diff --git a/src/lerobot/scripts/train.py b/src/lerobot/scripts/train.py
index 260d48cc8..2203bae2b 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/scripts/train.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/scripts/train.py
@@ -24,6 +24,68 @@ import torch
 
 # Fix tokenizer parallelism conflicts with multiprocessing
 os.environ["TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM"] = "false"
+
+
+def _add_video_decoding_timing(dataset):
+    """Add timing instrumentation to video decoding for debugging."""
+    from lerobot.datasets.lerobot_dataset import LeRobotDataset, MultiLeRobotDataset
+    
+    def instrument_dataset(ds):
+        if not hasattr(ds, '_query_videos'):
+            return
+            
+        # Store original method
+        original_query_videos = ds._query_videos
+        
+        # Initialize timing stats
+        if not hasattr(ds, '_video_decode_timing'):
+            ds._video_decode_timing = {
+                'decode_times': [],
+                'last_print_time': time.perf_counter()
+            }
+        
+        def timed_query_videos(self, query_timestamps, ep_idx):
+            decode_start = time.perf_counter()
+            result = original_query_videos(query_timestamps, ep_idx)
+            decode_time = time.perf_counter() - decode_start
+            
+            # Accumulate timing
+            timing_stats = self._video_decode_timing
+            timing_stats['decode_times'].append(decode_time * 1000)  # Convert to ms
+            
+            # Print averaged stats every minute
+            current_time = time.perf_counter()
+            if current_time - timing_stats['last_print_time'] >= 60.0:
+                n_samples = len(timing_stats['decode_times'])
+                if n_samples > 0:
+                    avg_decode_time = sum(timing_stats['decode_times']) / n_samples
+                    total_frames = sum(len(query_timestamps[key]) for key in query_timestamps)
+                    avg_frames_per_call = total_frames / n_samples if n_samples > 0 else 0
+                    
+                    print(f"\nVideo Decoding Timing (last {n_samples} calls):")
+                    print(f"  Avg decode time:    {avg_decode_time:.2f} ms")
+                    print(f"  Avg frames/call:    {avg_frames_per_call:.1f}")
+                    print(f"  Time per frame:     {avg_decode_time/max(avg_frames_per_call, 1):.2f} ms/frame")
+                    print("-" * 50)
+                
+                # Reset stats
+                timing_stats['decode_times'] = []
+                timing_stats['last_print_time'] = current_time
+            
+            return result
+        
+        # Bind the method to the instance
+        import types
+        ds._query_videos = types.MethodType(timed_query_videos, ds)
+    
+    # Handle both single and multi datasets
+    if isinstance(dataset, MultiLeRobotDataset):
+        for ds in dataset._datasets:
+            instrument_dataset(ds)
+    elif isinstance(dataset, LeRobotDataset):
+        instrument_dataset(dataset)
+    else:
+        print(f"Warning: Unknown dataset type {type(dataset)}, skipping video timing instrumentation")
 from termcolor import colored
 from torch.amp import GradScaler
 from torch.optim import Optimizer
@@ -182,6 +244,10 @@ def train(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig):
 
     logging.info("Creating dataset")
     dataset = make_dataset(cfg)
+    
+    # Add video decoding timing for RLearN debugging
+    if getattr(cfg.policy, "type", None) == "rlearn":
+        _add_video_decoding_timing(dataset)
 
     # Create environment used for evaluating checkpoints during training on simulation data.
     # On real-world data, no need to create an environment as evaluations are done outside train.py,
@@ -357,6 +423,18 @@ def train(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig):
                     print(f"  Data loading:       {avg_data_loading:.2f} ms")
                     print(f"  Preprocessing:      {avg_preprocessing:.2f} ms") 
                     print(f"  Total data pipeline: {avg_data_loading + avg_preprocessing:.2f} ms")
+                    
+                    # Show video decoding breakdown if available
+                    try:
+                        ds = dataset._datasets[0] if hasattr(dataset, '_datasets') else dataset
+                        if hasattr(ds, '_video_decode_timing'):
+                            recent_decodes = ds._video_decode_timing.get('decode_times', [])
+                            if recent_decodes:
+                                avg_video_decode = sum(recent_decodes) / len(recent_decodes)
+                                print(f"  └─ Video decoding:  ~{avg_video_decode:.2f} ms/call (included in data loading)")
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+                    
                     print("-" * 50)
                 
                 # Reset stats for next minute