diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ca7f05ee..50718fcf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ COPY benchmark benchmark
 COPY router router
 COPY backends backends
 COPY launcher launcher
-RUN cargo build --profile release-opt --frozen
+RUN cargo build --profile release-opt --frozen --features video
 
 # Python builder
 # Adapted from: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/Dockerfile
diff --git a/Dockerfile_amd b/Dockerfile_amd
index 5b7f6931..dc748f49 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_amd
+++ b/Dockerfile_amd
@@ -18,18 +18,7 @@ RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
 FROM chef AS builder
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    python3.11-dev \
-    ffmpeg \
-    libavcodec-dev \
-    libavfilter-dev \
-    libavdevice-dev \
-    libavformat-dev \
-    libavutil-dev \
-    libswscale-dev \
-    pkg-config \
-    libclang-dev \
-    clang
-
+    python3.11-dev
 RUN PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip && \
     curl -OL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/$PROTOC_ZIP && \
     unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local bin/protoc && \
@@ -330,10 +319,6 @@ COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-router /usr/loca
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-launcher /usr/local/bin/text-generation-launcher
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/conda/lib/"
 
-# Copy the ffmpeg libraries
-COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy/
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy"
-
 # AWS Sagemaker compatible image
 FROM base AS sagemaker
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile_intel b/Dockerfile_intel
index 4426e8eb..720d7bee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_intel
+++ b/Dockerfile_intel
@@ -19,18 +19,7 @@ RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
 FROM chef AS builder
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    python3.11-dev \
-    ffmpeg \
-    libavcodec-dev \
-    libavfilter-dev \
-    libavdevice-dev \
-    libavformat-dev \
-    libavutil-dev \
-    libswscale-dev \
-    pkg-config \
-    libclang-dev \
-    clang
-
+    python3.11-dev
 RUN PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip && \
     curl -OL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/$PROTOC_ZIP && \
     unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local bin/protoc && \
@@ -232,10 +221,6 @@ COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-router /usr/loca
 # Install launcher
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-launcher /usr/local/bin/text-generation-launcher
 
-# Copy the ffmpeg libraries
-COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy/
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy"
-
 FROM ${PLATFORM} AS final
 ENV ATTENTION=paged
 ENV PREFIX_CACHING=0
diff --git a/Dockerfile_trtllm b/Dockerfile_trtllm
index 4b2cccc7..b4523ea5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_trtllm
+++ b/Dockerfile_trtllm
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     libssl-dev \
     libucx-dev \
     ninja-build \
-    ffmpeg \
-    libavcodec-dev \
-    libavfilter-dev \
-    libavdevice-dev \
-    libavformat-dev \
-    libavutil-dev \
-    libswscale-dev \
     pkg-config \
     pipx \
     python3 \
@@ -110,9 +103,6 @@ COPY --from=mpi-builder /usr/local/mpi /usr/local/mpi
 COPY --from=trt-builder /usr/local/tensorrt /usr/local/tensorrt
 COPY --from=tgi-builder /usr/local/tgi /usr/local/tgi
 COPY --from=tgi-builder /usr/src/text-generation-inference/target/release/text-generation-backends-trtllm /usr/local/tgi/bin/text-generation-launcher
-# Copy the ffmpeg libraries
-COPY --from=cuda-builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy/
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy"
 
 FROM runtime
 
diff --git a/router/Cargo.toml b/router/Cargo.toml
index c98db86f..36adf79c 100644
--- a/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ default = ["ngrok"]
 ngrok = ["dep:ngrok"]
 google = []
 kserve = []
+video = []
diff --git a/router/src/validation.rs b/router/src/validation.rs
index 9fa8262d..a3775b17 100644
--- a/router/src/validation.rs
+++ b/router/src/validation.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tracing::{instrument, Span};
 use {once_cell::sync::Lazy, regex::Regex};
 // video processing
-use ffmpeg_next::format::Pixel;
-use ffmpeg_next::media::Type;
-use ffmpeg_next::software::scaling::{context::Context, flag::Flags};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
+use ffmpeg_next::{
+    format::Pixel,
+    media::Type,
+    software::scaling::{context::Context, flag::Flags},
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
 use std::io::Write;
 
 static DEFAULT_GENERATION_LENGTH: u32 = 1024;
@@ -541,6 +546,16 @@ fn format_to_mimetype(format: ImageFormat) -> String {
     .to_string()
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "video"))]
+pub fn fetch_video(
+    _input: &str,
+    _target_width: u32,
+    _target_height: u32,
+) -> Result<ProcessedVideo, ValidationError> {
+    Err(ValidationError::VideoNotSupported)
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
 pub fn fetch_video(
     input: &str,
     target_width: u32,
@@ -1091,6 +1106,8 @@ pub enum ValidationError {
     IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
     #[error("ffmpeg error")]
     FFmpegError,
+    #[error("video not supported")]
+    VideoNotSupported,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]