diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index effbb08ba..4483940d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,14 +98,18 @@ conda create -y -n lerobot python=3.10
 conda activate lerobot
 ```
 
-Install 🤗 LeRobot:
+When using `miniconda`, if you don't have `ffmpeg` in your environment:
 ```bash
-pip install -e .
+conda install ffmpeg
 ```
 
-> **NOTE:** Depending on your platform, If you encounter any build errors during this step
-you may need to install `cmake` and `build-essential` for building some of our dependencies.
-On linux: `sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential`
+Install 🤗 LeRobot:
+```bash
+pip install --no-binary=av -e .
+```
+
+> **NOTE:** If you encounter build errors, you may need to install additional dependencies (`cmake`, `build-essential`, and `ffmpeg libs`). On Linux, run:
+`sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential python-dev pkg-config libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libavfilter-dev pkg-config`. For other systems, see: [Compiling PyAV](https://pyav.org/docs/develop/overview/installation.html#bring-your-own-ffmpeg)
 
 For simulations, 🤗 LeRobot comes with gymnasium environments that can be installed as extras:
 - [aloha](https://github.com/huggingface/gym-aloha)
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ For simulations, 🤗 LeRobot comes with gymnasium environments that can be inst
 
 For instance, to install 🤗 LeRobot with aloha and pusht, use:
 ```bash
-pip install -e ".[aloha, pusht]"
+pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[aloha, pusht]"
 ```
 
 To use [Weights and Biases](https://docs.wandb.ai/quickstart) for experiment tracking, log in with
diff --git a/examples/2_evaluate_pretrained_policy.py b/examples/2_evaluate_pretrained_policy.py
index edbbad389..24b5ea2c8 100644
--- a/examples/2_evaluate_pretrained_policy.py
+++ b/examples/2_evaluate_pretrained_policy.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ training outputs directory. In the latter case, you might want to run examples/3
 
 It requires the installation of the 'gym_pusht' simulation environment. Install it by running:
 ```bash
-pip install -e ".[pusht]"`
+pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[pusht]"`
 ```
 """
 
diff --git a/examples/7_get_started_with_real_robot.md b/examples/7_get_started_with_real_robot.md
index 7622028f7..5973e5c50 100644
--- a/examples/7_get_started_with_real_robot.md
+++ b/examples/7_get_started_with_real_robot.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ First, install the additional dependencies required for robots built with dynami
 
 Using `pip`:
 ```bash
-pip install -e ".[dynamixel]"
+pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[dynamixel]"
 ```
 
 Using `poetry`:
diff --git a/lerobot/common/datasets/video_utils.py b/lerobot/common/datasets/video_utils.py
index 4f6968617..c38d570dd 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/datasets/video_utils.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/datasets/video_utils.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ def encode_video_frames(
 ) -> None:
     """More info on ffmpeg arguments tuning on `benchmark/video/README.md`"""
     video_path = Path(video_path)
+    imgs_dir = Path(imgs_dir)
     video_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     ffmpeg_args = OrderedDict(
diff --git a/lerobot/common/policies/pi0/modeling_pi0.py b/lerobot/common/policies/pi0/modeling_pi0.py
index aeb63398a..1e690c7bd 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/policies/pi0/modeling_pi0.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/policies/pi0/modeling_pi0.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Designed by Physical Intelligence. Ported from Jax by Hugging Face.
 
 Install pi0 extra dependencies:
 ```bash
-pip install -e ".[pi0]"
+pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[pi0]"
 ```
 
 Example of finetuning the pi0 pretrained model (`pi0_base` in `openpi`):
diff --git a/lerobot/common/robots/lekiwi/README.md b/lerobot/common/robots/lekiwi/README.md
index 798b7bd36..215419e19 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/robots/lekiwi/README.md
+++ b/lerobot/common/robots/lekiwi/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 #### 5. Install LeRobot with dependencies for the feetech motors:
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[feetech]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[feetech]"
 ```
 
 ## C. Install LeRobot on laptop
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 #### 5. Install LeRobot with dependencies for the feetech motors:
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[feetech]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[feetech]"
 ```
 
 Great :hugs:! You are now done installing LeRobot and we can begin assembling the SO100 arms and Mobile base :robot:.
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ python lerobot/scripts/control_robot.py \
 ```
 
 # F. Teleoperate
+
+> [!TIP]
+> If you're using a Mac, you might need to give Terminal permission to access your keyboard. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Input Monitoring and check the box for Terminal.
+
 To teleoperate SSH into your Raspberry Pi, and run `conda activate lerobot` and this script:
 ```bash
 python lerobot/scripts/control_robot.py \
diff --git a/lerobot/common/robots/moss/README.md b/lerobot/common/robots/moss/README.md
index 62febd03a..598d15c5d 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/robots/moss/README.md
+++ b/lerobot/common/robots/moss/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 5. Install LeRobot with dependencies for the feetech motors:
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[feetech]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[feetech]"
 ```
 
 ## Configure the motors
diff --git a/lerobot/common/robots/so100/README.md b/lerobot/common/robots/so100/README.md
index 770ffa2ee..ca60c0dff 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/robots/so100/README.md
+++ b/lerobot/common/robots/so100/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 #### 5. Install LeRobot with dependencies for the feetech motors:
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[feetech]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[feetech]"
 ```
 
 Great :hugs:! You are now done installing LeRobot and we can begin assembling the SO100 arms :robot:.
diff --git a/lerobot/common/robots/stretch3/README.md b/lerobot/common/robots/stretch3/README.md
index 02f1ddc1a..d02e7ef39 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/robots/stretch3/README.md
+++ b/lerobot/common/robots/stretch3/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 6. Install LeRobot with stretch dependencies:
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[stretch]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[stretch]"
 ```
 
 > **Note:** If you get this message, you can ignore it: `ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installed.`
diff --git a/lerobot/common/robots/viperx/README.md b/lerobot/common/robots/viperx/README.md
index dad8e1c9f..1f7aee3c8 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/robots/viperx/README.md
+++ b/lerobot/common/robots/viperx/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot.git ~/lerobot
 
 5. Install LeRobot with dependencies for the Aloha motors (dynamixel) and cameras (intelrealsense):
 ```bash
-cd ~/lerobot && pip install -e ".[dynamixel, intelrealsense]"
+cd ~/lerobot && pip install --no-binary=av -e ".[dynamixel, intelrealsense]"
 ```
 
 ## Teleoperate
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41c51cb8b..32cb67db2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rerun-sdk>=0.21.0",
     "termcolor>=2.4.0",
     "torch>=2.2.1",
-    "torchcodec>=0.2.1; sys_platform != 'win32' and (sys_platform != 'linux' or (platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64' and platform_machine != 'armv7l'))",
+    "torchcodec>=0.2.1; sys_platform != 'win32' and (sys_platform != 'linux' or (platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64' and platform_machine != 'armv7l')) and (sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64')",
     "torchvision>=0.21.0",
     "wandb>=0.16.3",
     "zarr>=2.17.0",