diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts b/src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts
index c00ff9f6d..1ede8b3b1 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   enablePitchPreservingPlayback,
   estimateCompanionAudioStartDelaySeconds,
   getMediaSyncPlaybackRate,
+  resolvePreviewMediaDuration,
 } from "@/lib/mediaTiming";
 import type { AudioRegion, SpeedRegion } from "../types";
 
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ export function useAudioPreviewSync({
       audio.volume = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, getSourceTrackPreviewGain(sourceAudioPath) * (isCurrentClipMuted ? 0 : previewVolume)));
 
       enablePitchPreservingPlayback(audio);
-      const audioDuration = Number.isFinite(audio.duration) ? audio.duration : null;
+      const audioDuration = resolvePreviewMediaDuration(audio.duration, duration);
       const isMicCompanionTrack = /\.mic\./i.test(sourceAudioPath);
       const rawStartDelaySeconds = estimateCompanionAudioStartDelaySeconds(
         duration,
diff --git a/src/lib/mediaTiming.test.ts b/src/lib/mediaTiming.test.ts
index 4d6716ed2..167896e4b 100644
--- a/src/lib/mediaTiming.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mediaTiming.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 	getEffectiveRecordingDurationMs,
 	getEffectiveVideoStreamDurationSeconds,
 	getMediaSyncPlaybackRate,
+	resolvePreviewMediaDuration,
 } from "./mediaTiming";
 
 describe("clampMediaTimeToDuration", () => {
@@ -21,6 +22,30 @@ describe("clampMediaTimeToDuration", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe("resolvePreviewMediaDuration", () => {
+	it("keeps reported durations that approximately match the timeline", () => {
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(120, 120)).toBe(120);
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(119.25, 120)).toBe(119.25);
+	});
+
+	it("treats non-finite or missing reported durations as unknown", () => {
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, 120)).toBeNull();
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(Number.NaN, 120)).toBeNull();
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(null, 120)).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it("treats implausibly short reported durations as unknown", () => {
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(20, 120)).toBeNull();
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(0, 120)).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it("falls back to the reported duration when the timeline duration is unknown", () => {
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(20, Number.NaN)).toBe(20);
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(20, null)).toBe(20);
+		expect(resolvePreviewMediaDuration(Number.NaN, Number.NaN)).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
+
 describe("estimateCompanionAudioStartDelaySeconds", () => {
 	it("keeps small inferred offsets when the companion audio is only slightly shorter", () => {
 		expect(estimateCompanionAudioStartDelaySeconds(10, 9.6)).toBeCloseTo(0.4);
diff --git a/src/lib/mediaTiming.ts b/src/lib/mediaTiming.ts
index 38467098d..aeb96ef9b 100644
--- a/src/lib/mediaTiming.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mediaTiming.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,47 @@ export function clampMediaTimeToDuration(targetTime: number, duration?: number |
 	return Math.max(0, Math.min(safeTargetTime, Math.max(0, duration)));
 }
 
+const MIN_PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_SECONDS = 0.5;
+const MAX_PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_SECONDS = 1;
+const PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_RATIO = 0.01;
+
+export function resolvePreviewMediaDuration(
+	reportedDuration?: number | null,
+	timelineDuration?: number | null,
+): number | null {
+	if (!Number.isFinite(reportedDuration)) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	const safeReportedDuration = Math.max(0, reportedDuration ?? 0);
+	if (
+		!Number.isFinite(timelineDuration) ||
+		timelineDuration === null ||
+		timelineDuration === undefined
+	) {
+		return safeReportedDuration;
+	}
+
+	const safeTimelineDuration = Math.max(0, timelineDuration);
+	if (safeTimelineDuration === 0) {
+		return safeReportedDuration;
+	}
+
+	const shortfallToleranceSeconds = Math.min(
+		MAX_PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_SECONDS,
+		Math.max(
+			MIN_PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_SECONDS,
+			safeTimelineDuration * PREVIEW_MEDIA_DURATION_SHORTFALL_TOLERANCE_RATIO,
+		),
+	);
+
+	if (safeTimelineDuration - safeReportedDuration > shortfallToleranceSeconds) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return safeReportedDuration;
+}
+
 const MIN_COMPANION_AUDIO_DELAY_SECONDS = 0.025;
 const MAX_INFERRED_COMPANION_AUDIO_DELAY_SECONDS = 0.5;