXVImgToVideo (For I2V)

All-in-one node that encodes image, creates latent, and wraps conditioning:

{
  "class_type": "LTXVImgToVideo",
  "inputs": {
    "positive": ["<conditioning>", 0],
    "negative": ["<conditioning>", 0],
    "vae": ["<checkpoint>", 2],
    "image": ["<load_image>", 0],
    "width": 768,
    "height": 512,
    "length": 97,
    "batch_size": 1,
    "strength": 0.6
  }
}

Gotcha: strength controls motion; DON'T set it to 1.0. LTXVImgToVideo.strength is how strongly the output adheres to the start image: higher = more adherence = LESS motion. Setting it to 1.0 pins every frame to the start image → a FROZEN i2v with ZERO motion (the storyboard frames come out nearly identical). Keep the verified value ~0.6 (as in the example above) for proper motion. If a generated i2v clip shows little/no motion, the FIRST thing to check is that strength wasn't bumped toward 1.0.

LTXVLatentUpsampler (For Two-Stage Upscale)

{
  "class_type": "LTXVLatentUpsampler",
  "inputs": {
    "latent": ["<sampler_output>", 0],
    "upscale_model": ["<upscale_loader>", 0]
  }
}

Requires LatentUpscaleModelLoader. Use ltx-2.3-spatial-upscaler-x2-1.1.safetensors for LTX-2.3 (or ltx-2-spatial-upscaler-x2-1.0.safetensors for LTX-2).

Sampler Settings

Distilled Model (Installed)

Uses SamplerCustomAdvanced with manual sigmas, NOT standard KSampler:

Stage 1 sigmas (via LTXVScheduler): max_shift=2.05, base_shift=0.95, stretch=true, terminal=0.1

Stage 2 sigmas (manual, for upscale refinement): 0.909375, 0.725, 0.421875, 0.0

Base Model (If Using Distilled LoRA on Base)

Resolution and Frame Count