diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/hooks/useTimelinePlayer.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/hooks/useTimelinePlayer.ts
index bae493bfa8..c77394de09 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/hooks/useTimelinePlayer.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/hooks/useTimelinePlayer.ts
@@ -128,19 +128,18 @@ export function useTimelinePlayer({
 
       // Asynchronously enrich media elements still missing sourceDuration
       // (header-only probe, cheap), applying each resolved value to the store.
-      void probeMissingSourceDurations(
-        mergedElements,
-        state.timelineProjectId,
-        (key, durationSeconds) => {
-          usePlayerStore.setState((state) => {
-            const idx = state.elements.findIndex((e) => (e.key ?? e.id) === key);
-            if (idx === -1 || state.elements[idx].sourceDuration != null) return {};
-            const patched = state.elements.slice();
-            patched[idx] = { ...state.elements[idx], sourceDuration: durationSeconds };
-            return { elements: patched };
+      void probeMissingSourceDurations(mergedElements, state.timelineProjectId, (durations) => {
+        usePlayerStore.setState((state) => {
+          let patched: TimelineElement[] | null = null;
+          state.elements.forEach((element, idx) => {
+            const durationSeconds = durations.get(element.key ?? element.id);
+            if (durationSeconds === undefined || element.sourceDuration != null) return;
+            patched ??= state.elements.slice();
+            patched[idx] = { ...element, sourceDuration: durationSeconds };
           });
-        },
-      );
+          return patched ? { elements: patched } : {};
+        });
+      });
     },
     [setElements, requestTimelineReady, setDuration],
   );
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.test.ts
index 8f04af7bed..de25ffa168 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,31 @@ describe("media probe registry", () => {
     expect(getDurationFromMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
+  it("hands back every clip of one file in a single apply, so the store is written once per file", async () => {
+    const apply = vi.fn();
+    await probeMissingSourceDurations(
+      [
+        { id: "a1", tag: "audio", src: "assets/voice.wav" },
+        { id: "a2", tag: "audio", src: "assets/voice.wav" },
+        { id: "a3", tag: "audio", src: "assets/voice.wav" },
+        { id: "v1", tag: "video", src: "assets/clip.mp4" },
+      ],
+      "project-a",
+      apply,
+    );
+
+    expect(requestedSources).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(apply).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(apply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      new Map([
+        ["a1", 5],
+        ["a2", 5],
+        ["a3", 5],
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(apply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new Map([["v1", 5]]));
+  });
+
   it("probes a dropped clip's URL-spelled src at its own file", async () => {
     await probeMissingSourceDurations(
       [{ id: "clip", tag: "video", src: "assets/My%20clip%20%231.mp4" }],
@@ -138,7 +163,7 @@ describe("media probe registry", () => {
     expect(requestedSources).toEqual([
       `${window.location.origin}/api/projects/project-a/preview/assets/clip.mp4`,
     ]);
-    expect(apply).toHaveBeenCalledWith("clip", 5);
+    expect(apply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new Map([["clip", 5]]));
     expect(
       applyCachedSourceDurations(
         [
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.ts
index 9c92498505..07b5f1e903 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/mediaProbe.ts
@@ -136,26 +136,29 @@ export async function probeMissingSourceDurations<
 >(
   elements: T[],
   projectId: string | null,
-  apply: (key: string, durationSeconds: number) => void,
+  apply: (durations: ReadonlyMap<string, number>) => void,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const needs = elements.flatMap((el) => {
+  const keysBySource = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  for (const el of elements) {
     if (
       !el.src ||
       el.sourceDuration != null ||
       !["video", "audio"].includes(el.tag.toLowerCase())
     ) {
-      return [];
+      continue;
     }
     const source = resolveProbeSource(el.src, projectId);
-    return !getCachedProbe(source) && !hasFreshFailure(normalizeUrl(source))
-      ? [{ el, source }]
-      : [];
-  });
-  if (needs.length === 0) return;
+    if (getCachedProbe(source) || hasFreshFailure(normalizeUrl(source))) continue;
+    const keys = keysBySource.get(source);
+    if (keys) keys.push(el.key ?? el.id);
+    else keysBySource.set(source, [el.key ?? el.id]);
+  }
+  // One apply per file, not per clip: a film that cuts one file into many clips would otherwise write the store
+  // once per clip, and each write re-runs every subscriber.
   await Promise.allSettled(
-    needs.map(async ({ el, source }) => {
+    [...keysBySource].map(async ([source, keys]) => {
       const result = await probeMediaUrl(source);
-      if (result) apply(el.key ?? el.id, result.duration);
+      if (result) apply(new Map(keys.map((key) => [key, result.duration])));
     }),
   );
 }