diff --git a/scripts/bench_episode_byte_cache.py b/scripts/bench_episode_byte_cache.py
index 45b07e478..9c89e72fc 100644
--- a/scripts/bench_episode_byte_cache.py
+++ b/scripts/bench_episode_byte_cache.py
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ import pyarrow.parquet as pq
 
 from lerobot.datasets.dataset_metadata import LeRobotDatasetMetadata
 from lerobot.datasets.video_utils import VideoDecoderCache, decode_video_frames_torchcodec
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import (
-    EpisodeByteCache,
-    EpisodeVideoManifest,
-    ExactCoveragePool,
-)
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_dataset.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_dataset.py
index 5250e34be..cd47eecf5 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_dataset.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_dataset.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ import numpy as np
 import torch
 
 from lerobot.configs import DEFAULT_DEPTH_UNIT, DEPTH_METER_UNIT, DepthEncoderConfig
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import EpisodeByteCache, EpisodeVideoManifest, ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 from lerobot.utils.constants import HF_LEROBOT_HOME
 
 from .dataset_metadata import CODEBASE_VERSION, LeRobotDatasetMetadata
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_sidecar.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_sidecar.py
index d597da374..9a234fc3e 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_sidecar.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/streaming_sidecar.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import fsspec
 
 from lerobot.datasets.dataset_metadata import LeRobotDatasetMetadata
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import EpisodeVideoManifest
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import SidecarSpec, ensure_mp4_sidecar, sidecar_cache_path
 from lerobot.utils.constants import HF_LEROBOT_HOME
 
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_cache.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c54edbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import threading
+import time
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
+from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import Mp4SampleSlice, synthesize_mp4
+from lerobot.streaming.range_fetch import make_range_fetcher
+
+
+class EpisodeByteCache:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        manifest: EpisodeVideoManifest,
+        data_root: str | Path,
+        *,
+        byte_budget: int = 80 * 1024**3,
+        workers: int = 8,
+        range_backend: str = "fsspec",
+        native_http_connections: int | None = None,
+        native_http_timeout: float = 60.0,
+        native_http_retries: int = 4,
+        native_http_subranges: int = 1,
+        open_decoders: bool = True,
+        max_open_decoders: int = 64,
+    ):
+        if byte_budget <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("byte_budget must be positive")
+        if max_open_decoders <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("max_open_decoders must be positive")
+        self.manifest = manifest
+        self.fetcher = make_range_fetcher(
+            data_root,
+            range_backend=range_backend,
+            workers=workers,
+            native_http_connections=native_http_connections,
+            native_http_timeout=native_http_timeout,
+            native_http_retries=native_http_retries,
+            native_http_subranges=native_http_subranges,
+        )
+        self.byte_budget = byte_budget
+        self.open_decoders = open_decoders
+        self.max_open_decoders = max_open_decoders
+        self._pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers)
+        self._cache: OrderedDict[tuple[int, str], dict[str, Any]] = OrderedDict()
+        self._decoders: OrderedDict[tuple[int, str], Any] = OrderedDict()
+        self._futures: dict[tuple[int, str], Future[dict[str, Any]]] = {}
+        self._retained_episodes: dict[int, int] = {}
+        self._bytes = 0
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._timing_totals = {
+            "lookup_s": 0.0,
+            "fetch_s": 0.0,
+            "synthesize_s": 0.0,
+            "store_s": 0.0,
+            "jobs": 0.0,
+        }
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self._pool.shutdown(wait=True, cancel_futures=True)
+        with self._lock:
+            self._cache.clear()
+            self._decoders.clear()
+            self._futures.clear()
+            self._retained_episodes.clear()
+            self._bytes = 0
+        self.fetcher.close()
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> EpisodeByteCache:
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *_exc) -> None:
+        self.close()
+
+    def submit_prefetch(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
+        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
+            self._submit(episode_index, camera_key)
+
+    def retain_episode(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            self._retained_episodes[episode_index] = self._retained_episodes.get(episode_index, 0) + 1
+
+    def release_episode(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            count = self._retained_episodes.get(episode_index, 0)
+            if count <= 1:
+                self._retained_episodes.pop(episode_index, None)
+            else:
+                self._retained_episodes[episode_index] = count - 1
+            self._evict_locked()
+
+    @property
+    def resident_bytes(self) -> int:
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._bytes
+
+    @property
+    def open_decoder_count(self) -> int:
+        with self._lock:
+            return len(self._decoders)
+
+    def ensure_ready(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
+        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
+            self.get_bytes(episode_index, camera_key)
+            if self.open_decoders:
+                self.get_decoder(episode_index, camera_key)
+
+    def is_ready(self, episode_index: int) -> bool:
+        """Non-blocking: True when every camera of the episode is fetched (cached or future done).
+
+        Lets a consumer swap in replacements only when they are already resident, instead of
+        blocking the training hot path on a remote fetch (head-of-line stall).
+        """
+        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
+            key = (episode_index, camera_key)
+            with self._lock:
+                if key in self._cache:
+                    continue
+                future = self._futures.get(key)
+            if future is None or not future.done():
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def get_bytes(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> bytes:
+        return self._get_entry(episode_index, camera_key)["bytes"]
+
+    def get_decoder(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Any:
+        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
+        entry = self._get_entry(episode_index, camera_key)
+        with self._lock:
+            decoder = self._decoders.get(key)
+            if decoder is not None:
+                self._decoders.move_to_end(key)
+                return decoder
+
+        decoder = open_video_decoder(io.BytesIO(entry["bytes"]))
+        with self._lock:
+            existing = self._decoders.get(key)
+            if existing is not None:
+                self._decoders.move_to_end(key)
+                return existing
+            self._decoders[key] = decoder
+            while len(self._decoders) > self.max_open_decoders:
+                self._decoders.popitem(last=False)
+        return decoder
+
+    def get_frames(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str, timestamps: list[float]):
+        span = self.manifest.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
+        local_ts = [ts - span.source_start_pts for ts in timestamps]
+        decoder = self.get_decoder(episode_index, camera_key)
+        metadata = decoder.metadata
+        fps = getattr(metadata, "average_fps", None)
+        if fps is None:
+            duration = max(getattr(metadata, "end_stream_seconds", 0.0), 1e-9)
+            fps = metadata.num_frames / duration
+        return decoder.get_frames_at(indices=[round(ts * fps) for ts in local_ts]).data
+
+    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
+        with self._lock:
+            summary = dict(self._timing_totals)
+        fetcher_summary = getattr(self.fetcher, "timing_summary", None)
+        if fetcher_summary is not None:
+            summary.update(fetcher_summary())
+        return summary
+
+    def _submit(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Future[dict[str, Any]]:
+        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
+        with self._lock:
+            if key in self._cache:
+                future: Future[dict[str, Any]] = Future()
+                future.set_result(self._cache[key])
+                return future
+            future = self._futures.get(key)
+            if future is None:
+                future = self._pool.submit(self._fetch_and_synthesize, episode_index, camera_key)
+                self._futures[key] = future
+            return future
+
+    def _get_entry(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
+        with self._lock:
+            entry = self._cache.get(key)
+            if entry is not None:
+                self._cache.move_to_end(key)
+                return entry
+        future = self._submit(episode_index, camera_key)
+        entry = future.result()
+        store_start = time.perf_counter()
+        with self._lock:
+            self._futures.pop(key, None)
+            existing = self._cache.get(key)
+            if existing is not None:
+                self._cache.move_to_end(key)
+                return existing
+            self._cache[key] = entry
+            self._bytes += len(entry["bytes"])
+            try:
+                self._evict_locked()
+            except MemoryError:
+                failed_entry = self._cache.pop(key, None)
+                if failed_entry is not None:
+                    self._bytes -= len(failed_entry["bytes"])
+                raise
+            timings = entry.pop("_timings", None)
+            if timings is not None:
+                self._timing_totals["lookup_s"] += timings["lookup_s"]
+                self._timing_totals["fetch_s"] += timings["fetch_s"]
+                self._timing_totals["synthesize_s"] += timings["synthesize_s"]
+                self._timing_totals["store_s"] += time.perf_counter() - store_start
+                self._timing_totals["jobs"] += 1
+            return entry
+
+    def _evict_locked(self) -> None:
+        while self._bytes > self.byte_budget:
+            key = next(
+                (candidate for candidate in self._cache if candidate[0] not in self._retained_episodes),
+                None,
+            )
+            if key is None:
+                raise MemoryError(
+                    f"Retained episode bytes exceed byte budget ({self._bytes} > {self.byte_budget})"
+                )
+            entry = self._cache.pop(key)
+            self._bytes -= len(entry["bytes"])
+            self._decoders.pop(key, None)
+
+    def _fetch_and_synthesize(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        lookup_start = time.perf_counter()
+        span = self.manifest.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
+        file_record = self.manifest.file_lookup(span.file_id)
+        sample_slice = Mp4SampleSlice(
+            sample_lo=span.sample_lo,
+            sample_hi=span.sample_hi,
+            byte_offset=span.mdat_offset,
+            byte_length=span.mdat_length,
+            source_start_pts=span.source_start_pts,
+        )
+        lookup_s = time.perf_counter() - lookup_start
+        fetch_start = time.perf_counter()
+        payload = self.fetcher.read_range(file_record.file_path, span.mdat_offset, span.mdat_length)
+        fetch_s = time.perf_counter() - fetch_start
+        if len(payload) != span.mdat_length:
+            raise OSError(
+                f"Short read for {file_record.file_path}: expected {span.mdat_length}, got {len(payload)}"
+            )
+        synthesize_start = time.perf_counter()
+        mp4_bytes = synthesize_mp4(file_record.mp4, sample_slice, payload)
+        synthesize_s = time.perf_counter() - synthesize_start
+        entry: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "bytes": mp4_bytes,
+            "_timings": {
+                "lookup_s": lookup_s,
+                "fetch_s": fetch_s,
+                "synthesize_s": synthesize_s,
+            },
+        }
+        return entry
+
+
+def open_video_decoder(file_like_or_bytesio, frame_mappings=None):
+    if frame_mappings is not None:
+        raise ValueError("Synthesized episode videos use a local timeline; pass frame_mappings=None.")
+    from torchcodec.decoders import VideoDecoder
+
+    return VideoDecoder(file_like_or_bytesio, seek_mode="approximate")
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_pool.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58ad3904c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class ExactCoveragePool:
+    """Deterministic, exactly-once frame coverage over a byte-cache episode pool.
+
+    A with-replacement pool never guarantees a full
+    epoch: frames are drawn randomly and episodes rotate on a fixed cadence. This planner instead
+    enumerates *every frame of every episode exactly once per epoch* while keeping at most
+    ``pool_size`` episodes resident, so batch mixing stays high but coverage is complete and
+    reproducible.
+
+    Mechanics (this is the "evict only when all frames sampled" model):
+      - Episodes are admitted in a seeded global permutation until either ``pool_size`` or the
+        optional indexed-byte budget is reached.
+      - Each resident episode carries a seeded shuffle of its own frame indices.
+      - Each draw picks a resident episode with probability proportional to its *remaining* frames
+        (i.e. a uniform draw over all remaining frames in the pool, the map-style ideal) and pops
+        one frame.
+      - An episode is evicted only when its last frame is emitted; a new episode is then admitted.
+      - The epoch ends when the admission order is exhausted and every resident episode is drained.
+
+    Newly admitted episodes are surfaced via :attr:`newly_admitted` (drain it to drive prefetch)
+    and evictions via :attr:`evicted` (drain to release cache bytes). The planner does no I/O and
+    is fully unit-testable. It yields ``(episode_index, frame_index)``; map to a decode timestamp
+    with ``frame_index / max(frame_count - 1, 1)``.
+
+    Determinism: the order is a pure function of ``(seed, epoch)``, the episode frame counts, and
+    optional byte sizes/budget. Resume is a deterministic fast-forward: re-instantiate with the
+    same inputs and skip ``n`` samples (tabular only, no decode).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        episode_frame_counts: Sequence[tuple[int, int]],
+        pool_size: int,
+        *,
+        seed: int,
+        epoch: int = 0,
+        episode_byte_sizes: Mapping[int, int] | None = None,
+        byte_budget: int | None = None,
+    ):
+        self._counts = {int(ep): int(n) for ep, n in episode_frame_counts if int(n) > 0}
+        self._rng = np.random.default_rng([seed, epoch])
+        order = np.array(sorted(self._counts), dtype=np.int64)
+        self._rng.shuffle(order)
+        self.pool_size = max(1, pool_size)
+        self._byte_budget = byte_budget
+        if byte_budget is not None and byte_budget <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("byte_budget must be positive")
+        if byte_budget is not None and episode_byte_sizes is None:
+            raise ValueError("episode_byte_sizes are required when byte_budget is set")
+        self._byte_sizes = {
+            episode: int(episode_byte_sizes[episode]) if episode_byte_sizes is not None else 0
+            for episode in self._counts
+        }
+        if any(size < 0 for size in self._byte_sizes.values()):
+            raise ValueError("episode byte sizes must be non-negative")
+        if byte_budget is not None:
+            oversized = next(
+                ((episode, size) for episode, size in self._byte_sizes.items() if size > byte_budget),
+                None,
+            )
+            if oversized is not None:
+                episode, size = oversized
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Episode {episode} requires {size} bytes, exceeding the byte budget {byte_budget}"
+                )
+
+        # Preserve the full seeded order for benchmark/tooling compatibility. Byte-aware admission
+        # may temporarily skip an entry, but every episode remains in this deterministic frontier.
+        self.admission_order: list[int] = order.tolist()
+        self._pending: list[int] = list(self.admission_order)
+        self._admitted_count = 0
+        self._remaining: dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, int]] = {}
+        self._remaining_total = 0
+        self._resident_bytes = 0
+        self.newly_admitted: list[int] = []
+        self.evicted: list[int] = []
+        self._admit_available()
+
+    def _admit_available(self) -> None:
+        while len(self._remaining) < self.pool_size and self._pending:
+            available_bytes = None if self._byte_budget is None else self._byte_budget - self._resident_bytes
+            pending_index = next(
+                (
+                    index
+                    for index, episode in enumerate(self._pending)
+                    if available_bytes is None or self._byte_sizes[episode] <= available_bytes
+                ),
+                None,
+            )
+            if pending_index is None:
+                return
+
+            episode = self._pending.pop(pending_index)
+            frame_count = self._counts[episode]
+            frames = np.arange(frame_count, dtype=np.int64)
+            self._rng.shuffle(frames)
+            self._remaining[episode] = (frames, frame_count)
+            self._remaining_total += frame_count
+            self._resident_bytes += self._byte_sizes[episode]
+            self._admitted_count += 1
+            self.newly_admitted.append(episode)
+
+    @property
+    def remaining_total(self) -> int:
+        return self._remaining_total
+
+    @property
+    def admitted_count(self) -> int:
+        """Number of episodes pulled from the admission order so far (pool fills + rotations)."""
+        return self._admitted_count
+
+    @property
+    def resident(self) -> list[int]:
+        return list(self._remaining)
+
+    @property
+    def resident_bytes(self) -> int:
+        return self._resident_bytes
+
+    def prefetch_candidates(self, count: int) -> list[int]:
+        """Return the next deterministic pending frontier without admitting it."""
+        if count <= 0:
+            return []
+        return self._pending[:count]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> ExactCoveragePool:
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self) -> tuple[int, int]:
+        if self._remaining_total == 0:
+            raise StopIteration
+        # Uniform draw over all remaining frames in the pool: walk the residents by cumulative
+        # remaining count. O(pool_size) per draw (~1024) -> negligible next to decode.
+        target = int(self._rng.integers(self._remaining_total))
+        chosen = None
+        for ep, (_frames, remaining) in self._remaining.items():
+            if target < remaining:
+                chosen = ep
+                break
+            target -= remaining
+        frames, remaining = self._remaining[chosen]
+        remaining -= 1
+        frame_index = int(frames[remaining])
+        self._remaining_total -= 1
+        if remaining == 0:
+            del self._remaining[chosen]
+            self.evicted.append(chosen)
+            self._resident_bytes -= self._byte_sizes[chosen]
+            self._admit_available()
+        else:
+            self._remaining[chosen] = (frames, remaining)
+        return chosen, frame_index
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_video.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_video.py
index 029a07227..206bc4592 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_video.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/episode_video.py
@@ -6,1477 +6,31 @@
 #
 #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 
-import contextlib
-import io
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import posixpath
-import threading
-import time
-from collections import OrderedDict
-from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
-from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-from pathlib import Path
-from types import MethodType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-from urllib.parse import quote, urljoin, urlparse
-from uuid import uuid4
+"""Compatibility imports for the split training-time episode streaming stack.
 
