diff --git a/av/about.py b/av/about.py
index 805c1fe62..147085852 100644
--- a/av/about.py
+++ b/av/about.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "12.0.1"
+__version__ = "12.0.2"
diff --git a/av/video/frame.pyi b/av/video/frame.pyi
index 3de6b454e..1127f86d4 100644
--- a/av/video/frame.pyi
+++ b/av/video/frame.pyi
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ class VideoFrame(Frame):
     def from_image(img: Image.Image) -> VideoFrame: ...
     @staticmethod
     def from_ndarray(array: np.ndarray, format: str = "rgb24") -> VideoFrame: ...
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_numpy_buffer(array: np.ndarray, format: str = "rgb24"): ...
+
     def __init__(
         self, name: str, width: int = 0, height: int = 0, format: str = "yuv420p"
     ): ...
     def to_image(self, **kwargs) -> Image.Image: ...
-    def to_ndarray(self, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray: ...
+    def to_ndarray(self, enable_fast_path: bool = False, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray: ...
     def reformat(
         self,
         width: int | None = None,
diff --git a/av/video/frame.pyx b/av/video/frame.pyx
index e13b49807..cb20defa4 100644
--- a/av/video/frame.pyx
+++ b/av/video/frame.pyx
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ cdef class VideoFrame(Frame):
 
         return Image.frombytes("RGB", (plane.width, plane.height), bytes(o_buf), "raw", "RGB", 0, 1)
 
-    def to_ndarray(self, **kwargs):
+    def to_ndarray(self, enable_fast_path=False, **kwargs):
         """Get a numpy array of this frame.
 
         Any ``**kwargs`` are passed to :meth:`.VideoReformatter.reformat`.
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ cdef class VideoFrame(Frame):
             assert frame.height % 2 == 0
             # Fast path for the case that the entire YUV data is contiguous
             if (
+                enable_fast_path and
                 frame.planes[0].line_size == frame.planes[0].width and
                 frame.planes[1].line_size == frame.planes[1].width and
                 frame.planes[2].line_size == frame.planes[2].width