diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 03143bcb..f5c9c033 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ opencv-python-headless~=4.7
 packaging~=24.0
 plotly~=5.14
 pandas~=2.0
-ffmpeg-python~=0.2
 pillow>=9.5,~=10.0
 tqdm~=4.66
 requests==2.*
 aiofiles==23.*
 fire==0.4.0
 mixpanel==4.8.3
-superannotate-schemas==1.0.49
+superannotate-schemas==1.0.49
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diff --git a/src/superannotate/lib/core/plugin.py b/src/superannotate/lib/core/plugin.py
index 662e7841..365a3080 100644
--- a/src/superannotate/lib/core/plugin.py
+++ b/src/superannotate/lib/core/plugin.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 import cv2
-import ffmpeg
 from lib.core.exceptions import ImageProcessingException
 from PIL import Image
 from PIL import ImageDraw
@@ -197,6 +196,7 @@ def get_video_rotate_code(video_path, log):
             270: cv2.ROTATE_90_COUNTERCLOCKWISE,
         }
         try:
+            import ffmpeg
             meta_dict = ffmpeg.probe(str(video_path))
             rot = int(meta_dict["streams"][0]["tags"]["rotate"])
             if rot:
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ def get_video_rotate_code(video_path, log):
                         rot,
                     )
                 return cv2_rotations[rot]
+        except ImportError:
+            raise Exception("Install ffmpeg-python~=0.2 to use this function.")
         except Exception as e:
             warning_str = ""
             if "ffprobe" in str(e):