diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
index 7d9840f586..1765b6931b 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
   private final PreviewingVideoGraph.Factory previewingVideoGraphFactory;
   private final CopyOnWriteArraySet<CompositingVideoSinkProvider.Listener> listeners;
 
-  private Clock clock;
+  private @MonotonicNonNull Clock clock;
   private @MonotonicNonNull VideoFrameReleaseControl videoFrameReleaseControl;
   private @MonotonicNonNull VideoFrameRenderControl videoFrameRenderControl;
   private @MonotonicNonNull Format outputFormat;
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
     videoSinkImpl = new VideoSinkImpl(context);
     previewingVideoGraphFactory = checkStateNotNull(builder.previewingVideoGraphFactory);
     listeners = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
-    clock = Clock.DEFAULT;
     state = STATE_CREATED;
     playbackSpeed = 1f;
     addListener(videoSinkImpl);
@@ -259,12 +258,6 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
     return videoFrameReleaseControl;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void setClock(Clock clock) {
-    checkState(!isInitialized());
-    this.clock = clock;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void setVideoEffects(List<Effect> videoEffects) {
     videoSinkImpl.setVideoEffects(videoEffects);
@@ -382,7 +375,7 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
       Format format = outputFormat == null ? new Format.Builder().build() : outputFormat;
       videoFrameMetadataListener.onVideoFrameAboutToBeRendered(
           /* presentationTimeUs= */ presentationTimeUs - streamOffsetUs,
-          clock.nanoTime(),
+          checkStateNotNull(clock).nanoTime(),
           format,
           /* mediaFormat= */ null);
     }
@@ -424,11 +417,12 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
 
   // Internal methods
 
-  private VideoFrameProcessor initialize(Format sourceFormat) throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException {
+  private VideoFrameProcessor initialize(Format sourceFormat, Clock clock)
+      throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException {
     checkState(state == STATE_CREATED);
     checkState(videoFrameRenderControl != null && videoFrameReleaseControl != null);
 
-    // Lazily initialize the handler here so it's initialized on the playback looper.
+    this.clock = clock;
     handler = clock.createHandler(checkStateNotNull(Looper.myLooper()), /* callback= */ null);
 
     ColorInfo inputColorInfo = getAdjustedInputColorInfo(sourceFormat.colorInfo);
@@ -582,9 +576,9 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
     // VideoSink impl
 
     @Override
-    public void initialize(Format sourceFormat) throws VideoSinkException {
+    public void initialize(Format sourceFormat, Clock clock) throws VideoSinkException {
       checkState(!isInitialized());
-      videoFrameProcessor = CompositingVideoSinkProvider.this.initialize(sourceFormat);
+      videoFrameProcessor = CompositingVideoSinkProvider.this.initialize(sourceFormat, clock);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
index 3273bbf401..f9dd4a9643 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.MimeTypes;
 import androidx.media3.common.PlaybackException;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoSize;
-import androidx.media3.common.util.Clock;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.Log;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.MediaFormatUtil;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.Size;
@@ -622,9 +621,7 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer
   @Override
   protected void onInit() {
     super.onInit();
-    Clock clock = getClock();
-    videoFrameReleaseControl.setClock(clock);
-    videoSinkProvider.setClock(clock);
+    videoFrameReleaseControl.setClock(getClock());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -1073,7 +1070,7 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer
       videoSink = videoSinkProvider.getSink();
       if (!videoSink.isInitialized()) {
         try {
-          videoSink.initialize(format);
+          videoSink.initialize(format, getClock());
         } catch (VideoSink.VideoSinkException e) {
           throw createRendererException(
               e, format, PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_VIDEO_FRAME_PROCESSOR_INIT_FAILED);
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSink.java
index 59360b904d..bb8b29bae6 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSink.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.IntDef;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoSize;
+import androidx.media3.common.util.Clock;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.TimestampIterator;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
@@ -112,11 +113,12 @@ public interface VideoSink {
    * Initializes the video sink.
    *
    * @param sourceFormat The format of the compressed video.
+   * @param clock The {@link Clock} that should be used.
    * @throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException If initializing the sink failed.
    */
-  void initialize(Format sourceFormat) throws VideoSinkException;
+  void initialize(Format sourceFormat, Clock clock) throws VideoSinkException;
 