-import fsspec
-import httpx
-import numpy as np
-from huggingface_hub import HfApi, HfFileSystem, constants
-from huggingface_hub.utils import get_session, hf_raise_for_status
+New internal code should import from `episode_cache`, `episode_pool`, `manifest`, or
+`range_fetch` directly. This module keeps the original prototype import path working.
+"""
 
-from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import (
-    Mp4Index,
-    Mp4SampleSlice,
-    fetch_mp4_index,
-    synthesize_mp4,
-    synthesized_mp4_size,
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache, open_video_decoder
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest, EpisodeVideoSpan, VideoFileRecord
+from lerobot.streaming.range_fetch import (
+    NativeHTTPRangeFetcher,
+    ThreadLocalRangeFetcher,
+    _log_http_failure as _log_http_failure,
+    make_range_fetcher,
 )
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from lerobot.datasets.dataset_metadata import LeRobotDatasetMetadata
-    from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import SidecarSpec
-
-_HTTP_FAILURE_LOG_LOCK = threading.Lock()
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class EpisodeVideoSpan:
-    file_id: int
-    mdat_offset: int
-    mdat_length: int
-    first_pts: float
-    last_pts: float
-    frame_count: int
-    sample_lo: int
-    sample_hi: int
-    source_start_pts: float
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class VideoFileRecord:
-    file_path: str
-    file_size: int
-    mp4: Mp4Index
-
-
-def _get_header(headers: Any, name: str) -> str | None:
-    if hasattr(headers, "get"):
-        return headers.get(name)
-    lower_name = name.lower()
-    for key, value in headers.items():
-        if key.lower() == lower_name:
-            return value
-    return None
-
-
-def _ensure_request_id(headers: dict[str, str]) -> str:
-    request_id = _get_header(headers, "X-Amzn-Trace-Id") or _get_header(headers, "X-Request-Id")
-    if request_id is None:
-        request_id = str(uuid4())
-        headers["X-Amzn-Trace-Id"] = request_id
-    return request_id
-
-
-def _log_http_failure(
-    *,
-    backend: str,
-    method: str,
-    url: str,
-    headers: dict[str, str],
-    elapsed_s: float,
-    status_code: int | None = None,
-    exception: Exception | None = None,
-    attempt: int | None = None,
-    response_headers: Any | None = None,
-) -> None:
-    log_path = os.environ.get("LEROBOT_HTTP_FAILURE_LOG")
-    if not log_path:
-        return
-    parsed = urlparse(url)
-    record = {
-        "ts": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
-        "backend": backend,
-        "method": method,
-        "host": parsed.netloc,
-        "path": parsed.path,
-        "range": _get_header(headers, "Range") or _get_header(headers, "range"),
-        "request_id": _get_header(headers, "X-Amzn-Trace-Id") or _get_header(headers, "X-Request-Id"),
-        "elapsed_s": round(elapsed_s, 6),
-    }
-    if attempt is not None:
-        record["attempt"] = attempt
-    if status_code is not None:
-        record["status_code"] = status_code
-    if exception is not None:
-        record["exception_type"] = type(exception).__name__
-        record["exception"] = str(exception)
-    if response_headers is not None:
-        record["response_request_id"] = (
-            _get_header(response_headers, "x-request-id")
-            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-amz-cf-id")
-            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-amz-request-id")
-        )
-        record["cache_status"] = (
-            _get_header(response_headers, "x-cache")
-            or _get_header(response_headers, "cf-cache-status")
-            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-hf-cache")
-        )
-        record["content_range"] = _get_header(response_headers, "content-range")
-        record["content_length"] = _get_header(response_headers, "content-length")
-
-    path = Path(log_path).expanduser()
-    with _HTTP_FAILURE_LOG_LOCK:
-        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        with path.open("a") as out:
-            out.write(json.dumps(record, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
-
-
-class ThreadLocalRangeFetcher:
-    """Range reader that gives each worker thread independent file handles."""
-
-    def __init__(self, data_root: str | Path, *, block_size: int = 2**20, cache_type: str = "none"):
-        self.data_root = str(data_root).rstrip("/")
-        self.fs, self._root_path = fsspec.core.url_to_fs(self.data_root)
-        self._is_local = self.fs.protocol in ("file", "local") or (
-            isinstance(self.fs.protocol, tuple) and "file" in self.fs.protocol
-        )
-        self.block_size = block_size
-        self.cache_type = cache_type
-        self._local = threading.local()
-        self._handles_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._all_handles: dict[int, Any] = {}
-        self._timing_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._timing_totals = {
-            "range_jobs": 0.0,
-            "range_bytes": 0.0,
-            "range_open_s": 0.0,
-            "range_seek_s": 0.0,
-            "range_read_s": 0.0,
-        }
-
-    def _url(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
-        if self._is_local:
-            return str(Path(self._root_path) / relative_path)
-        return posixpath.join(self._root_path.rstrip("/"), relative_path.lstrip("/"))
-
-    def _handle(self, relative_path: str):
-        handles = getattr(self._local, "handles", None)
-        if handles is None:
-            handles = {}
-            self._local.handles = handles
-        handle = handles.get(relative_path)
-        if handle is None or getattr(handle, "closed", False):
-            handle = self.fs.open(
-                self._url(relative_path), "rb", block_size=self.block_size, cache_type=self.cache_type
-            )
-            self._instrument_hf_handle(handle)
-            handles[relative_path] = handle
-            with self._handles_lock:
-                self._all_handles[id(handle)] = handle
-        return handle
-
-    def info_size(self, relative_path: str) -> int:
-        return int(self.fs.info(self._url(relative_path))["size"])
-
-    def read_range(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
-        open_start = time.perf_counter()
-        handle = self._handle(relative_path)
-        open_s = time.perf_counter() - open_start
-        seek_start = time.perf_counter()
-        handle.seek(offset)
-        seek_s = time.perf_counter() - seek_start
-        read_start = time.perf_counter()
-        data = handle.read(length)
-        read_s = time.perf_counter() - read_start
-        self._record_timing(
-            range_jobs=1.0,
-            range_bytes=float(len(data)),
-            range_open_s=open_s,
-            range_seek_s=seek_s,
-            range_read_s=read_s,
-        )
-        return data
-
-    def _record_timing(self, **kwargs: float) -> None:
-        with self._timing_lock:
-            for key, value in kwargs.items():
-                self._timing_totals[key] = self._timing_totals.get(key, 0.0) + value
-
-    def _instrument_hf_handle(self, handle: Any) -> None:
-        if getattr(handle, "_lerobot_range_timing", False):
-            return
-        if not hasattr(handle, "_request_with_retry"):
-            return
-
-        def request_with_retry(
-            handle_self,
-            method: str,
-            url: str,
-            *,
-            headers: dict[str, str],
-            follow_redirects: bool | None = None,
-            max_retries: int = 5,
-        ) -> httpx.Response:
-            from huggingface_hub.hf_file_system import _RANGE_RETRY_EXCEPTIONS, _RANGE_RETRY_STATUS_CODES
-
-            method_key = method.lower()
-            sleep_time = 1.0
-            retry_attempts = 0.0
-            retry_sleep_s = 0.0
-            failed_attempt_s = 0.0
-            exception_attempts = 0.0
-            extra_counts: dict[str, float] = {}
-            call_start = time.perf_counter()
-            request_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
-                "headers": headers,
-                "timeout": constants.HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT,
-            }
-            _ensure_request_id(headers)
-            if follow_redirects is not None:
-                request_kwargs["follow_redirects"] = follow_redirects
-
-            for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
-                attempt_start = time.perf_counter()
-                try:
-                    response = get_session().request(method, url, **request_kwargs)
-                except _RANGE_RETRY_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
-                    attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
-                    failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
-                    exception_attempts += 1.0
-                    key = f"range_hffs_{method_key}_exception_{type(exc).__name__}"
-                    extra_counts[key] = extra_counts.get(key, 0.0) + 1.0
-                    _log_http_failure(
-                        backend="hffs",
-                        method=method,
-                        url=url,
-                        headers=headers,
-                        elapsed_s=attempt_s,
-                        exception=exc,
-                        attempt=attempt,
-                    )
-                    if attempt == max_retries:
-                        self._record_hffs_request_timing(
-                            method_key,
-                            time.perf_counter() - call_start,
-                            retry_attempts,
-                            retry_sleep_s,
-                            failed_attempt_s,
-                            exception_attempts,
-                            None,
-                            0,
-                            extra_counts,
-                        )
-                        raise
-                else:
-                    elapsed = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
-                    if response.status_code not in _RANGE_RETRY_STATUS_CODES or attempt == max_retries:
-                        self._record_hffs_request_timing(
-                            method_key,
-                            time.perf_counter() - call_start,
-                            retry_attempts,
-                            retry_sleep_s,
-                            failed_attempt_s,
-                            exception_attempts,
-                            response.status_code,
-                            len(response.content),
-                            extra_counts,
-                        )
-                        return response
-
-                    failed_attempt_s += elapsed
-                    key = f"range_hffs_{method_key}_failed_status_{response.status_code}"
-                    extra_counts[key] = extra_counts.get(key, 0.0) + 1.0
-                    response.close()
-
-                    _log_http_failure(
-                        backend="hffs",
-                        method=method,
-                        url=url,
-                        headers=headers,
-                        elapsed_s=elapsed,
-                        status_code=response.status_code,
-                        attempt=attempt,
-                        response_headers=response.headers,
-                    )
-
-                time.sleep(sleep_time)
-                retry_attempts += 1.0
-                retry_sleep_s += sleep_time
-                sleep_time = min(8.0, sleep_time * 2)
-
-            raise RuntimeError("unreachable")
-
-        handle._request_with_retry = MethodType(request_with_retry, handle)
-        handle._lerobot_range_timing = True
-
-    def _record_hffs_request_timing(
-        self,
-        method_key: str,
-        total_s: float,
-        retry_attempts: float,
-        retry_sleep_s: float,
-        failed_attempt_s: float,
-        exception_attempts: float,
-        status_code: int | None,
-        byte_count: int,
-        extra_counts: dict[str, float],
-    ) -> None:
-        timings = {
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_requests": 1.0,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_s": total_s,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_retries": retry_attempts,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_retry_sleep_s": retry_sleep_s,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_failed_attempt_s": failed_attempt_s,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_exception_attempts": exception_attempts,
-            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_bytes": float(byte_count),
-        }
-        if status_code is not None:
-            timings[f"range_hffs_{method_key}_status_{status_code}"] = 1.0
-        timings.update(extra_counts)
-        self._record_timing(**timings)
-
-    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
-        with self._timing_lock:
-            return dict(self._timing_totals)
-
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        with self._handles_lock:
-            handles = list(self._all_handles.values())
-            self._all_handles.clear()
-        for handle in handles:
-            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-                handle.close()
-        local_handles = getattr(self._local, "handles", None)
-        if local_handles is not None:
-            local_handles.clear()
-
-
-class NativeHTTPRangeFetcher:
-    """Direct pooled HTTP range reader for hf:// paths."""
-
-    _GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
-    _GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
-    _GLOBAL_SIZES: dict[tuple[str, str], int] = {}
-    _GLOBAL_LOCK = threading.Lock()
-
-    _RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS = (
-        httpx.ConnectError,
-        httpx.ConnectTimeout,
-        httpx.ReadError,
-        httpx.ReadTimeout,
-        httpx.RemoteProtocolError,
-        httpx.PoolTimeout,
-    )
-    _RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES = {408, 425, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504}
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        data_root: str | Path,
-        *,
-        max_connections: int = 32,
-        timeout: float = 60.0,
-        max_retries: int = 4,
-        subrange_parts: int = 1,
-        subrange_min_bytes: int = 8 * 1024 * 1024,
-    ):
-        self.data_root = str(data_root).rstrip("/")
-        if not self.data_root.startswith("hf://"):
-            raise ValueError("NativeHTTPRangeFetcher only supports hf:// roots")
-        self.max_retries = max_retries
-        # Sub-range parallelism: split one large GET into `subrange_parts` concurrent GETs.
-        # Under a per-host throughput ceiling this adds no aggregate bandwidth, but divides
-        # per-request latency by ~parts - keep (in-flight jobs x parts) near the ceiling's
-        # connection sweet spot (~64 on the observed HF bucket path) rather than raising both.
-        self.subrange_parts = max(1, subrange_parts)
-        self.subrange_min_bytes = max(1, subrange_min_bytes)
-        self._subrange_pool = (
-            ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_connections, thread_name_prefix="subrange")
-            if self.subrange_parts > 1
-            else None
-        )
-        self.api = HfApi()
-        self.fs: HfFileSystem | None = None
-        self._bucket_id: str | None = None
-        self._bucket_prefix = ""
-        if self.data_root.startswith("hf://buckets/"):
-            bucket_root = self.data_root.removeprefix("hf://buckets/")
-            parts = bucket_root.split("/", 2)
-            if len(parts) < 2:
-                raise ValueError(f"Invalid bucket root: {self.data_root}")
-            self._bucket_id = f"{parts[0]}/{parts[1]}"
-            self._bucket_prefix = parts[2].strip("/") if len(parts) == 3 else ""
-        else:
-            self.fs = HfFileSystem()
-        self.client = httpx.Client(
-            timeout=timeout,
-            limits=httpx.Limits(max_connections=max_connections, max_keepalive_connections=max_connections),
-            follow_redirects=False,
-        )
-        self._resolved_urls: dict[str, str] = {}
-        self._source_urls: dict[str, str] = {}
-        self._sizes: dict[str, int] = {}
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._timing_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._timing_totals = {
-            "range_jobs": 0.0,
-            "range_bytes": 0.0,
-            "range_resolve_s": 0.0,
-            "range_header_s": 0.0,
-            "range_first_byte_s": 0.0,
-            "range_body_s": 0.0,
-            "range_retry_attempts": 0.0,
-            "range_retry_sleep_s": 0.0,
-            "range_failed_requests": 0.0,
-        }
-
-    def _request(self, method: str, url: str, **kwargs) -> httpx.Response:
-        last_exc: Exception | None = None
-        for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
-            try:
-                return self.client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
-            except self._RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
-                last_exc = exc
-                if attempt >= self.max_retries:
-                    break
-                time.sleep(min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0))
-        if last_exc is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("HTTP request failed without an exception")
-        raise last_exc
-
-    def _cache_key(self, relative_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
-        return self.data_root, relative_path
-
-    def _path(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
-        return f"{self.data_root}/{relative_path}"
-
-    def _bucket_path(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
-        if self._bucket_prefix:
-            return f"{self._bucket_prefix}/{relative_path}"
-        return relative_path
-
-    def _headers_for(self, request_url: str, source_url: str) -> dict[str, str]:
-        headers = self.api._build_hf_headers()
-        if urlparse(request_url).netloc != urlparse(source_url).netloc:
-            headers.pop("authorization", None)
-            headers.pop("Authorization", None)
-        return headers
-
-    def _source_url(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
-        with self._lock:
-            source = self._source_urls.get(relative_path)
-            if source is not None:
-                return source
-        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
-        with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-            source = self._GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS.get(key)
-        if source is None:
-            if self._bucket_id is not None:
-                source = (
-                    f"{constants.ENDPOINT}/buckets/{self._bucket_id}/resolve/"
-                    f"{quote(self._bucket_path(relative_path))}"
-                )
-            else:
-                if self.fs is None:
-                    raise RuntimeError("HfFileSystem fallback was not initialized")
-                source = self.fs.url(self._path(relative_path))
-            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-                self._GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS[key] = source
-        with self._lock:
-            self._source_urls[relative_path] = source
-            return source
-
-    def _resolve_url(self, relative_path: str, *, refresh: bool = False) -> str:
-        with self._lock:
-            if not refresh and relative_path in self._resolved_urls:
-                return self._resolved_urls[relative_path]
-        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
-        if not refresh:
-            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-                resolved = self._GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS.get(key)
-                size = self._GLOBAL_SIZES.get(key)
-            if resolved is not None:
-                with self._lock:
-                    self._resolved_urls[relative_path] = resolved
-                    if size is not None:
-                        self._sizes[relative_path] = size
-                return resolved
-
-        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
-        response = self._request("HEAD", source, headers=self.api._build_hf_headers(), follow_redirects=False)
-        try:
-            hf_raise_for_status(response)
-            location = response.headers.get("Location")
-            resolved = urljoin(source, location) if location else source
-            with self._lock:
-                self._resolved_urls[relative_path] = resolved
-                if "Content-Length" in response.headers:
-                    self._sizes[relative_path] = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
-            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-                self._GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS[key] = resolved
-                if "Content-Length" in response.headers:
-                    self._GLOBAL_SIZES[key] = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
-            return resolved
-        finally:
-            response.close()
-
-    def info_size(self, relative_path: str) -> int:
-        with self._lock:
-            size = self._sizes.get(relative_path)
-            if size is not None:
-                return size
-        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
-        with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-            size = self._GLOBAL_SIZES.get(key)
-        if size is not None:
-            with self._lock:
-                self._sizes[relative_path] = size
-            return size
-
-        resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path)
-        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
-        response = self._request(
-            "HEAD", resolved, headers=self._headers_for(resolved, source), follow_redirects=True
-        )
-        try:
-            hf_raise_for_status(response)
-            size = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
