diff --git a/src/components/canvas/players/image-player.ts b/src/components/canvas/players/image-player.ts
index db47746d..f58eb52b 100644
--- a/src/components/canvas/players/image-player.ts
+++ b/src/components/canvas/players/image-player.ts
@@ -91,14 +91,13 @@ export class ImagePlayer extends Player {
 			throw new Error("Image asset has no src to load.");
 		}
 
-		const corsUrl = `${src}${src.includes("?") ? "&" : "?"}x-cors=1`;
-		const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src: corsUrl, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} };
-		const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.load<pixi.Texture<pixi.ImageSource>>(corsUrl, loadOptions);
+		const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} };
+		const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.load<pixi.Texture<pixi.ImageSource>>(src, loadOptions);
 
 		if (!(texture?.source instanceof pixi.ImageSource)) {
 			if (texture) {
 				texture.destroy(true);
-				await this.edit.assetLoader.rejectAsset(corsUrl);
+				await this.edit.assetLoader.rejectAsset(src);
 			}
 			throw new Error(`Invalid image source '${src}'.`);
 		}
diff --git a/src/components/canvas/players/image-to-video-player.ts b/src/components/canvas/players/image-to-video-player.ts
index d377f13f..a6660de1 100644
--- a/src/components/canvas/players/image-to-video-player.ts
+++ b/src/components/canvas/players/image-to-video-player.ts
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ export class ImageToVideoPlayer extends Player {
 
 	private async tryLoadTexture(src: string): Promise<boolean> {
 		try {
-			const corsUrl = `${src}${src.includes("?") ? "&" : "?"}x-cors=1`;
-			const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src: corsUrl, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} };
-			const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.load<pixi.Texture<pixi.ImageSource>>(corsUrl, loadOptions);
+			const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} };
+			const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.load<pixi.Texture<pixi.ImageSource>>(src, loadOptions);
 
 			if (!(texture?.source instanceof pixi.ImageSource)) {
 				if (texture) {
 					texture.destroy(true);
-					await this.edit.assetLoader.rejectAsset(corsUrl);
+					await this.edit.assetLoader.rejectAsset(src);
 				}
 				return false;
 			}
diff --git a/src/components/canvas/players/video-player.ts b/src/components/canvas/players/video-player.ts
index 5399aa63..33334a48 100644
--- a/src/components/canvas/players/video-player.ts
+++ b/src/components/canvas/players/video-player.ts
@@ -178,12 +178,11 @@ export class VideoPlayer extends Player {
 			throw new Error(`Video source '${src}' is not supported. .mov files cannot be played in the browser. Please convert to .webm or .mp4 first.`);
 		}
 
-		const corsUrl = `${src}${src.includes("?") ? "&" : "?"}x-cors=1`;
-		const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src: corsUrl, data: { autoPlay: false, muted: false } };
+		const loadOptions: pixi.UnresolvedAsset = { src, data: { autoPlay: false, muted: false } };
 
 		// Use unique loader to create independent video element per player
 		// This prevents conflicts when multiple clips use the same video source
-		const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.loadVideoUnique(corsUrl, loadOptions);
+		const texture = await this.edit.assetLoader.loadVideoUnique(src, loadOptions);
 
 		if (!texture || !(texture.source instanceof pixi.VideoSource)) {
 			throw new Error(`Invalid video source '${src}'.`);
diff --git a/tests/media-player-fallback.test.ts b/tests/media-player-fallback.test.ts
index a0324633..4cf166da 100644
--- a/tests/media-player-fallback.test.ts
+++ b/tests/media-player-fallback.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ jest.mock("@canvas/players/placeholder-graphic", () => ({
 	createPlaceholderGraphic: mockCreatePlaceholderGraphic
 }));
 
+jest.mock("@canvas/players/ai-pending-overlay", () => ({
+	AiPendingOverlay: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+		getContainer: jest.fn(() => ({ destroy: jest.fn() })),
+		dispose: jest.fn()
+	}))
+}));
+
 jest.mock("pixi.js", () => {
 	class MockPoint {
 		public x: number;
@@ -149,6 +156,8 @@ jest.mock("pixi.js", () => {
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/first
 import { ImagePlayer } from "@canvas/players/image-player";
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/first
+import { ImageToVideoPlayer } from "@canvas/players/image-to-video-player";
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/first
 import { VideoPlayer } from "@canvas/players/video-player";
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/first
 import type { ResolvedClip } from "@schemas";
@@ -160,6 +169,7 @@ function createEdit() {
 		size: { width: 1080, height: 1920 },
 		playbackTime: 0,
 		isPlaying: false,
+		getResolvedEdit: jest.fn(),
 		assetLoader: {
 			load: jest.fn(),
 			loadVideoUnique: jest.fn(),
@@ -259,3 +269,49 @@ describe("media player fallbacks", () => {
 		expect(Number.isFinite(player.getScale())).toBe(true);
 	});
 });
+
+describe("media player source URLs", () => {
+	// Presigned S3-style URL: any appended query parameter invalidates the signature
+	const signedSrc = "https://bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/media.mp4?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Signature=abc123";
+
+	let warnSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+	});
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		warnSpy.mockRestore();
+	});
+
+	function createClip(type: string): ResolvedClip {
+		return { asset: { type, src: signedSrc }, start: 0, length: 5 } as ResolvedClip;
+	}
+
+	it("passes the image src to the loader unchanged", async () => {
+		const edit = createEdit();
+		edit.assetLoader.load.mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+
+		await new ImagePlayer(edit as never, createClip("image")).load();
+
+		expect(edit.assetLoader.load).toHaveBeenCalledWith(signedSrc, { src: signedSrc, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} });
+	});
+
+	it("passes the video src to the loader unchanged", async () => {
+		const edit = createEdit();
+		edit.assetLoader.loadVideoUnique.mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+
+		await new VideoPlayer(edit as never, createClip("video")).load();
+
+		expect(edit.assetLoader.loadVideoUnique).toHaveBeenCalledWith(signedSrc, { src: signedSrc, data: { autoPlay: false, muted: false } });
+	});
+
+	it("passes the image-to-video src to the loader unchanged", async () => {
+		const edit = createEdit();
+		edit.assetLoader.load.mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+
+		await new ImageToVideoPlayer(edit as never, createClip("image-to-video")).load();
+
+		expect(edit.assetLoader.load).toHaveBeenCalledWith(signedSrc, { src: signedSrc, crossorigin: "anonymous", data: {} });
+	});
+});