comfyui-multigpu/web/docs/WanVideoTinyVAELoaderMultiGPU.md

WanVideoTinyVAELoaderMultiGPU

WanVideoTinyVAELoaderMultiGPU loads lightweight Wan VAEs from the vae_approx folder, useful for preview drafts or efficiency workflows. The node mirrors ComfyUI's tiny VAE loader while exposing explicit device placement and optional parallel decoding.

Inputs

Required

Parameter	Data Type	Description
model_name	STRING	Tiny VAE filename from ComfyUI/models/vae_approx.

Optional

Parameter	Data Type	Description
load_device	STRING	MultiGPU device to host the VAE.
precision	STRING	Weight precision (fp16, fp32, bf16).
parallel	BOOLEAN	Enable parallel encode/decode for extra speed (uses more VRAM).

Outputs

Output Name	Data Type	Description
vae	WANVAE	Loaded lightweight VAE.
load_device	MULTIGPUDEVICE	Device string to pass into Wan encode/decode nodes.