diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/dataset_metadata.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/dataset_metadata.py
index 9072f70d3..0b3713af2 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/dataset_metadata.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/dataset_metadata.py
@@ -577,9 +577,13 @@ class LeRobotDatasetMetadata:
 
         video_keys = [video_key] if video_key is not None else self.video_keys
         for key in video_keys:
-            if not self.features[key].get("info", None):
-                video_path = self.root / self.video_path.format(video_key=key, chunk_index=0, file_index=0)
-                self.info.features[key]["info"] = get_video_info(video_path, video_encoder=video_encoder)
+            existing = self.features[key].get("info") or {}
+            # Skip only if real video info has already been written. The ``is_depth_map`` entry (created at feature creation) is not blocking.
+            if set(existing.keys()) - {"is_depth_map"}:
+                continue
+            video_path = self.root / self.video_path.format(video_key=key, chunk_index=0, file_index=0)
+            new_info = get_video_info(video_path, video_encoder=video_encoder)
+            self.info.features[key]["info"] = {**existing, **new_info}
 
     def update_chunk_settings(
         self,
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/video_utils.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/video_utils.py
index 415841009..d8eb72665 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/video_utils.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/video_utils.py
@@ -969,7 +969,6 @@ def get_video_info(
 
         # Calculate fps from r_frame_rate
         video_info["video.fps"] = int(video_stream.base_rate)
-
         video_info["video.channels"] = get_pix_fmt_channels(video_stream.pix_fmt)
 
     # Reset logging level