diff --git a/multitalk/encoded_silence.safetensors b/multitalk/encoded_silence.safetensors
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ab6aa7
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diff --git a/multitalk/nodes.py b/multitalk/nodes.py
index 2f30f53..dd2da93 100644
--- a/multitalk/nodes.py
+++ b/multitalk/nodes.py
@@ -327,6 +327,35 @@ class MultiTalkWav2VecEmbeds:
         log.info(f"[MultiTalk] multi_audio_type={multi_audio_type} | final waveform shape={out_audio['waveform'].shape} | length={out_audio['waveform'].shape[-1]} samples | seconds={out_audio['waveform'].shape[-1]/sr:.3f}s (expected {'sum' if multi_audio_type=='add' else 'max'} of raw)")
 
         return (multitalk_embeds, out_audio, actual_num_frames)
+    
+class MultiTalkSilentEmbeds:
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(s):
+        return {"required": {
+            "num_frames": ("INT", {"default": 81, "min": 1, "max": 10000, "step": 1, "tooltip": "The total frame count to generate."}),
+        },
+        }
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("MULTITALK_EMBEDS", )
+    RETURN_NAMES = ("multitalk_embeds", )
+    FUNCTION = "process"
+    CATEGORY = "WanVideoWrapper"
+
+    def process(self, num_frames):
+        silence_path = os.path.join(script_directory, "encoded_silence.safetensors")
+        encoded_silence = load_torch_file(silence_path)["audio_emb"]
+       
+        target_frames = num_frames
+        repeats = (target_frames + encoded_silence.shape[0] - 1) // encoded_silence.shape[0]
+        repeated = encoded_silence.repeat(repeats, 1, 1)
+        repeated = repeated[:target_frames]
+        multitalk_embeds = {
+            "audio_features": repeated,
+            "audio_scale": 1.0,
+            "audio_cfg_scale": 1.0,
+            "ref_target_masks": None
+        }
+        return (multitalk_embeds,)
 
 
 class WanVideoImageToVideoMultiTalk:
@@ -410,12 +439,14 @@ NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "MultiTalkModelLoader": MultiTalkModelLoader,
     "MultiTalkWav2VecEmbeds": MultiTalkWav2VecEmbeds,
     "WanVideoImageToVideoMultiTalk": WanVideoImageToVideoMultiTalk,
-    "Wav2VecModelLoader": Wav2VecModelLoader
+    "Wav2VecModelLoader": Wav2VecModelLoader,
+    "MultiTalkSilentEmbeds": MultiTalkSilentEmbeds,
 }
 
 NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {
     "MultiTalkModelLoader": "Multi/InfiniteTalk Model Loader",
     "MultiTalkWav2VecEmbeds": "Multi/InfiniteTalk Wav2vec2 Embeds",
     "WanVideoImageToVideoMultiTalk": "WanVideo Long I2V Multi/InfiniteTalk",
-    "Wav2VecModelLoader": "Wav2vec2 Model Loader"
+    "Wav2VecModelLoader": "Wav2vec2 Model Loader",
+    "MultiTalkSilentEmbeds": "MultiTalk Silent Embeds",
 }
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diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 4255168..507e5b8 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from contextlib import nullcontext
 from einops import rearrange
 
 from comfy import model_management as mm
-from comfy.utils import ProgressBar, common_upscale
+from comfy.utils import ProgressBar, common_upscale, load_torch_file
 from comfy.clip_vision import clip_preprocess, ClipVisionModel
 from comfy.cli_args import args, LatentPreviewMethod
 import folder_paths
@@ -3429,6 +3429,14 @@ class WanVideoSampler:
                                 "end": uni3c_embeds["end"],
                             }
 
+                        encoded_silence = None
+                       
+                        try:
+                            silence_path = os.path.join(script_directory, "multitalk", "encoded_silence.safetensors")
+                            encoded_silence = load_torch_file(silence_path)["audio_emb"].to(dtype)
+                        except:
+                             log.warning("No encoded silence file found, padding with end of audio embedding instead.")
+
                         total_frames = len(audio_embedding[0])
                         estimated_iterations = total_frames // (frame_num - motion_frame) + 1
                         callback = prepare_callback(patcher, estimated_iterations)
@@ -3768,9 +3776,14 @@ class WanVideoSampler:
                                         source_frame = len(audio_embedding[human_inx])
                                         source_frames.append(source_frame)
                                         if audio_end_idx >= len(audio_embedding[human_inx]):
-                                            miss_length   = audio_end_idx - len(audio_embedding[human_inx]) + 3 
-                                            add_audio_emb = torch.flip(audio_embedding[human_inx][-1*miss_length:], dims=[0])
-                                            audio_embedding[human_inx] = torch.cat([audio_embedding[human_inx], add_audio_emb], dim=0)
+                                            print(f"Audio embedding for subject {human_inx} not long enough: {len(audio_embedding[human_inx])}, need {audio_end_idx}, padding...")
+                                            miss_length = audio_end_idx - len(audio_embedding[human_inx]) + 3
+                                            print(f"Padding length: {miss_length}")
+                                            if encoded_silence is not None:
+                                                add_audio_emb = encoded_silence[-1*miss_length:]
+                                            else:
+                                                add_audio_emb = torch.flip(audio_embedding[human_inx][-1*miss_length:], dims=[0])
+                                            audio_embedding[human_inx] = torch.cat([audio_embedding[human_inx], add_audio_emb.to(device, dtype)], dim=0)
                                             miss_lengths.append(miss_length)
                                         else:
                                             miss_lengths.append(0)