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}'.`);