diff --git a/src/lerobot/cameras/opencv/camera_opencv.py b/src/lerobot/cameras/opencv/camera_opencv.py
index fd99922a..1d7a1645 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/cameras/opencv/camera_opencv.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/cameras/opencv/camera_opencv.py
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ Provides the OpenCVCamera class for capturing frames from cameras using OpenCV.
 
 import logging
 import math
+import os
 import platform
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Event, Lock, Thread
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
+# Fix MSMF hardware transform compatibility for Windows before importing cv2
+if platform.system() == "Windows" and "OPENCV_VIDEOIO_MSMF_ENABLE_HW_TRANSFORMS" not in os.environ:
+    os.environ["OPENCV_VIDEOIO_MSMF_ENABLE_HW_TRANSFORMS"] = "0"
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 
diff --git a/src/lerobot/cameras/utils.py b/src/lerobot/cameras/utils.py
index f8bbd6e7..1eb69840 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/cameras/utils.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/cameras/utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def get_cv2_backend() -> int:
     import cv2
 
     if platform.system() == "Windows":
-        return cv2.CAP_AVFOUNDATION
-    else:
+        return cv2.CAP_MSMF  # Use MSMF for Windows instead of AVFOUNDATION
+    # elif platform.system() == "Darwin":  # macOS
+    #     return cv2.CAP_AVFOUNDATION
+    else:  # Linux and others
         return cv2.CAP_ANY