-            with self._lock:
-                self._sizes[relative_path] = size
-            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
-                self._GLOBAL_SIZES[key] = size
-            return size
-        finally:
-            response.close()
-
-    def read_range(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
-        parts = self.subrange_parts
-        if self._subrange_pool is None or parts <= 1 or length < 2 * self.subrange_min_bytes:
-            return self._read_range_single(relative_path, offset, length)
-        parts = min(parts, max(1, length // self.subrange_min_bytes))
-        if parts <= 1:
-            return self._read_range_single(relative_path, offset, length)
-        step = (length + parts - 1) // parts
-        spans = [(offset + i * step, min(step, length - i * step)) for i in range(parts)]
-        futures = [
-            self._subrange_pool.submit(self._read_range_single, relative_path, span_off, span_len)
-            for span_off, span_len in spans
-        ]
-        return b"".join(future.result() for future in futures)
-
-    def _read_range_single(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
-        resolve_start = time.perf_counter()
-        resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path)
-        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
-        resolve_s = time.perf_counter() - resolve_start
-        headers = self._headers_for(resolved, source)
-        headers["Range"] = f"bytes={offset}-{offset + length - 1}"
-        payload, status_code, timings = self._read_range_response(resolved, headers)
-        if status_code == 403:
-            refresh_start = time.perf_counter()
-            resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path, refresh=True)
-            resolve_s += time.perf_counter() - refresh_start
-            headers = self._headers_for(resolved, source)
-            headers["Range"] = f"bytes={offset}-{offset + length - 1}"
-            payload, status_code, retry_timings = self._read_range_response(resolved, headers)
-            for key, value in retry_timings.items():
-                timings[key] += value
-        if status_code == 403:
-            raise PermissionError(f"HTTP range request returned 403 after URL refresh: {relative_path}")
-        if status_code != 206:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP range request returned {status_code} after retries: {relative_path}")
-        self._record_timing(
-            range_jobs=1.0,
-            range_bytes=float(len(payload)),
-            range_resolve_s=resolve_s,
-            **{f"range_status_{status_code}": 1.0},
-            **timings,
-        )
-        return payload
-
-    def _read_range_response(self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str]) -> tuple[bytes, int, dict[str, float]]:
-        last_exc: Exception | None = None
-        retry_attempts = 0.0
-        retry_sleep_s = 0.0
-        failed_attempt_s = 0.0
-        exception_attempts = 0.0
-        exception_counts: dict[str, float] = {}
-        _ensure_request_id(headers)
-        for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
-            attempt_start = time.perf_counter()
-            try:
-                payload, status_code, timings = self._read_range_response_once(url, headers)
-                if status_code in self._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES:
-                    attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
-                    failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
-                    exception_attempts += 1.0
-                    status_key = f"range_failed_status_{status_code}"
-                    exception_counts[status_key] = exception_counts.get(status_key, 0.0) + 1.0
-                    _log_http_failure(
-                        backend="native-http",
-                        method="GET",
-                        url=url,
-                        headers=headers,
-                        elapsed_s=attempt_s,
-                        status_code=status_code,
-                        attempt=attempt,
-                    )
-                    if attempt >= self.max_retries:
-                        timings["range_retry_attempts"] = retry_attempts
-                        timings["range_retry_sleep_s"] = retry_sleep_s
-                        timings["range_failed_attempt_s"] = failed_attempt_s
-                        timings["range_exception_attempts"] = exception_attempts
-                        timings.update(exception_counts)
-                        return payload, status_code, timings
-                    retry_attempts += 1.0
-                    sleep_s = min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0)
-                    retry_sleep_s += sleep_s
-                    time.sleep(sleep_s)
-                    continue
-                timings["range_retry_attempts"] = retry_attempts
-                timings["range_retry_sleep_s"] = retry_sleep_s
-                timings["range_failed_attempt_s"] = failed_attempt_s
-                timings["range_exception_attempts"] = exception_attempts
-                timings.update(exception_counts)
-                return payload, status_code, timings
-            except self._RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
-                last_exc = exc
-                attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
-                failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
-                exception_attempts += 1.0
-                exception_key = f"range_exception_{type(exc).__name__}"
-                exception_counts[exception_key] = exception_counts.get(exception_key, 0.0) + 1.0
-                _log_http_failure(
-                    backend="native-http",
-                    method="GET",
-                    url=url,
-                    headers=headers,
-                    elapsed_s=attempt_s,
-                    exception=exc,
-                    attempt=attempt,
-                )
-                if attempt >= self.max_retries:
-                    break
-                retry_attempts += 1.0
-                sleep_s = min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0)
-                retry_sleep_s += sleep_s
-                time.sleep(sleep_s)
-        self._record_timing(
-            range_failed_requests=1.0,
-            range_retry_attempts=retry_attempts,
-            range_retry_sleep_s=retry_sleep_s,
-            range_failed_attempt_s=failed_attempt_s,
-            range_exception_attempts=exception_attempts,
-            **exception_counts,
-        )
-        if last_exc is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("HTTP range request failed without an exception")
-        raise last_exc
-
-    def _read_range_response_once(
-        self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str]
-    ) -> tuple[bytes, int, dict[str, float]]:
-        header_start = time.perf_counter()
-        with self.client.stream("GET", url, headers=headers) as response:
-            header_s = time.perf_counter() - header_start
-            if response.status_code == 403 or response.status_code in self._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES:
-                return (
-                    b"",
-                    response.status_code,
-                    {
-                        "range_header_s": header_s,
-                        "range_first_byte_s": 0.0,
-                        "range_body_s": 0.0,
-                    },
-                )
-            hf_raise_for_status(response)
-            chunks = []
-            first_byte_s = 0.0
-            first_chunk = True
-            chunk_gap_s = 0.0
-            chunk_count = 0.0
-            previous_chunk_at = body_start = time.perf_counter()
-            for chunk in response.iter_bytes():
-                now = time.perf_counter()
-                if first_chunk:
-                    first_byte_s = now - body_start
-                    first_chunk = False
-                chunk_gap_s += now - previous_chunk_at
-                previous_chunk_at = now
-                chunk_count += 1.0
-                chunks.append(chunk)
-            body_s = time.perf_counter() - body_start
-            join_start = time.perf_counter()
-            payload = b"".join(chunks)
-            join_s = time.perf_counter() - join_start
-            return (
-                payload,
-                response.status_code,
-                {
-                    "range_header_s": header_s,
-                    "range_first_byte_s": first_byte_s,
-                    "range_body_s": body_s,
-                    "range_join_s": join_s,
-                    "range_chunks": chunk_count,
-                    "range_chunk_gap_s": chunk_gap_s,
-                },
-            )
-
-    def _record_timing(self, **kwargs: float) -> None:
-        with self._timing_lock:
-            for key, value in kwargs.items():
-                self._timing_totals[key] = self._timing_totals.get(key, 0.0) + value
-
-    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
-        with self._timing_lock:
-            return dict(self._timing_totals)
-
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        if self._subrange_pool is not None:
-            self._subrange_pool.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
-        self.client.close()
-
-
-def make_range_fetcher(
-    data_root: str | Path,
-    *,
-    range_backend: str,
-    workers: int,
-    native_http_connections: int | None = None,
-    native_http_timeout: float = 60.0,
-    native_http_retries: int = 4,
-    native_http_subranges: int = 1,
-):
-    if range_backend == "fsspec":
-        return ThreadLocalRangeFetcher(data_root)
-    if range_backend == "native-http":
-        max_connections = native_http_connections or max(8, workers)
-        return NativeHTTPRangeFetcher(
-            data_root,
-            max_connections=max_connections,
-            timeout=native_http_timeout,
-            max_retries=native_http_retries,
-            subrange_parts=native_http_subranges,
-        )
-    raise ValueError(f"Unknown range backend: {range_backend}")
-
-
-class EpisodeVideoManifest:
-    _FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE: dict[str, tuple[tuple[int, int], dict[str, VideoFileRecord]]] = {}
-    _FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *,
-        video_keys: list[str],
-        files: list[VideoFileRecord],
-        spans: dict[str, np.ndarray],
-    ):
-        self.video_keys = list(video_keys)
-        self._camera_to_id = {key: idx for idx, key in enumerate(self.video_keys)}
-        self.files = files
-        self.spans = spans
-
-    @classmethod
-    def build(
-        cls,
-        meta: LeRobotDatasetMetadata,
-        data_root: str | Path,
-        *,
-        episode_indices: list[int] | range | None = None,
-        range_backend: str = "fsspec",
-        workers: int = 8,
-        header_probe_bytes: int = 4 * 1024 * 1024,
-        max_probe_bytes: int = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
-        keyframe_pad_s: float = 0.1,
-        keyframe_pad_fraction: float = 0.05,
-        sidecar_path: str | Path | None = None,
-    ) -> EpisodeVideoManifest:
-        meta.ensure_readable()
-        video_keys = list(meta.video_keys)
-        if episode_indices is None:
-            episode_indices = range(int(meta.total_episodes))
-        rel_paths = sorted(
-            {str(meta.get_video_file_path(ep_idx, key)) for ep_idx in episode_indices for key in video_keys}
-        )
-        path_to_id = {path: idx for idx, path in enumerate(rel_paths)}
-        if sidecar_path is None:
-            files = cls._build_file_records(
-                rel_paths,
-                data_root,
-                range_backend=range_backend,
-                workers=workers,
-                header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
-                max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
-            )
-        else:
-            records = cls.load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path)
-            missing = [path for path in rel_paths if path not in records]
-            if missing:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Sidecar {sidecar_path} is missing {len(missing)} files, first: {missing[0]}"
-                )
-            files = [records[path] for path in rel_paths]
-
-        total = int(meta.total_episodes)
-        num_cameras = len(video_keys)
-        spans: dict[str, np.ndarray] = {
-            "file_id": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
-            "mdat_offset": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int64),
-            "mdat_length": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int64),
-            "first_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
-            "last_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
-            "frame_count": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
-            "sample_lo": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
-            "sample_hi": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
-            "source_start_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
-        }
-
-        for ep_idx in episode_indices:
-            ep = meta.episodes[ep_idx]
-            for cam_idx, key in enumerate(video_keys):
-                rel_path = str(meta.get_video_file_path(ep_idx, key))
-                file_id = path_to_id[rel_path]
-                mp4 = files[file_id].mp4
-                from_ts = float(ep[f"videos/{key}/from_timestamp"])
-                to_ts = float(ep[f"videos/{key}/to_timestamp"])
-                sample_slice = mp4.sample_slice(
-                    from_ts,
-                    to_ts,
-                    keyframe_pad_s=keyframe_pad_s,
-                    keyframe_pad_fraction=keyframe_pad_fraction,
-                    file_size=files[file_id].file_size,
-                )
-                spans["file_id"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = file_id
-                spans["mdat_offset"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.byte_offset
-                spans["mdat_length"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.byte_length
-                spans["first_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = from_ts
-                spans["last_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = to_ts
-                spans["frame_count"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_hi - sample_slice.sample_lo + 1
-                spans["sample_lo"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_lo
-                spans["sample_hi"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_hi
-                spans["source_start_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.source_start_pts
-
-        return cls(video_keys=video_keys, files=files, spans=spans)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _build_file_records(
-        rel_paths: list[str],
-        data_root: str | Path,
-        *,
-        range_backend: str,
-        workers: int,
-        header_probe_bytes: int,
-        max_probe_bytes: int,
-    ) -> list[VideoFileRecord]:
-        fetcher = make_range_fetcher(data_root, range_backend=range_backend, workers=workers)
-
-        def build_file(path: str) -> VideoFileRecord:
-            file_size = fetcher.info_size(path)
-            mp4 = fetch_mp4_index(
-                path,
-                fetcher.read_range,
-                file_size=file_size,
-                header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
-                max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
-            )
-            return VideoFileRecord(path, file_size, mp4)
-
-        try:
-            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers) as pool:
-                futures = {pool.submit(build_file, path): path for path in rel_paths}
-                records = []
-                progress_interval = max(1, len(futures) // 20)
-                for completed, future in enumerate(as_completed(futures), start=1):
-                    records.append(future.result())
-                    if completed == len(futures) or completed % progress_interval == 0:
-                        logging.info("Indexed %d/%d MP4 files for streaming sidecar", completed, len(futures))
-                return sorted(records, key=lambda record: record.file_path)
-        finally:
-            fetcher.close()
-
-    @classmethod
-    def write_file_sidecar(
-        cls,
-        sidecar_path: str | Path,
-        rel_paths: list[str],
-        data_root: str | Path,
-        *,
-        spec: SidecarSpec,
-        range_backend: str = "native-http",
-        workers: int = 8,
-        header_probe_bytes: int = 4 * 1024 * 1024,
-        max_probe_bytes: int = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
-    ) -> None:
-        records = cls._build_file_records(
-            sorted(set(rel_paths)),
-            data_root,
-            range_backend=range_backend,
-            workers=workers,
-            header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
-            max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
-        )
-        cls.save_file_sidecar(sidecar_path, records, spec=spec)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def save_file_sidecar(
-        sidecar_path: str | Path,
-        records: list[VideoFileRecord],
-        *,
-        spec: SidecarSpec,
-    ) -> None:
-        sidecar_path = Path(sidecar_path)
-        sidecar_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        payload = {
-            "version": 2,
-            "sidecar": spec.with_source_files(
-                tuple((record.file_path, record.file_size) for record in records)
-            ).to_dict(),
-            "files": [
-                {"file_path": record.file_path, "file_size": record.file_size, "mp4": record.mp4.to_dict()}
-                for record in records
-            ],
-        }
-        arrays = {}
-        for file_idx, record in enumerate(records):
-            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_pts"] = record.mp4.sample_pts
-            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_durations"] = record.mp4.sample_durations
-            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_sizes"] = record.mp4.sample_sizes
-            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_offsets"] = record.mp4.sample_offsets
-            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sync_samples"] = record.mp4.sync_samples
-        np.savez_compressed(sidecar_path, manifest_json=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"), **arrays)
-        cache_key = str(sidecar_path.expanduser())
-        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
-            EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE.pop(cache_key, None)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def load_file_sidecar_metadata(sidecar_path: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        with np.load(sidecar_path, allow_pickle=False) as data:
-            payload = json.loads(bytes(data["manifest_json"]).decode("utf-8"))
-        if payload.get("version") != 2 or not isinstance(payload.get("sidecar"), dict):
-            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported MP4 sidecar schema in {sidecar_path}")
-        return payload["sidecar"]
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def validate_file_sidecar(sidecar_path: str | Path, spec: SidecarSpec) -> bool:
-        try:
-            from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import SidecarSpec
-
-            candidate = SidecarSpec.from_dict(EpisodeVideoManifest.load_file_sidecar_metadata(sidecar_path))
-            if not spec.matches(candidate):
-                return False
-            records = EpisodeVideoManifest.load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path)
-        except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-            return False
-
-        expected = dict(candidate.source_files)
-        actual = {path: record.file_size for path, record in records.items()}
-        return actual == expected
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path: str | Path) -> dict[str, VideoFileRecord]:
-        path = Path(sidecar_path).expanduser()
-        cache_key = str(path)
-        stat = path.stat()
-        signature = (stat.st_mtime_ns, stat.st_size)
-        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
-            cached = EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE.get(cache_key)
-        if cached is not None and cached[0] == signature:
-            return cached[1]
-
-        with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as data:
-            payload = json.loads(bytes(data["manifest_json"]).decode("utf-8"))
-            if payload.get("version") != 2:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported MP4 sidecar schema in {path}")
-            records = {}
-            for file_idx, item in enumerate(payload["files"]):
-                arrays = {
-                    name: data[f"{file_idx}/{name}"]
-                    for name in [
-                        "sample_pts",
-                        "sample_durations",
-                        "sample_sizes",
-                        "sample_offsets",
-                        "sync_samples",
-                    ]
-                }
-                mp4 = Mp4Index.from_dict(item["mp4"], arrays)
-                records[item["file_path"]] = VideoFileRecord(item["file_path"], int(item["file_size"]), mp4)
-        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
-            EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE[cache_key] = (signature, records)
-        return records
-
-    def camera_id(self, camera_key: str) -> int:
-        return self._camera_to_id[camera_key]
-
-    def lookup(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> EpisodeVideoSpan:
-        cam = self.camera_id(camera_key)
-        return EpisodeVideoSpan(
-            file_id=int(self.spans["file_id"][episode_index, cam]),
-            mdat_offset=int(self.spans["mdat_offset"][episode_index, cam]),
