diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/audioMixer.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/audioMixer.ts
index 60221e6a9..2a928776f 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/audioMixer.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/audioMixer.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ export async function processCompositionAudio(
   totalDuration: number,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
   config?: Partial<Pick<EngineConfig, "ffmpegProcessTimeout" | "audioGain">>,
+  compiledDir?: string,
 ): Promise<MixResult> {
   const startMs = Date.now();
   const tracks: AudioTrack[] = [];
@@ -324,7 +325,9 @@ export async function processCompositionAudio(
       try {
         let srcPath = element.src;
         if (!srcPath.startsWith("/") && !isHttpUrl(srcPath)) {
-          srcPath = join(baseDir, srcPath);
+          const fromCompiled = compiledDir ? join(compiledDir, srcPath) : null;
+          srcPath =
+            fromCompiled && existsSync(fromCompiled) ? fromCompiled : join(baseDir, srcPath);
         }
 
         if (isHttpUrl(srcPath)) {
@@ -339,7 +342,7 @@ export async function processCompositionAudio(
         }
 
         if (!existsSync(srcPath)) {
-          errors.push(`Source not found: ${element.id}`);
+          errors.push(`Source not found: ${element.id} (${element.src})`);
           return;
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.ts
index e66ec2f73..d9ffc2649 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export async function extractAllVideoFrames(
   options: ExtractionOptions,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
   config?: Partial<Pick<EngineConfig, "ffmpegProcessTimeout">>,
+  compiledDir?: string,
 ): Promise<ExtractionResult> {
   const startTime = Date.now();
   const extracted: ExtractedFrames[] = [];
@@ -216,7 +217,9 @@ export async function extractAllVideoFrames(
       try {
         let videoPath = video.src;
         if (!videoPath.startsWith("/") && !isHttpUrl(videoPath)) {
-          videoPath = join(baseDir, videoPath);
+          const fromCompiled = compiledDir ? join(compiledDir, videoPath) : null;
+          videoPath =
+            fromCompiled && existsSync(fromCompiled) ? fromCompiled : join(baseDir, videoPath);
         }
 
         if (isHttpUrl(videoPath)) {
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
index 8bc14558a..69a86a72f 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
     updateJobStatus(job, "preprocessing", "Extracting video frames", 10, onProgress);
 
     let frameLookup: FrameLookupTable | null = null;
+    const compiledDir = join(workDir, "compiled");
 
     if (composition.videos.length > 0) {
       const extractionResult = await extractAllVideoFrames(
@@ -699,6 +700,8 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
         projectDir,
         { fps: job.config.fps, outputDir: join(workDir, "video-frames") },
         abortSignal,
+        undefined,
+        compiledDir,
       );
       assertNotAborted();
 
@@ -747,6 +750,8 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
         audioOutputPath,
         job.duration,
         abortSignal,
+        undefined,
+        compiledDir,
       );
       assertNotAborted();