-  /** Returns whether the video sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}. */
+  /** Returns whether the video sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}. */
   boolean isInitialized();
 
   /**
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ public interface VideoSink {
   /**
    * Returns the input {@link Surface} where the video sink consumes input frames from.
    *
-   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    */
   Surface getInputSurface();
 
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ public interface VideoSink {
   /**
    * Informs the video sink that a new input stream will be queued.
    *
-   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    *
    * @param inputType The {@link InputType} of the stream.
    * @param format The {@link Format} of the stream.
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ public interface VideoSink {
    * Informs the video sink that a frame will be queued to its {@linkplain #getInputSurface() input
    * surface}.
    *
-   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    *
    * @param framePresentationTimeUs The frame's presentation time, in microseconds.
    * @param isLastFrame Whether this is the last frame of the video stream.
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ public interface VideoSink {
   /**
    * Provides an input {@link Bitmap} to the video sink.
    *
-   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    *
    * @param inputBitmap The {@link Bitmap} queued to the video sink.
    * @param timestampIterator The times within the current stream that the bitmap should be shown
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ public interface VideoSink {
   /**
    * Incrementally renders processed video frames.
    *
-   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * <p>Must be called after the sink is {@linkplain #initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    *
    * @param positionUs The current playback position, in microseconds.
    * @param elapsedRealtimeUs {@link android.os.SystemClock#elapsedRealtime()} in microseconds,
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSinkProvider.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSinkProvider.java
index fe97e60bfc..e4bcab3acb 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSinkProvider.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoSinkProvider.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface VideoSinkProvider {
    * during rendering.
    *
    * <p>Must be called before the first {@linkplain #getSink() sink} is {@linkplain
-   * VideoSink#initialize(Format) initialized}.
+   * VideoSink#initialize(Format, Clock) initialized}.
    */
   void setVideoFrameReleaseControl(VideoFrameReleaseControl videoFrameReleaseControl);
 
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ public interface VideoSinkProvider {
    */
   @Nullable VideoFrameReleaseControl getVideoFrameReleaseControl();
 
-  /**
-   * Sets the {@link Clock} that the provider should use internally.
-   *
-   * <p>Must be called before the first {@linkplain #getSink() sink} is {@linkplain
-   * VideoSink#initialize(Format) initialized}.
-   */
-  void setClock(Clock clock);
-
   /** Sets video effects on this provider to apply immediately. */
   void setVideoEffects(List<Effect> videoEffects);
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
index 33e2b7ed21..09d7a66a9c 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.PreviewingVideoGraph;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoFrameProcessor;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoGraph;
+import androidx.media3.common.util.Clock;
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -60,16 +61,20 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest {
 
     assertThrows(
         IllegalStateException.class,
-        () -> sink.initialize(new Format.Builder().setWidth(640).setHeight(480).build()));
+        () ->
+            sink.initialize(
+                new Format.Builder().setWidth(640).setHeight(480).build(), Clock.DEFAULT));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void initializeSink_calledTwice_throws() throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException {
     CompositingVideoSinkProvider provider = createCompositingVideoSinkProvider();
     VideoSink sink = provider.getSink();
-    sink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build());
+    sink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build(), Clock.DEFAULT);
 
-    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> sink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build()));
+    assertThrows(
+        IllegalStateException.class,
+        () -> sink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build(), Clock.DEFAULT));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest {
       throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException {
     CompositingVideoSinkProvider provider = createCompositingVideoSinkProvider();
     VideoSink videoSink = provider.getSink();
-    videoSink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build());
+    videoSink.initialize(new Format.Builder().build(), Clock.DEFAULT);
     videoSink.registerInputStream(
         VideoSink.INPUT_TYPE_SURFACE, new Format.Builder().setWidth(640).setHeight(480).build());