-            mdat_length=int(self.spans["mdat_length"][episode_index, cam]),
-            first_pts=float(self.spans["first_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
-            last_pts=float(self.spans["last_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
-            frame_count=int(self.spans["frame_count"][episode_index, cam]),
-            sample_lo=int(self.spans["sample_lo"][episode_index, cam]),
-            sample_hi=int(self.spans["sample_hi"][episode_index, cam]),
-            source_start_pts=float(self.spans["source_start_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
-        )
-
-    def file_lookup(self, file_id: int) -> VideoFileRecord:
-        return self.files[file_id]
-
-    def mp4_index(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Mp4Index:
-        return self.files[self.lookup(episode_index, camera_key).file_id].mp4
-
-    def sample_slice(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Mp4SampleSlice:
-        span = self.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
-        return Mp4SampleSlice(
-            sample_lo=span.sample_lo,
-            sample_hi=span.sample_hi,
-            byte_offset=span.mdat_offset,
-            byte_length=span.mdat_length,
-            source_start_pts=span.source_start_pts,
-        )
-
-    def episode_byte_size(self, episode_index: int) -> int:
-        """Exact synthesized video bytes retained while an episode is active."""
-        return sum(
-            synthesized_mp4_size(
-                self.mp4_index(episode_index, camera_key),
-                self.sample_slice(episode_index, camera_key),
-            )
-            for camera_key in self.video_keys
-        )
-
-
-class ExactCoveragePool:
-    """Deterministic, exactly-once frame coverage over a byte-cache episode pool.
-
-    A with-replacement pool never guarantees a full
-    epoch: frames are drawn randomly and episodes rotate on a fixed cadence. This planner instead
-    enumerates *every frame of every episode exactly once per epoch* while keeping at most
-    ``pool_size`` episodes resident, so batch mixing stays high but coverage is complete and
-    reproducible.
-
-    Mechanics (this is the "evict only when all frames sampled" model):
-      - Episodes are admitted in a seeded global permutation until either ``pool_size`` or the
-        optional indexed-byte budget is reached.
-      - Each resident episode carries a seeded shuffle of its own frame indices.
-      - Each draw picks a resident episode with probability proportional to its *remaining* frames
-        (i.e. a uniform draw over all remaining frames in the pool, the map-style ideal) and pops
-        one frame.
-      - An episode is evicted only when its last frame is emitted; a new episode is then admitted.
-      - The epoch ends when the admission order is exhausted and every resident episode is drained.
-
-    Newly admitted episodes are surfaced via :attr:`newly_admitted` (drain it to drive prefetch)
-    and evictions via :attr:`evicted` (drain to release cache bytes). The planner does no I/O and
-    is fully unit-testable. It yields ``(episode_index, frame_index)``; map to a decode timestamp
-    with ``frame_index / max(frame_count - 1, 1)``.
-
-    Determinism: the order is a pure function of ``(seed, epoch)``, the episode frame counts, and
-    optional byte sizes/budget. Resume is a deterministic fast-forward: re-instantiate with the
-    same inputs and skip ``n`` samples (tabular only, no decode).
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        episode_frame_counts: Sequence[tuple[int, int]],
-        pool_size: int,
-        *,
-        seed: int,
-        epoch: int = 0,
-        episode_byte_sizes: Mapping[int, int] | None = None,
-        byte_budget: int | None = None,
-    ):
-        self._counts = {int(ep): int(n) for ep, n in episode_frame_counts if int(n) > 0}
-        self._rng = np.random.default_rng([seed, epoch])
-        order = np.array(sorted(self._counts), dtype=np.int64)
-        self._rng.shuffle(order)
-        self.pool_size = max(1, pool_size)
-        self._byte_budget = byte_budget
-        if byte_budget is not None and byte_budget <= 0:
-            raise ValueError("byte_budget must be positive")
-        if byte_budget is not None and episode_byte_sizes is None:
-            raise ValueError("episode_byte_sizes are required when byte_budget is set")
-        self._byte_sizes = {
-            episode: int(episode_byte_sizes[episode]) if episode_byte_sizes is not None else 0
-            for episode in self._counts
-        }
-        if any(size < 0 for size in self._byte_sizes.values()):
-            raise ValueError("episode byte sizes must be non-negative")
-        if byte_budget is not None:
-            oversized = next(
-                ((episode, size) for episode, size in self._byte_sizes.items() if size > byte_budget),
-                None,
-            )
-            if oversized is not None:
-                episode, size = oversized
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Episode {episode} requires {size} bytes, exceeding the byte budget {byte_budget}"
-                )
-
-        # Preserve the full seeded order for benchmark/tooling compatibility. Byte-aware admission
-        # may temporarily skip an entry, but every episode remains in this deterministic frontier.
-        self.admission_order: list[int] = order.tolist()
-        self._pending: list[int] = list(self.admission_order)
-        self._admitted_count = 0
-        self._remaining: dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, int]] = {}
-        self._remaining_total = 0
-        self._resident_bytes = 0
-        self.newly_admitted: list[int] = []
-        self.evicted: list[int] = []
-        self._admit_available()
-
-    def _admit_available(self) -> None:
-        while len(self._remaining) < self.pool_size and self._pending:
-            available_bytes = None if self._byte_budget is None else self._byte_budget - self._resident_bytes
-            pending_index = next(
-                (
-                    index
-                    for index, episode in enumerate(self._pending)
-                    if available_bytes is None or self._byte_sizes[episode] <= available_bytes
-                ),
-                None,
-            )
-            if pending_index is None:
-                return
-
-            episode = self._pending.pop(pending_index)
-            frame_count = self._counts[episode]
-            frames = np.arange(frame_count, dtype=np.int64)
-            self._rng.shuffle(frames)
-            self._remaining[episode] = (frames, frame_count)
-            self._remaining_total += frame_count
-            self._resident_bytes += self._byte_sizes[episode]
-            self._admitted_count += 1
-            self.newly_admitted.append(episode)
-
-    @property
-    def remaining_total(self) -> int:
-        return self._remaining_total
-
-    @property
-    def admitted_count(self) -> int:
-        """Number of episodes pulled from the admission order so far (pool fills + rotations)."""
-        return self._admitted_count
-
-    @property
-    def resident(self) -> list[int]:
-        return list(self._remaining)
-
-    @property
-    def resident_bytes(self) -> int:
-        return self._resident_bytes
-
-    def prefetch_candidates(self, count: int) -> list[int]:
-        """Return the next deterministic pending frontier without admitting it."""
-        if count <= 0:
-            return []
-        return self._pending[:count]
-
-    def __iter__(self) -> ExactCoveragePool:
-        return self
-
-    def __next__(self) -> tuple[int, int]:
-        if self._remaining_total == 0:
-            raise StopIteration
-        # Uniform draw over all remaining frames in the pool: walk the residents by cumulative
-        # remaining count. O(pool_size) per draw (~1024) -> negligible next to decode.
-        target = int(self._rng.integers(self._remaining_total))
-        chosen = None
-        for ep, (_frames, remaining) in self._remaining.items():
-            if target < remaining:
-                chosen = ep
-                break
-            target -= remaining
-        frames, remaining = self._remaining[chosen]
-        remaining -= 1
-        frame_index = int(frames[remaining])
-        self._remaining_total -= 1
-        if remaining == 0:
-            del self._remaining[chosen]
-            self.evicted.append(chosen)
-            self._resident_bytes -= self._byte_sizes[chosen]
-            self._admit_available()
-        else:
-            self._remaining[chosen] = (frames, remaining)
-        return chosen, frame_index
-
-
-class EpisodeByteCache:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        manifest: EpisodeVideoManifest,
-        data_root: str | Path,
-        *,
-        byte_budget: int = 80 * 1024**3,
-        workers: int = 8,
-        range_backend: str = "fsspec",
-        native_http_connections: int | None = None,
-        native_http_timeout: float = 60.0,
-        native_http_retries: int = 4,
-        native_http_subranges: int = 1,
-        open_decoders: bool = True,
-        max_open_decoders: int = 64,
-    ):
-        if byte_budget <= 0:
-            raise ValueError("byte_budget must be positive")
-        if max_open_decoders <= 0:
-            raise ValueError("max_open_decoders must be positive")
-        self.manifest = manifest
-        self.fetcher = make_range_fetcher(
-            data_root,
-            range_backend=range_backend,
-            workers=workers,
-            native_http_connections=native_http_connections,
-            native_http_timeout=native_http_timeout,
-            native_http_retries=native_http_retries,
-            native_http_subranges=native_http_subranges,
-        )
-        self.byte_budget = byte_budget
-        self.open_decoders = open_decoders
-        self.max_open_decoders = max_open_decoders
-        self._pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers)
-        self._cache: OrderedDict[tuple[int, str], dict[str, Any]] = OrderedDict()
-        self._decoders: OrderedDict[tuple[int, str], Any] = OrderedDict()
-        self._futures: dict[tuple[int, str], Future[dict[str, Any]]] = {}
-        self._retained_episodes: dict[int, int] = {}
-        self._bytes = 0
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._timing_totals = {
-            "lookup_s": 0.0,
-            "fetch_s": 0.0,
-            "synthesize_s": 0.0,
-            "store_s": 0.0,
-            "jobs": 0.0,
-        }
-
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        self._pool.shutdown(wait=True, cancel_futures=True)
-        with self._lock:
-            self._cache.clear()
-            self._decoders.clear()
-            self._futures.clear()
-            self._retained_episodes.clear()
-            self._bytes = 0
-        self.fetcher.close()
-
-    def __enter__(self) -> EpisodeByteCache:
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(self, *_exc) -> None:
-        self.close()
-
-    def submit_prefetch(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
-        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
-            self._submit(episode_index, camera_key)
-
-    def retain_episode(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
-        with self._lock:
-            self._retained_episodes[episode_index] = self._retained_episodes.get(episode_index, 0) + 1
-
-    def release_episode(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
-        with self._lock:
-            count = self._retained_episodes.get(episode_index, 0)
-            if count <= 1:
-                self._retained_episodes.pop(episode_index, None)
-            else:
-                self._retained_episodes[episode_index] = count - 1
-            self._evict_locked()
-
-    @property
-    def resident_bytes(self) -> int:
-        with self._lock:
-            return self._bytes
-
-    @property
-    def open_decoder_count(self) -> int:
-        with self._lock:
-            return len(self._decoders)
-
-    def ensure_ready(self, episode_index: int) -> None:
-        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
-            self.get_bytes(episode_index, camera_key)
-            if self.open_decoders:
-                self.get_decoder(episode_index, camera_key)
-
-    def is_ready(self, episode_index: int) -> bool:
-        """Non-blocking: True when every camera of the episode is fetched (cached or future done).
-
-        Lets a consumer swap in replacements only when they are already resident, instead of
-        blocking the training hot path on a remote fetch (head-of-line stall).
-        """
-        for camera_key in self.manifest.video_keys:
-            key = (episode_index, camera_key)
-            with self._lock:
-                if key in self._cache:
-                    continue
-                future = self._futures.get(key)
-            if future is None or not future.done():
-                return False
-        return True
-
-    def get_bytes(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> bytes:
-        return self._get_entry(episode_index, camera_key)["bytes"]
-
-    def get_decoder(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Any:
-        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
-        entry = self._get_entry(episode_index, camera_key)
-        with self._lock:
-            decoder = self._decoders.get(key)
-            if decoder is not None:
-                self._decoders.move_to_end(key)
-                return decoder
-
-        decoder = open_video_decoder(io.BytesIO(entry["bytes"]))
-        with self._lock:
-            existing = self._decoders.get(key)
-            if existing is not None:
-                self._decoders.move_to_end(key)
-                return existing
-            self._decoders[key] = decoder
-            while len(self._decoders) > self.max_open_decoders:
-                self._decoders.popitem(last=False)
-        return decoder
-
-    def get_frames(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str, timestamps: list[float]):
-        span = self.manifest.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
-        local_ts = [ts - span.source_start_pts for ts in timestamps]
-        decoder = self.get_decoder(episode_index, camera_key)
-        metadata = decoder.metadata
-        fps = getattr(metadata, "average_fps", None)
-        if fps is None:
-            duration = max(getattr(metadata, "end_stream_seconds", 0.0), 1e-9)
-            fps = metadata.num_frames / duration
-        return decoder.get_frames_at(indices=[round(ts * fps) for ts in local_ts]).data
-
-    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
-        with self._lock:
-            summary = dict(self._timing_totals)
-        fetcher_summary = getattr(self.fetcher, "timing_summary", None)
-        if fetcher_summary is not None:
-            summary.update(fetcher_summary())
-        return summary
-
-    def _submit(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Future[dict[str, Any]]:
-        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
-        with self._lock:
-            if key in self._cache:
-                future: Future[dict[str, Any]] = Future()
-                future.set_result(self._cache[key])
-                return future
-            future = self._futures.get(key)
-            if future is None:
-                future = self._pool.submit(self._fetch_and_synthesize, episode_index, camera_key)
-                self._futures[key] = future
-            return future
-
-    def _get_entry(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        key = (episode_index, camera_key)
-        with self._lock:
-            entry = self._cache.get(key)
-            if entry is not None:
-                self._cache.move_to_end(key)
-                return entry
-        future = self._submit(episode_index, camera_key)
-        entry = future.result()
-        store_start = time.perf_counter()
-        with self._lock:
-            self._futures.pop(key, None)
-            existing = self._cache.get(key)
-            if existing is not None:
-                self._cache.move_to_end(key)
-                return existing
-            self._cache[key] = entry
-            self._bytes += len(entry["bytes"])
-            try:
-                self._evict_locked()
-            except MemoryError:
-                failed_entry = self._cache.pop(key, None)
-                if failed_entry is not None:
-                    self._bytes -= len(failed_entry["bytes"])
-                raise
-            timings = entry.pop("_timings", None)
-            if timings is not None:
-                self._timing_totals["lookup_s"] += timings["lookup_s"]
-                self._timing_totals["fetch_s"] += timings["fetch_s"]
-                self._timing_totals["synthesize_s"] += timings["synthesize_s"]
-                self._timing_totals["store_s"] += time.perf_counter() - store_start
-                self._timing_totals["jobs"] += 1
-            return entry
-
-    def _evict_locked(self) -> None:
-        while self._bytes > self.byte_budget:
-            key = next(
-                (candidate for candidate in self._cache if candidate[0] not in self._retained_episodes),
-                None,
-            )
-            if key is None:
-                raise MemoryError(
-                    f"Retained episode bytes exceed byte budget ({self._bytes} > {self.byte_budget})"
-                )
-            entry = self._cache.pop(key)
-            self._bytes -= len(entry["bytes"])
-            self._decoders.pop(key, None)
-
-    def _fetch_and_synthesize(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        lookup_start = time.perf_counter()
-        span = self.manifest.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
-        file_record = self.manifest.file_lookup(span.file_id)
-        sample_slice = Mp4SampleSlice(
-            sample_lo=span.sample_lo,
-            sample_hi=span.sample_hi,
-            byte_offset=span.mdat_offset,
-            byte_length=span.mdat_length,
-            source_start_pts=span.source_start_pts,
-        )
-        lookup_s = time.perf_counter() - lookup_start
-        fetch_start = time.perf_counter()
-        payload = self.fetcher.read_range(file_record.file_path, span.mdat_offset, span.mdat_length)
-        fetch_s = time.perf_counter() - fetch_start
-        if len(payload) != span.mdat_length:
-            raise OSError(
-                f"Short read for {file_record.file_path}: expected {span.mdat_length}, got {len(payload)}"
-            )
-        synthesize_start = time.perf_counter()
-        mp4_bytes = synthesize_mp4(file_record.mp4, sample_slice, payload)
-        synthesize_s = time.perf_counter() - synthesize_start
-        entry: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "bytes": mp4_bytes,
-            "_timings": {
-                "lookup_s": lookup_s,
-                "fetch_s": fetch_s,
-                "synthesize_s": synthesize_s,
-            },
-        }
-        return entry
-
-
-def open_video_decoder(file_like_or_bytesio, frame_mappings=None):
-    if frame_mappings is not None:
-        raise ValueError("Synthesized episode videos use a local timeline; pass frame_mappings=None.")
-    from torchcodec.decoders import VideoDecoder
-
-    return VideoDecoder(file_like_or_bytesio, seek_mode="approximate")
-
-
-@dataclass
-class StageTimer:
-    fetch_ms: float = 0.0
-    decode_ms: float = 0.0
-    bytes_read: int = 0
-    misses: int = 0
-
-    def record_fetch(self, start: float, byte_count: int) -> None:
-        self.fetch_ms += (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
-        self.bytes_read += byte_count
-        self.misses += 1
+__all__ = [
+    "EpisodeByteCache",
+    "EpisodeVideoManifest",
+    "EpisodeVideoSpan",
+    "ExactCoveragePool",
+    "NativeHTTPRangeFetcher",
+    "ThreadLocalRangeFetcher",
+    "VideoFileRecord",
+    "make_range_fetcher",
+    "open_video_decoder",
+]
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/manifest.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/manifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddbfdda08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+import threading
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import (
+    Mp4Index,
+    Mp4SampleSlice,
+    fetch_mp4_index,
+    synthesized_mp4_size,
+)
+from lerobot.streaming.range_fetch import make_range_fetcher
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from lerobot.datasets.dataset_metadata import LeRobotDatasetMetadata
+    from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import SidecarSpec
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class EpisodeVideoSpan:
+    file_id: int
+    mdat_offset: int
+    mdat_length: int
+    first_pts: float
+    last_pts: float
+    frame_count: int
+    sample_lo: int
+    sample_hi: int
+    source_start_pts: float
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class VideoFileRecord:
+    file_path: str
+    file_size: int
+    mp4: Mp4Index
+
+
+class EpisodeVideoManifest:
+    _FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE: dict[str, tuple[tuple[int, int], dict[str, VideoFileRecord]]] = {}
+    _FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        video_keys: list[str],
+        files: list[VideoFileRecord],
+        spans: dict[str, np.ndarray],
+    ):
+        self.video_keys = list(video_keys)
+        self._camera_to_id = {key: idx for idx, key in enumerate(self.video_keys)}
+        self.files = files
+        self.spans = spans
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build(
+        cls,
+        meta: LeRobotDatasetMetadata,
+        data_root: str | Path,
+        *,
+        episode_indices: list[int] | range | None = None,
+        range_backend: str = "fsspec",
+        workers: int = 8,
+        header_probe_bytes: int = 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+        max_probe_bytes: int = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+        keyframe_pad_s: float = 0.1,
+        keyframe_pad_fraction: float = 0.05,
+        sidecar_path: str | Path | None = None,
+    ) -> EpisodeVideoManifest:
+        meta.ensure_readable()
+        video_keys = list(meta.video_keys)
