From b9980592c4c629be4d46b707c65c14dc2a3da842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: comfyanonymous <121283862+comfyanonymous@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 14:27:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Refuse to load api nodes on old pyav version. (#7981)

---
 comfy_api_nodes/canary.py | 10 ++++++++++
 nodes.py                  |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 comfy_api_nodes/canary.py

diff --git a/comfy_api_nodes/canary.py b/comfy_api_nodes/canary.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4df7590b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comfy_api_nodes/canary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import av
+
+ver = av.__version__.split(".")
+if int(ver[0]) < 14:
+    raise Exception("INSTALL NEW VERSION OF PYAV TO USE API NODES.")
+
+if int(ver[0]) == 14 and int(ver[1]) < 2:
+    raise Exception("INSTALL NEW VERSION OF PYAV TO USE API NODES.")
+
+NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {}
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index d2ffd525..a1ddf2dd 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -2289,6 +2289,9 @@ def init_builtin_api_nodes():
         "nodes_pika.py",
     ]
 
+    if not load_custom_node(os.path.join(api_nodes_dir, "canary.py"), module_parent="comfy_api_nodes"):
+        return api_nodes_files
+
     import_failed = []
     for node_file in api_nodes_files:
         if not load_custom_node(os.path.join(api_nodes_dir, node_file), module_parent="comfy_api_nodes"):