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Could not find a JSX element at the specified location to…

Error message

Could not find a JSX element at the specified location to split audio from

What it means

splitVideoFromAudio throws this when findJsxElementPathForDeletion cannot locate a JSX element at the supplied nodePath in the parsed AST. The nodePath (a Studio sequence node path) does not resolve to a JSX element in the current source, so there is nothing to split audio from.

Solutions

1. Reload the file/Studio so the node path is re-captured against the current source
2. Confirm the file on disk hasn't changed since the path was created
3. Verify the nodePath targets an actual JSX element in the composition
4. Re-open the composition and retry the split-audio action

Example fix

// before (stale path from previous file version)
splitVideoFromAudio({input: currentInput, nodePath: oldCapturedPath});
// after (recapture path from current AST)
const ast = parseAst(currentInput);
const nodePath = captureSequenceNodePath(ast, currentSelection);
splitVideoFromAudio({input: currentInput, nodePath});

const ast = parseAst(input);
const jsxPath = findJsxElementPathForDeletion(ast, nodePath);
if (!jsxPath) throw new Error('nodePath does not resolve to a JSX element in the current source');

try {
  const result = await splitVideoFromAudio({input, nodePath});
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof Error && e.message.startsWith('Could not find a JSX element')) {
    const freshPath = captureSequenceNodePath(parseAst(input), selection); // recapture against current source
    return splitVideoFromAudio({input, nodePath: freshPath});
  }
  throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling splitVideoFromAudio({input, nodePath}) where nodePath points to a node that is not a JSX element (e.g. a Sequence wrapper, fragment, expression), the file changed since the path was captured, or the path indices no longer match the AST.

Common situations: Studio out of sync with the file on disk (edits made outside the Studio), stale sequence paths after hot reload or code reformat, or passing a path captured from a different file.

Understand the failure class

Background: Record Not Found Errors: "not found", RecordNotFound, and "was not found" — what they mean and how to fix them — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• Could not delete JSX nodes
• Could not duplicate JSX node
• Could not split JSX sequence
• A folder cannot be moved inside itself
• A folder named " " already exists in the destination

AI-assisted analysis of remotion-dev/remotion@46a3a6bf13 (2026-09-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6670fd83ad9ddbef. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at packages/studio-codemods/src/split-video-from-audio.ts:411

	// replaced the full-file formatting pass.
	formatFile?: (input: {
		contents: string;
		prettierConfigOverride: Record<string, unknown> | null;
	}) => Promise<{output: string; formatted: boolean}>;
	prettierConfigOverride?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
}): Promise<{
	output: string;
	formatted: boolean;
	nodeLabel: string;
	logLine: number;
	nodePathRemappings: SequenceNodePathRemapping[];
}> => {
	const ast = parseAst(input);
	const capturedNodePaths = captureJsxNodePaths(ast);
	const importSnapshots = captureImportSnapshots(ast);
	const jsxPath = findJsxElementPathForDeletion(ast, nodePath);
	if (!jsxPath) {
		throw new Error(
			'Could not find a JSX element at the specified location to split audio from',
		);
	}

	const jsxElement = jsxPath.node as JSXElement;
	const nodeLabel = getJsxElementTagLabel(jsxElement);

	if (jsxElement.openingElement.name.type !== 'JSXIdentifier') {
		throw new Error(`Cannot split audio from <${nodeLabel}>`);
	}

	const tagName = jsxElement.openingElement.name.name;
	const importSource = findImportSourceOfLocalName(ast, tagName);
	if (!importSource) {
		throw new Error(`Could not find the import of <${tagName}>`);
	}

	const hasSrc = jsxElement.openingElement.attributes.some(

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