+        if episode_indices is None:
+            episode_indices = range(int(meta.total_episodes))
+        rel_paths = sorted(
+            {str(meta.get_video_file_path(ep_idx, key)) for ep_idx in episode_indices for key in video_keys}
+        )
+        path_to_id = {path: idx for idx, path in enumerate(rel_paths)}
+        if sidecar_path is None:
+            files = cls._build_file_records(
+                rel_paths,
+                data_root,
+                range_backend=range_backend,
+                workers=workers,
+                header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
+                max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
+            )
+        else:
+            records = cls.load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path)
+            missing = [path for path in rel_paths if path not in records]
+            if missing:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Sidecar {sidecar_path} is missing {len(missing)} files, first: {missing[0]}"
+                )
+            files = [records[path] for path in rel_paths]
+
+        total = int(meta.total_episodes)
+        num_cameras = len(video_keys)
+        spans: dict[str, np.ndarray] = {
+            "file_id": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
+            "mdat_offset": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int64),
+            "mdat_length": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int64),
+            "first_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
+            "last_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
+            "frame_count": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
+            "sample_lo": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
+            "sample_hi": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.int32),
+            "source_start_pts": np.zeros((total, num_cameras), dtype=np.float64),
+        }
+
+        for ep_idx in episode_indices:
+            ep = meta.episodes[ep_idx]
+            for cam_idx, key in enumerate(video_keys):
+                rel_path = str(meta.get_video_file_path(ep_idx, key))
+                file_id = path_to_id[rel_path]
+                mp4 = files[file_id].mp4
+                from_ts = float(ep[f"videos/{key}/from_timestamp"])
+                to_ts = float(ep[f"videos/{key}/to_timestamp"])
+                sample_slice = mp4.sample_slice(
+                    from_ts,
+                    to_ts,
+                    keyframe_pad_s=keyframe_pad_s,
+                    keyframe_pad_fraction=keyframe_pad_fraction,
+                    file_size=files[file_id].file_size,
+                )
+                spans["file_id"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = file_id
+                spans["mdat_offset"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.byte_offset
+                spans["mdat_length"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.byte_length
+                spans["first_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = from_ts
+                spans["last_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = to_ts
+                spans["frame_count"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_hi - sample_slice.sample_lo + 1
+                spans["sample_lo"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_lo
+                spans["sample_hi"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.sample_hi
+                spans["source_start_pts"][ep_idx, cam_idx] = sample_slice.source_start_pts
+
+        return cls(video_keys=video_keys, files=files, spans=spans)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _build_file_records(
+        rel_paths: list[str],
+        data_root: str | Path,
+        *,
+        range_backend: str,
+        workers: int,
+        header_probe_bytes: int,
+        max_probe_bytes: int,
+    ) -> list[VideoFileRecord]:
+        fetcher = make_range_fetcher(data_root, range_backend=range_backend, workers=workers)
+
+        def build_file(path: str) -> VideoFileRecord:
+            file_size = fetcher.info_size(path)
+            mp4 = fetch_mp4_index(
+                path,
+                fetcher.read_range,
+                file_size=file_size,
+                header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
+                max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
+            )
+            return VideoFileRecord(path, file_size, mp4)
+
+        try:
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers) as pool:
+                futures = {pool.submit(build_file, path): path for path in rel_paths}
+                records = []
+                progress_interval = max(1, len(futures) // 20)
+                for completed, future in enumerate(as_completed(futures), start=1):
+                    records.append(future.result())
+                    if completed == len(futures) or completed % progress_interval == 0:
+                        logging.info("Indexed %d/%d MP4 files for streaming sidecar", completed, len(futures))
+                return sorted(records, key=lambda record: record.file_path)
+        finally:
+            fetcher.close()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_file_sidecar(
+        cls,
+        sidecar_path: str | Path,
+        rel_paths: list[str],
+        data_root: str | Path,
+        *,
+        spec: SidecarSpec,
+        range_backend: str = "native-http",
+        workers: int = 8,
+        header_probe_bytes: int = 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+        max_probe_bytes: int = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+    ) -> None:
+        records = cls._build_file_records(
+            sorted(set(rel_paths)),
+            data_root,
+            range_backend=range_backend,
+            workers=workers,
+            header_probe_bytes=header_probe_bytes,
+            max_probe_bytes=max_probe_bytes,
+        )
+        cls.save_file_sidecar(sidecar_path, records, spec=spec)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def save_file_sidecar(
+        sidecar_path: str | Path,
+        records: list[VideoFileRecord],
+        *,
+        spec: SidecarSpec,
+    ) -> None:
+        sidecar_path = Path(sidecar_path)
+        sidecar_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        payload = {
+            "version": 2,
+            "sidecar": spec.with_source_files(
+                tuple((record.file_path, record.file_size) for record in records)
+            ).to_dict(),
+            "files": [
+                {"file_path": record.file_path, "file_size": record.file_size, "mp4": record.mp4.to_dict()}
+                for record in records
+            ],
+        }
+        arrays = {}
+        for file_idx, record in enumerate(records):
+            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_pts"] = record.mp4.sample_pts
+            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_durations"] = record.mp4.sample_durations
+            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_sizes"] = record.mp4.sample_sizes
+            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sample_offsets"] = record.mp4.sample_offsets
+            arrays[f"{file_idx}/sync_samples"] = record.mp4.sync_samples
+        np.savez_compressed(sidecar_path, manifest_json=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"), **arrays)
+        cache_key = str(sidecar_path.expanduser())
+        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
+            EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE.pop(cache_key, None)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def load_file_sidecar_metadata(sidecar_path: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        with np.load(sidecar_path, allow_pickle=False) as data:
+            payload = json.loads(bytes(data["manifest_json"]).decode("utf-8"))
+        if payload.get("version") != 2 or not isinstance(payload.get("sidecar"), dict):
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported MP4 sidecar schema in {sidecar_path}")
+        return payload["sidecar"]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_file_sidecar(sidecar_path: str | Path, spec: SidecarSpec) -> bool:
+        try:
+            from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import SidecarSpec
+
+            candidate = SidecarSpec.from_dict(EpisodeVideoManifest.load_file_sidecar_metadata(sidecar_path))
+            if not spec.matches(candidate):
+                return False
+            records = EpisodeVideoManifest.load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path)
+        except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+            return False
+
+        expected = dict(candidate.source_files)
+        actual = {path: record.file_size for path, record in records.items()}
+        return actual == expected
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def load_file_sidecar(sidecar_path: str | Path) -> dict[str, VideoFileRecord]:
+        path = Path(sidecar_path).expanduser()
+        cache_key = str(path)
+        stat = path.stat()
+        signature = (stat.st_mtime_ns, stat.st_size)
+        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
+            cached = EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE.get(cache_key)
+        if cached is not None and cached[0] == signature:
+            return cached[1]
+
+        with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as data:
+            payload = json.loads(bytes(data["manifest_json"]).decode("utf-8"))
+            if payload.get("version") != 2:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported MP4 sidecar schema in {path}")
+            records = {}
+            for file_idx, item in enumerate(payload["files"]):
+                arrays = {
+                    name: data[f"{file_idx}/{name}"]
+                    for name in [
+                        "sample_pts",
+                        "sample_durations",
+                        "sample_sizes",
+                        "sample_offsets",
+                        "sync_samples",
+                    ]
+                }
+                mp4 = Mp4Index.from_dict(item["mp4"], arrays)
+                records[item["file_path"]] = VideoFileRecord(item["file_path"], int(item["file_size"]), mp4)
+        with EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE_LOCK:
+            EpisodeVideoManifest._FILE_SIDECAR_CACHE[cache_key] = (signature, records)
+        return records
+
+    def camera_id(self, camera_key: str) -> int:
+        return self._camera_to_id[camera_key]
+
+    def lookup(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> EpisodeVideoSpan:
+        cam = self.camera_id(camera_key)
+        return EpisodeVideoSpan(
+            file_id=int(self.spans["file_id"][episode_index, cam]),
+            mdat_offset=int(self.spans["mdat_offset"][episode_index, cam]),
+            mdat_length=int(self.spans["mdat_length"][episode_index, cam]),
+            first_pts=float(self.spans["first_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
+            last_pts=float(self.spans["last_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
+            frame_count=int(self.spans["frame_count"][episode_index, cam]),
+            sample_lo=int(self.spans["sample_lo"][episode_index, cam]),
+            sample_hi=int(self.spans["sample_hi"][episode_index, cam]),
+            source_start_pts=float(self.spans["source_start_pts"][episode_index, cam]),
+        )
+
+    def file_lookup(self, file_id: int) -> VideoFileRecord:
+        return self.files[file_id]
+
+    def mp4_index(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Mp4Index:
+        return self.files[self.lookup(episode_index, camera_key).file_id].mp4
+
+    def sample_slice(self, episode_index: int, camera_key: str) -> Mp4SampleSlice:
+        span = self.lookup(episode_index, camera_key)
+        return Mp4SampleSlice(
+            sample_lo=span.sample_lo,
+            sample_hi=span.sample_hi,
+            byte_offset=span.mdat_offset,
+            byte_length=span.mdat_length,
+            source_start_pts=span.source_start_pts,
+        )
+
+    def episode_byte_size(self, episode_index: int) -> int:
+        """Exact synthesized video bytes retained while an episode is active."""
+        return sum(
+            synthesized_mp4_size(
+                self.mp4_index(episode_index, camera_key),
+                self.sample_slice(episode_index, camera_key),
+            )
+            for camera_key in self.video_keys
+        )
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/range_fetch.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/range_fetch.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cb17926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/range_fetch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,732 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import contextlib
+import json
+import os
+import posixpath
+import threading
+import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import MethodType
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.parse import quote, urljoin, urlparse
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+import fsspec
+import httpx
+from huggingface_hub import HfApi, HfFileSystem, constants
+from huggingface_hub.utils import get_session, hf_raise_for_status
+
+_HTTP_FAILURE_LOG_LOCK = threading.Lock()
+
+
+def _get_header(headers: Any, name: str) -> str | None:
+    if hasattr(headers, "get"):
+        return headers.get(name)
+    lower_name = name.lower()
+    for key, value in headers.items():
+        if key.lower() == lower_name:
+            return value
+    return None
+
+
+def _ensure_request_id(headers: dict[str, str]) -> str:
+    request_id = _get_header(headers, "X-Amzn-Trace-Id") or _get_header(headers, "X-Request-Id")
+    if request_id is None:
+        request_id = str(uuid4())
+        headers["X-Amzn-Trace-Id"] = request_id
+    return request_id
+
+
+def _log_http_failure(
+    *,
+    backend: str,
+    method: str,
+    url: str,
+    headers: dict[str, str],
+    elapsed_s: float,
+    status_code: int | None = None,
+    exception: Exception | None = None,
+    attempt: int | None = None,
+    response_headers: Any | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    log_path = os.environ.get("LEROBOT_HTTP_FAILURE_LOG")
+    if not log_path:
+        return
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    record = {
+        "ts": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+        "backend": backend,
+        "method": method,
+        "host": parsed.netloc,
+        "path": parsed.path,
+        "range": _get_header(headers, "Range") or _get_header(headers, "range"),
+        "request_id": _get_header(headers, "X-Amzn-Trace-Id") or _get_header(headers, "X-Request-Id"),
+        "elapsed_s": round(elapsed_s, 6),
+    }
+    if attempt is not None:
+        record["attempt"] = attempt
+    if status_code is not None:
+        record["status_code"] = status_code
+    if exception is not None:
+        record["exception_type"] = type(exception).__name__
+        record["exception"] = str(exception)
+    if response_headers is not None:
+        record["response_request_id"] = (
+            _get_header(response_headers, "x-request-id")
+            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-amz-cf-id")
+            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-amz-request-id")
+        )
+        record["cache_status"] = (
+            _get_header(response_headers, "x-cache")
+            or _get_header(response_headers, "cf-cache-status")
+            or _get_header(response_headers, "x-hf-cache")
+        )
+        record["content_range"] = _get_header(response_headers, "content-range")
+        record["content_length"] = _get_header(response_headers, "content-length")
+
+    path = Path(log_path).expanduser()
+    with _HTTP_FAILURE_LOG_LOCK:
+        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with path.open("a") as out:
+            out.write(json.dumps(record, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
+
+
+class ThreadLocalRangeFetcher:
+    """Range reader that gives each worker thread independent file handles."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data_root: str | Path, *, block_size: int = 2**20, cache_type: str = "none"):
+        self.data_root = str(data_root).rstrip("/")
+        self.fs, self._root_path = fsspec.core.url_to_fs(self.data_root)
+        self._is_local = self.fs.protocol in ("file", "local") or (
+            isinstance(self.fs.protocol, tuple) and "file" in self.fs.protocol
+        )
+        self.block_size = block_size
+        self.cache_type = cache_type
+        self._local = threading.local()
+        self._handles_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._all_handles: dict[int, Any] = {}
+        self._timing_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._timing_totals = {
+            "range_jobs": 0.0,
+            "range_bytes": 0.0,
+            "range_open_s": 0.0,
+            "range_seek_s": 0.0,
+            "range_read_s": 0.0,
+        }
+
+    def _url(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
+        if self._is_local:
+            return str(Path(self._root_path) / relative_path)
+        return posixpath.join(self._root_path.rstrip("/"), relative_path.lstrip("/"))
+
+    def _handle(self, relative_path: str):
+        handles = getattr(self._local, "handles", None)
+        if handles is None:
+            handles = {}
+            self._local.handles = handles
+        handle = handles.get(relative_path)
+        if handle is None or getattr(handle, "closed", False):
+            handle = self.fs.open(
+                self._url(relative_path), "rb", block_size=self.block_size, cache_type=self.cache_type
+            )
+            self._instrument_hf_handle(handle)
+            handles[relative_path] = handle
+            with self._handles_lock:
+                self._all_handles[id(handle)] = handle
+        return handle
+
+    def info_size(self, relative_path: str) -> int:
+        return int(self.fs.info(self._url(relative_path))["size"])
+
+    def read_range(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
+        open_start = time.perf_counter()
+        handle = self._handle(relative_path)
+        open_s = time.perf_counter() - open_start
+        seek_start = time.perf_counter()
+        handle.seek(offset)
+        seek_s = time.perf_counter() - seek_start
+        read_start = time.perf_counter()
+        data = handle.read(length)
+        read_s = time.perf_counter() - read_start
+        self._record_timing(
+            range_jobs=1.0,
+            range_bytes=float(len(data)),
+            range_open_s=open_s,
+            range_seek_s=seek_s,
+            range_read_s=read_s,
+        )
+        return data
+
+    def _record_timing(self, **kwargs: float) -> None:
+        with self._timing_lock:
+            for key, value in kwargs.items():
+                self._timing_totals[key] = self._timing_totals.get(key, 0.0) + value
+
+    def _instrument_hf_handle(self, handle: Any) -> None:
+        if getattr(handle, "_lerobot_range_timing", False):
+            return
+        if not hasattr(handle, "_request_with_retry"):
+            return
+
+        def request_with_retry(
+            handle_self,
+            method: str,
+            url: str,
+            *,
+            headers: dict[str, str],
+            follow_redirects: bool | None = None,
+            max_retries: int = 5,
+        ) -> httpx.Response:
+            from huggingface_hub.hf_file_system import _RANGE_RETRY_EXCEPTIONS, _RANGE_RETRY_STATUS_CODES
+
+            method_key = method.lower()
+            sleep_time = 1.0
+            retry_attempts = 0.0
+            retry_sleep_s = 0.0
+            failed_attempt_s = 0.0
+            exception_attempts = 0.0
+            extra_counts: dict[str, float] = {}
+            call_start = time.perf_counter()
+            request_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+                "headers": headers,
+                "timeout": constants.HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT,
+            }
+            _ensure_request_id(headers)
+            if follow_redirects is not None:
+                request_kwargs["follow_redirects"] = follow_redirects
+
+            for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
+                attempt_start = time.perf_counter()
+                try:
+                    response = get_session().request(method, url, **request_kwargs)
+                except _RANGE_RETRY_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
+                    attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
+                    failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
+                    exception_attempts += 1.0
+                    key = f"range_hffs_{method_key}_exception_{type(exc).__name__}"
+                    extra_counts[key] = extra_counts.get(key, 0.0) + 1.0
+                    _log_http_failure(
+                        backend="hffs",
+                        method=method,
+                        url=url,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        elapsed_s=attempt_s,
+                        exception=exc,
+                        attempt=attempt,
+                    )
+                    if attempt == max_retries:
+                        self._record_hffs_request_timing(
+                            method_key,
+                            time.perf_counter() - call_start,
+                            retry_attempts,
+                            retry_sleep_s,
+                            failed_attempt_s,
+                            exception_attempts,
+                            None,
+                            0,
+                            extra_counts,
+                        )
+                        raise
+                else:
+                    elapsed = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
+                    if response.status_code not in _RANGE_RETRY_STATUS_CODES or attempt == max_retries:
+                        self._record_hffs_request_timing(
