diff --git a/utils/dataloaders.py b/utils/dataloaders.py
index e73b20a58915..675c2898e7d7 100755
--- a/utils/dataloaders.py
+++ b/utils/dataloaders.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def __next__(self):
             s = f'image {self.count}/{self.nf} {path}: '
 
         if self.transforms:
-            im = self.transforms(cv2.cvtColor(im0, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))  # classify transforms
+            im = self.transforms(cv2.cvtColor(im0, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))  # transforms
         else:
             im = letterbox(im0, self.img_size, stride=self.stride, auto=self.auto)[0]  # padded resize
             im = im.transpose((2, 0, 1))[::-1]  # HWC to CHW, BGR to RGB
@@ -289,22 +289,20 @@ def __next__(self):
             raise StopIteration
 
         # Read frame
-        ret_val, img0 = self.cap.read()
-        img0 = cv2.flip(img0, 1)  # flip left-right
+        ret_val, im0 = self.cap.read()
+        im0 = cv2.flip(im0, 1)  # flip left-right
 
         # Print
         assert ret_val, f'Camera Error {self.pipe}'
         img_path = 'webcam.jpg'
         s = f'webcam {self.count}: '
 
-        # Padded resize
-        img = letterbox(img0, self.img_size, stride=self.stride)[0]
+        # Process
+        im = letterbox(im0, self.img_size, stride=self.stride)[0]  # resize
+        im = im.transpose((2, 0, 1))[::-1]  # HWC to CHW, BGR to RGB
+        im = np.ascontiguousarray(im)  # contiguous
 
-        # Convert
-        img = img.transpose((2, 0, 1))[::-1]  # HWC to CHW, BGR to RGB
-        img = np.ascontiguousarray(img)
-
-        return img_path, img, img0, None, s
+        return img_path, im, im0, None, s
 
     def __len__(self):
         return 0
@@ -312,7 +310,7 @@ def __len__(self):
 
 class LoadStreams:
     # YOLOv5 streamloader, i.e. `python detect.py --source 'rtsp://example.com/media.mp4'  # RTSP, RTMP, HTTP streams`
-    def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32, auto=True):
+    def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32, auto=True, transforms=None):
         self.mode = 'stream'
         self.img_size = img_size
         self.stride = stride
@@ -326,7 +324,6 @@ def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32, auto=True):
         n = len(sources)
         self.imgs, self.fps, self.frames, self.threads = [None] * n, [0] * n, [0] * n, [None] * n
         self.sources = [clean_str(x) for x in sources]  # clean source names for later
-        self.auto = auto
         for i, s in enumerate(sources):  # index, source
             # Start thread to read frames from video stream
             st = f'{i + 1}/{n}: {s}... '
@@ -353,8 +350,10 @@ def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32, auto=True):
         LOGGER.info('')  # newline
 
         # check for common shapes
-        s = np.stack([letterbox(x, self.img_size, stride=self.stride, auto=self.auto)[0].shape for x in self.imgs])
+        s = np.stack([letterbox(x, img_size, stride=stride, auto=auto)[0].shape for x in self.imgs])
         self.rect = np.unique(s, axis=0).shape[0] == 1  # rect inference if all shapes equal
+        self.auto = auto and self.rect
+        self.transforms = transforms  # optional
         if not self.rect:
             LOGGER.warning('WARNING: Stream shapes differ. For optimal performance supply similarly-shaped streams.')
 
@@ -385,18 +384,15 @@ def __next__(self):
             cv2.destroyAllWindows()
             raise StopIteration
 
-        # Letterbox
-        img0 = self.imgs.copy()
-        img = [letterbox(x, self.img_size, stride=self.stride, auto=self.rect and self.auto)[0] for x in img0]
-
-        # Stack
-        img = np.stack(img, 0)
-
-        # Convert
-        img = img[..., ::-1].transpose((0, 3, 1, 2))  # BGR to RGB, BHWC to BCHW
-        img = np.ascontiguousarray(img)
+        im0 = self.imgs.copy()
+        if self.transforms:
+            im = np.stack([self.transforms(cv2.cvtColor(x, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)) for x in im0])  # transforms
+        else:
+            im = np.stack([letterbox(x, self.img_size, stride=self.stride, auto=self.auto)[0] for x in im0])  # resize
+            im = im[..., ::-1].transpose((0, 3, 1, 2))  # BGR to RGB, BHWC to BCHW
+            im = np.ascontiguousarray(im)  # contiguous
 
-        return self.sources, img, img0, None, ''
+        return self.sources, im, im0, None, ''
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.sources)  # 1E12 frames = 32 streams at 30 FPS for 30 years
@@ -836,7 +832,7 @@ def collate_fn(batch):
 
     @staticmethod
     def collate_fn4(batch):
-        img, label, path, shapes = zip(*batch)  # transposed
+        im, label, path, shapes = zip(*batch)  # transposed
         n = len(shapes) // 4
         im4, label4, path4, shapes4 = [], [], path[:n], shapes[:n]
 
@@ -846,13 +842,13 @@ def collate_fn4(batch):
         for i in range(n):  # zidane torch.zeros(16,3,720,1280)  # BCHW
             i *= 4
             if random.random() < 0.5:
-                im = F.interpolate(img[i].unsqueeze(0).float(), scale_factor=2.0, mode='bilinear',
-                                   align_corners=False)[0].type(img[i].type())
+                im1 = F.interpolate(im[i].unsqueeze(0).float(), scale_factor=2.0, mode='bilinear',
+                                    align_corners=False)[0].type(im[i].type())
                 lb = label[i]
             else:
-                im = torch.cat((torch.cat((img[i], img[i + 1]), 1), torch.cat((img[i + 2], img[i + 3]), 1)), 2)
+                im1 = torch.cat((torch.cat((im[i], im[i + 1]), 1), torch.cat((im[i + 2], im[i + 3]), 1)), 2)
                 lb = torch.cat((label[i], label[i + 1] + ho, label[i + 2] + wo, label[i + 3] + ho + wo), 0) * s
-            im4.append(im)
+            im4.append(im1)
             label4.append(lb)
 
         for i, lb in enumerate(label4):