diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/image_writer.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/image_writer.py
index ee10df6..23bc2ef 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/image_writer.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/image_writer.py
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ def worker_thread_loop(queue: queue.Queue):
         if item is None:
             queue.task_done()
             break
-        image_array, fpath = item
-        write_image(image_array, fpath)
+        image_array, fpath, compress_level = item
+        write_image(image_array, fpath, compress_level)
         queue.task_done()
 
 
@@ -169,11 +169,13 @@ class AsyncImageWriter:
                 p.start()
                 self.processes.append(p)
 
-    def save_image(self, image: torch.Tensor | np.ndarray | PIL.Image.Image, fpath: Path):
+    def save_image(
+        self, image: torch.Tensor | np.ndarray | PIL.Image.Image, fpath: Path, compress_level: int = 1
+    ):
         if isinstance(image, torch.Tensor):
             # Convert tensor to numpy array to minimize main process time
             image = image.cpu().numpy()
-        self.queue.put((image, fpath))
+        self.queue.put((image, fpath, compress_level))
 
     def wait_until_done(self):
         self.queue.join()
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
index fbfb82c..5ea1884 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
@@ -1092,13 +1092,15 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
     def _get_image_file_dir(self, episode_index: int, image_key: str) -> Path:
         return self._get_image_file_path(episode_index, image_key, frame_index=0).parent
 
-    def _save_image(self, image: torch.Tensor | np.ndarray | PIL.Image.Image, fpath: Path) -> None:
+    def _save_image(
+        self, image: torch.Tensor | np.ndarray | PIL.Image.Image, fpath: Path, compress_level: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
         if self.image_writer is None:
             if isinstance(image, torch.Tensor):
                 image = image.cpu().numpy()
-            write_image(image, fpath)
+            write_image(image, fpath, compress_level=compress_level)
         else:
-            self.image_writer.save_image(image=image, fpath=fpath)
+            self.image_writer.save_image(image=image, fpath=fpath, compress_level=compress_level)
 
     def add_frame(self, frame: dict) -> None:
         """
@@ -1136,7 +1138,8 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
                 )
                 if frame_index == 0:
                     img_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                self._save_image(frame[key], img_path)
+                compress_level = 1 if self.features[key]["dtype"] == "video" else 6
+                self._save_image(frame[key], img_path, compress_level)
                 self.episode_buffer[key].append(str(img_path))
             else:
                 self.episode_buffer[key].append(frame[key])