+                            method_key,
+                            time.perf_counter() - call_start,
+                            retry_attempts,
+                            retry_sleep_s,
+                            failed_attempt_s,
+                            exception_attempts,
+                            response.status_code,
+                            len(response.content),
+                            extra_counts,
+                        )
+                        return response
+
+                    failed_attempt_s += elapsed
+                    key = f"range_hffs_{method_key}_failed_status_{response.status_code}"
+                    extra_counts[key] = extra_counts.get(key, 0.0) + 1.0
+                    response.close()
+
+                    _log_http_failure(
+                        backend="hffs",
+                        method=method,
+                        url=url,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        elapsed_s=elapsed,
+                        status_code=response.status_code,
+                        attempt=attempt,
+                        response_headers=response.headers,
+                    )
+
+                time.sleep(sleep_time)
+                retry_attempts += 1.0
+                retry_sleep_s += sleep_time
+                sleep_time = min(8.0, sleep_time * 2)
+
+            raise RuntimeError("unreachable")
+
+        handle._request_with_retry = MethodType(request_with_retry, handle)
+        handle._lerobot_range_timing = True
+
+    def _record_hffs_request_timing(
+        self,
+        method_key: str,
+        total_s: float,
+        retry_attempts: float,
+        retry_sleep_s: float,
+        failed_attempt_s: float,
+        exception_attempts: float,
+        status_code: int | None,
+        byte_count: int,
+        extra_counts: dict[str, float],
+    ) -> None:
+        timings = {
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_requests": 1.0,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_s": total_s,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_retries": retry_attempts,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_retry_sleep_s": retry_sleep_s,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_failed_attempt_s": failed_attempt_s,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_exception_attempts": exception_attempts,
+            f"range_hffs_{method_key}_bytes": float(byte_count),
+        }
+        if status_code is not None:
+            timings[f"range_hffs_{method_key}_status_{status_code}"] = 1.0
+        timings.update(extra_counts)
+        self._record_timing(**timings)
+
+    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
+        with self._timing_lock:
+            return dict(self._timing_totals)
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        with self._handles_lock:
+            handles = list(self._all_handles.values())
+            self._all_handles.clear()
+        for handle in handles:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                handle.close()
+        local_handles = getattr(self._local, "handles", None)
+        if local_handles is not None:
+            local_handles.clear()
+
+
+class NativeHTTPRangeFetcher:
+    """Direct pooled HTTP range reader for hf:// paths."""
+
+    _GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
+    _GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
+    _GLOBAL_SIZES: dict[tuple[str, str], int] = {}
+    _GLOBAL_LOCK = threading.Lock()
+
+    _RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS = (
+        httpx.ConnectError,
+        httpx.ConnectTimeout,
+        httpx.ReadError,
+        httpx.ReadTimeout,
+        httpx.RemoteProtocolError,
+        httpx.PoolTimeout,
+    )
+    _RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES = {408, 425, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504}
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        data_root: str | Path,
+        *,
+        max_connections: int = 32,
+        timeout: float = 60.0,
+        max_retries: int = 4,
+        subrange_parts: int = 1,
+        subrange_min_bytes: int = 8 * 1024 * 1024,
+    ):
+        self.data_root = str(data_root).rstrip("/")
+        if not self.data_root.startswith("hf://"):
+            raise ValueError("NativeHTTPRangeFetcher only supports hf:// roots")
+        self.max_retries = max_retries
+        # Sub-range parallelism: split one large GET into `subrange_parts` concurrent GETs.
+        # Under a per-host throughput ceiling this adds no aggregate bandwidth, but divides
+        # per-request latency by ~parts - keep (in-flight jobs x parts) near the ceiling's
+        # connection sweet spot (~64 on the observed HF bucket path) rather than raising both.
+        self.subrange_parts = max(1, subrange_parts)
+        self.subrange_min_bytes = max(1, subrange_min_bytes)
+        self._subrange_pool = (
+            ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_connections, thread_name_prefix="subrange")
+            if self.subrange_parts > 1
+            else None
+        )
+        self.api = HfApi()
+        self.fs: HfFileSystem | None = None
+        self._bucket_id: str | None = None
+        self._bucket_prefix = ""
+        if self.data_root.startswith("hf://buckets/"):
+            bucket_root = self.data_root.removeprefix("hf://buckets/")
+            parts = bucket_root.split("/", 2)
+            if len(parts) < 2:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid bucket root: {self.data_root}")
+            self._bucket_id = f"{parts[0]}/{parts[1]}"
+            self._bucket_prefix = parts[2].strip("/") if len(parts) == 3 else ""
+        else:
+            self.fs = HfFileSystem()
+        self.client = httpx.Client(
+            timeout=timeout,
+            limits=httpx.Limits(max_connections=max_connections, max_keepalive_connections=max_connections),
+            follow_redirects=False,
+        )
+        self._resolved_urls: dict[str, str] = {}
+        self._source_urls: dict[str, str] = {}
+        self._sizes: dict[str, int] = {}
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._timing_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._timing_totals = {
+            "range_jobs": 0.0,
+            "range_bytes": 0.0,
+            "range_resolve_s": 0.0,
+            "range_header_s": 0.0,
+            "range_first_byte_s": 0.0,
+            "range_body_s": 0.0,
+            "range_retry_attempts": 0.0,
+            "range_retry_sleep_s": 0.0,
+            "range_failed_requests": 0.0,
+        }
+
+    def _request(self, method: str, url: str, **kwargs) -> httpx.Response:
+        last_exc: Exception | None = None
+        for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
+            try:
+                return self.client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
+            except self._RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
+                last_exc = exc
+                if attempt >= self.max_retries:
+                    break
+                time.sleep(min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0))
+        if last_exc is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("HTTP request failed without an exception")
+        raise last_exc
+
+    def _cache_key(self, relative_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        return self.data_root, relative_path
+
+    def _path(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
+        return f"{self.data_root}/{relative_path}"
+
+    def _bucket_path(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
+        if self._bucket_prefix:
+            return f"{self._bucket_prefix}/{relative_path}"
+        return relative_path
+
+    def _headers_for(self, request_url: str, source_url: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+        headers = self.api._build_hf_headers()
+        if urlparse(request_url).netloc != urlparse(source_url).netloc:
+            headers.pop("authorization", None)
+            headers.pop("Authorization", None)
+        return headers
+
+    def _source_url(self, relative_path: str) -> str:
+        with self._lock:
+            source = self._source_urls.get(relative_path)
+            if source is not None:
+                return source
+        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
+        with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+            source = self._GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS.get(key)
+        if source is None:
+            if self._bucket_id is not None:
+                source = (
+                    f"{constants.ENDPOINT}/buckets/{self._bucket_id}/resolve/"
+                    f"{quote(self._bucket_path(relative_path))}"
+                )
+            else:
+                if self.fs is None:
+                    raise RuntimeError("HfFileSystem fallback was not initialized")
+                source = self.fs.url(self._path(relative_path))
+            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+                self._GLOBAL_SOURCE_URLS[key] = source
+        with self._lock:
+            self._source_urls[relative_path] = source
+            return source
+
+    def _resolve_url(self, relative_path: str, *, refresh: bool = False) -> str:
+        with self._lock:
+            if not refresh and relative_path in self._resolved_urls:
+                return self._resolved_urls[relative_path]
+        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
+        if not refresh:
+            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+                resolved = self._GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS.get(key)
+                size = self._GLOBAL_SIZES.get(key)
+            if resolved is not None:
+                with self._lock:
+                    self._resolved_urls[relative_path] = resolved
+                    if size is not None:
+                        self._sizes[relative_path] = size
+                return resolved
+
+        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
+        response = self._request("HEAD", source, headers=self.api._build_hf_headers(), follow_redirects=False)
+        try:
+            hf_raise_for_status(response)
+            location = response.headers.get("Location")
+            resolved = urljoin(source, location) if location else source
+            with self._lock:
+                self._resolved_urls[relative_path] = resolved
+                if "Content-Length" in response.headers:
+                    self._sizes[relative_path] = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
+            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+                self._GLOBAL_RESOLVED_URLS[key] = resolved
+                if "Content-Length" in response.headers:
+                    self._GLOBAL_SIZES[key] = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
+            return resolved
+        finally:
+            response.close()
+
+    def info_size(self, relative_path: str) -> int:
+        with self._lock:
+            size = self._sizes.get(relative_path)
+            if size is not None:
+                return size
+        key = self._cache_key(relative_path)
+        with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+            size = self._GLOBAL_SIZES.get(key)
+        if size is not None:
+            with self._lock:
+                self._sizes[relative_path] = size
+            return size
+
+        resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path)
+        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
+        response = self._request(
+            "HEAD", resolved, headers=self._headers_for(resolved, source), follow_redirects=True
+        )
+        try:
+            hf_raise_for_status(response)
+            size = int(response.headers["Content-Length"])
+            with self._lock:
+                self._sizes[relative_path] = size
+            with self._GLOBAL_LOCK:
+                self._GLOBAL_SIZES[key] = size
+            return size
+        finally:
+            response.close()
+
+    def read_range(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
+        parts = self.subrange_parts
+        if self._subrange_pool is None or parts <= 1 or length < 2 * self.subrange_min_bytes:
+            return self._read_range_single(relative_path, offset, length)
+        parts = min(parts, max(1, length // self.subrange_min_bytes))
+        if parts <= 1:
+            return self._read_range_single(relative_path, offset, length)
+        step = (length + parts - 1) // parts
+        spans = [(offset + i * step, min(step, length - i * step)) for i in range(parts)]
+        futures = [
+            self._subrange_pool.submit(self._read_range_single, relative_path, span_off, span_len)
+            for span_off, span_len in spans
+        ]
+        return b"".join(future.result() for future in futures)
+
+    def _read_range_single(self, relative_path: str, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
+        resolve_start = time.perf_counter()
+        resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path)
+        source = self._source_url(relative_path)
+        resolve_s = time.perf_counter() - resolve_start
+        headers = self._headers_for(resolved, source)
+        headers["Range"] = f"bytes={offset}-{offset + length - 1}"
+        payload, status_code, timings = self._read_range_response(resolved, headers)
+        if status_code == 403:
+            refresh_start = time.perf_counter()
+            resolved = self._resolve_url(relative_path, refresh=True)
+            resolve_s += time.perf_counter() - refresh_start
+            headers = self._headers_for(resolved, source)
+            headers["Range"] = f"bytes={offset}-{offset + length - 1}"
+            payload, status_code, retry_timings = self._read_range_response(resolved, headers)
+            for key, value in retry_timings.items():
+                timings[key] += value
+        if status_code == 403:
+            raise PermissionError(f"HTTP range request returned 403 after URL refresh: {relative_path}")
+        if status_code != 206:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP range request returned {status_code} after retries: {relative_path}")
+        self._record_timing(
+            range_jobs=1.0,
+            range_bytes=float(len(payload)),
+            range_resolve_s=resolve_s,
+            **{f"range_status_{status_code}": 1.0},
+            **timings,
+        )
+        return payload
+
+    def _read_range_response(self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str]) -> tuple[bytes, int, dict[str, float]]:
+        last_exc: Exception | None = None
+        retry_attempts = 0.0
+        retry_sleep_s = 0.0
+        failed_attempt_s = 0.0
+        exception_attempts = 0.0
+        exception_counts: dict[str, float] = {}
+        _ensure_request_id(headers)
+        for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
+            attempt_start = time.perf_counter()
+            try:
+                payload, status_code, timings = self._read_range_response_once(url, headers)
+                if status_code in self._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES:
+                    attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
+                    failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
+                    exception_attempts += 1.0
+                    status_key = f"range_failed_status_{status_code}"
+                    exception_counts[status_key] = exception_counts.get(status_key, 0.0) + 1.0
+                    _log_http_failure(
+                        backend="native-http",
+                        method="GET",
+                        url=url,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        elapsed_s=attempt_s,
+                        status_code=status_code,
+                        attempt=attempt,
+                    )
+                    if attempt >= self.max_retries:
+                        timings["range_retry_attempts"] = retry_attempts
+                        timings["range_retry_sleep_s"] = retry_sleep_s
+                        timings["range_failed_attempt_s"] = failed_attempt_s
+                        timings["range_exception_attempts"] = exception_attempts
+                        timings.update(exception_counts)
+                        return payload, status_code, timings
+                    retry_attempts += 1.0
+                    sleep_s = min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0)
+                    retry_sleep_s += sleep_s
+                    time.sleep(sleep_s)
+                    continue
+                timings["range_retry_attempts"] = retry_attempts
+                timings["range_retry_sleep_s"] = retry_sleep_s
+                timings["range_failed_attempt_s"] = failed_attempt_s
+                timings["range_exception_attempts"] = exception_attempts
+                timings.update(exception_counts)
+                return payload, status_code, timings
+            except self._RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS as exc:
+                last_exc = exc
+                attempt_s = time.perf_counter() - attempt_start
+                failed_attempt_s += attempt_s
+                exception_attempts += 1.0
+                exception_key = f"range_exception_{type(exc).__name__}"
+                exception_counts[exception_key] = exception_counts.get(exception_key, 0.0) + 1.0
+                _log_http_failure(
+                    backend="native-http",
+                    method="GET",
+                    url=url,
+                    headers=headers,
+                    elapsed_s=attempt_s,
+                    exception=exc,
+                    attempt=attempt,
+                )
+                if attempt >= self.max_retries:
+                    break
+                retry_attempts += 1.0
+                sleep_s = min(0.5 * 2**attempt, 5.0)
+                retry_sleep_s += sleep_s
+                time.sleep(sleep_s)
+        self._record_timing(
+            range_failed_requests=1.0,
+            range_retry_attempts=retry_attempts,
+            range_retry_sleep_s=retry_sleep_s,
+            range_failed_attempt_s=failed_attempt_s,
+            range_exception_attempts=exception_attempts,
+            **exception_counts,
+        )
+        if last_exc is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("HTTP range request failed without an exception")
+        raise last_exc
+
+    def _read_range_response_once(
+        self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str]
+    ) -> tuple[bytes, int, dict[str, float]]:
+        header_start = time.perf_counter()
+        with self.client.stream("GET", url, headers=headers) as response:
+            header_s = time.perf_counter() - header_start
+            if response.status_code == 403 or response.status_code in self._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES:
+                return (
+                    b"",
+                    response.status_code,
+                    {
+                        "range_header_s": header_s,
+                        "range_first_byte_s": 0.0,
+                        "range_body_s": 0.0,
+                    },
+                )
+            hf_raise_for_status(response)
+            chunks = []
+            first_byte_s = 0.0
+            first_chunk = True
+            chunk_gap_s = 0.0
+            chunk_count = 0.0
+            previous_chunk_at = body_start = time.perf_counter()
+            for chunk in response.iter_bytes():
+                now = time.perf_counter()
+                if first_chunk:
+                    first_byte_s = now - body_start
+                    first_chunk = False
+                chunk_gap_s += now - previous_chunk_at
+                previous_chunk_at = now
+                chunk_count += 1.0
+                chunks.append(chunk)
+            body_s = time.perf_counter() - body_start
+            join_start = time.perf_counter()
+            payload = b"".join(chunks)
+            join_s = time.perf_counter() - join_start
+            return (
+                payload,
+                response.status_code,
+                {
+                    "range_header_s": header_s,
+                    "range_first_byte_s": first_byte_s,
+                    "range_body_s": body_s,
+                    "range_join_s": join_s,
+                    "range_chunks": chunk_count,
+                    "range_chunk_gap_s": chunk_gap_s,
+                },
+            )
+
+    def _record_timing(self, **kwargs: float) -> None:
+        with self._timing_lock:
+            for key, value in kwargs.items():
+                self._timing_totals[key] = self._timing_totals.get(key, 0.0) + value
+
+    def timing_summary(self) -> dict[str, float]:
+        with self._timing_lock:
+            return dict(self._timing_totals)
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        if self._subrange_pool is not None:
+            self._subrange_pool.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
+        self.client.close()
+
+
+def make_range_fetcher(
+    data_root: str | Path,
+    *,
+    range_backend: str,
+    workers: int,
+    native_http_connections: int | None = None,
+    native_http_timeout: float = 60.0,
+    native_http_retries: int = 4,
+    native_http_subranges: int = 1,
+):
+    if range_backend == "fsspec":
+        return ThreadLocalRangeFetcher(data_root)
+    if range_backend == "native-http":
+        max_connections = native_http_connections or max(8, workers)
+        return NativeHTTPRangeFetcher(
+            data_root,
+            max_connections=max_connections,
+            timeout=native_http_timeout,
+            max_retries=native_http_retries,
+            subrange_parts=native_http_subranges,
+        )
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown range backend: {range_backend}")
diff --git a/src/lerobot/streaming/sidecar.py b/src/lerobot/streaming/sidecar.py
index 312662ed1..46e5e96e7 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/streaming/sidecar.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/streaming/sidecar.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 
 from filelock import FileLock, Timeout
 
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import EpisodeVideoManifest
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 
 SIDECAR_SCHEMA_VERSION = 2
 
diff --git a/tests/datasets/test_episode_video_streaming.py b/tests/datasets/test_episode_video_streaming.py
index 7fe78dc8c..d2a7b1fec 100644
--- a/tests/datasets/test_episode_video_streaming.py
+++ b/tests/datasets/test_episode_video_streaming.py
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import (
-    EpisodeByteCache,
-    EpisodeVideoManifest,
-    ThreadLocalRangeFetcher,
-    _log_http_failure,
-)
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import (
     _box,
     _co64,
@@ -40,6 +36,7 @@ from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import (
     synthesize_mp4,
     synthesized_mp4_size,
 )
+from lerobot.streaming.range_fetch import ThreadLocalRangeFetcher, _log_http_failure
 
 
 def _minimal_mp4(sample_offsets: list[int], *, use_co64: bool = False) -> bytes:
@@ -155,7 +152,7 @@ def test_decoder_count_has_independent_limit(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
         opened.append(decoder)
         return decoder
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr("lerobot.streaming.episode_video.open_video_decoder", open_decoder)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("lerobot.streaming.episode_cache.open_video_decoder", open_decoder)
     with _fake_cache(monkeypatch, tmp_path, byte_budget=20, max_open_decoders=1) as cache:
         first = cache.get_decoder(0, "camera")
         second = cache.get_decoder(1, "camera")
diff --git a/tests/datasets/test_exact_coverage_pool.py b/tests/datasets/test_exact_coverage_pool.py
index 81002c1ae..5608f647c 100644
--- a/tests/datasets/test_exact_coverage_pool.py
+++ b/tests/datasets/test_exact_coverage_pool.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from collections import Counter
 
 import pytest
 
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
 
 EPISODES = [(0, 5), (1, 3), (2, 8), (3, 1), (4, 6), (5, 4), (6, 7), (7, 2)]
 TOTAL = sum(n for _, n in EPISODES)
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming_core_imports.py b/tests/test_streaming_core_imports.py
index e12827797..00536a010 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming_core_imports.py
+++ b/tests/test_streaming_core_imports.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ class BlockDatasets(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder):
         return None
 
 sys.meta_path.insert(0, BlockDatasets())
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import EpisodeByteCache, ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache
+from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest
 from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import Mp4Index
 """
     result = subprocess.run(
@@ -37,3 +39,15 @@ from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import Mp4Index
     )
 
     assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+
+
+def test_episode_video_compatibility_imports() -> None:
+    from lerobot.streaming.episode_cache import EpisodeByteCache
+    from lerobot.streaming.episode_pool import ExactCoveragePool
+    from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import (
+        EpisodeByteCache as CompatibilityEpisodeByteCache,
+        ExactCoveragePool as CompatibilityExactCoveragePool,
+    )
+
+    assert CompatibilityEpisodeByteCache is EpisodeByteCache
+    assert CompatibilityExactCoveragePool is ExactCoveragePool
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming_sidecar.py b/tests/test_streaming_sidecar.py
index fdc0b63ba..fc5f2cb35 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming_sidecar.py
+++ b/tests/test_streaming_sidecar.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from filelock import FileLock
 
-from lerobot.streaming.episode_video import EpisodeVideoManifest, VideoFileRecord
+from lerobot.streaming.manifest import EpisodeVideoManifest, VideoFileRecord
 from lerobot.streaming.mp4 import Mp4Index
 from lerobot.streaming.sidecar import (
     SidecarLockTimeoutError,