diff --git a/augly/audio/requirements.txt b/augly/audio/requirements.txt
index b5ea9ba3..55ef7e20 100644
--- a/augly/audio/requirements.txt
+++ b/augly/audio/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ librosa>=0.8.1
 numpy>=1.19.5
 SoundFile>=0.10.3.post1
 torch>=1.9.0
-torchaudio>=0.9.0
+torchaudio==2.0.2
diff --git a/augly/image/functional.py b/augly/image/functional.py
index 404d6515..d0b84612 100644
--- a/augly/image/functional.py
+++ b/augly/image/functional.py
@@ -937,28 +937,44 @@ def meme_format(
     local_font_path = utils.pathmgr.get_local_path(font_file)
     font_size = caption_height - 10
 
+    meme = Image.new("RGB", (width, height + caption_height), meme_bg_color)
+    meme.paste(image, (0, caption_height))
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(meme)
+
+    x_pos, y_pos = 5, 5
+    ascender_adjustment = 40
     while True:
         font = ImageFont.truetype(local_font_path, font_size)
-        text_width, text_height = font.getsize_multiline(text)
+        text_bbox = draw.multiline_textbbox(
+            (x_pos, y_pos),
+            text,
+            # pyre-fixme[6]: Expected `Optional[ImageFont._Font]` for 3rd param but got
+            #  `FreeTypeFont`.
+            font=font,
+            anchor="la",
+            align="center",
+        )
+
+        text_width, text_height = (
+            text_bbox[2] - text_bbox[0],
+            text_bbox[3] - text_bbox[1],
+        )
+
+        x_pos = round((width - text_width) / 2)
+        y_pos = round((caption_height - text_height) / 2) - ascender_adjustment
 
         if text_width <= (width - 10) and text_height <= (caption_height - 10):
             break
 
         font_size -= 5
 
-    meme = Image.new("RGB", (width, height + caption_height), meme_bg_color)
-    meme.paste(image, (0, caption_height))
-
-    x_pos = round((width - text_width) / 2)
-    y_pos = round((caption_height - text_height) / 2)
-
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(meme)
     draw.multiline_text(
         (x_pos, y_pos),
         text,
         # pyre-fixme[6]: Expected `Optional[ImageFont._Font]` for 3rd param but got
         #  `FreeTypeFont`.
         font=font,
+        anchor="la",
         fill=(text_color[0], text_color[1], text_color[2], round(opacity * 255)),
         align="center",
     )
diff --git a/augly/tests/video_tests/base_unit_test.py b/augly/tests/video_tests/base_unit_test.py
index bc67a0da..a1624440 100644
--- a/augly/tests/video_tests/base_unit_test.py
+++ b/augly/tests/video_tests/base_unit_test.py
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ def check_equal_metadata(
                         )
                         if not condition(actual_path, expected_path):
                             return False
+                elif isinstance(act_v, float) and isinstance(act_v, float):
+                    self.assertAlmostEqual(
+                        act_v,
+                        exp_v,
+                        places=3,
+                        msg=f"Error comparing values: actual={act_v}, expected={exp_v}, actual_metadata={actual_meta}.",
+                    )
                 else:
                     self.assertTrue(
                         condition(act_v, exp_v),
diff --git a/augly/video/augmenters/ffmpeg/base_augmenter.py b/augly/video/augmenters/ffmpeg/base_augmenter.py
index 90893c9e..ba48d7bf 100644
--- a/augly/video/augmenters/ffmpeg/base_augmenter.py
+++ b/augly/video/augmenters/ffmpeg/base_augmenter.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def add_augmenter(
             if video_path == output_path:
                 shutil.copyfile(video_path, tmpfile.name)
                 video_path = tmpfile.name
-            writer = WriteGear(output_filename=output_path, logging=True)
+            writer = WriteGear(output=output_path, logging=True)
             writer.execute_ffmpeg_cmd(self.get_command(video_path, output_path))
             writer.close()
 
diff --git a/augly/video/helpers/ffmpeg.py b/augly/video/helpers/ffmpeg.py
index b67537fc..bf7e5f34 100644
--- a/augly/video/helpers/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/augly/video/helpers/ffmpeg.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def combine_frames_and_audio_to_file(
 
 
 def execute_vidgear_command(output_path: str, ffmpeg_command: List[str]) -> None:
-    writer = WriteGear(output_filename=output_path, logging=True)
+    writer = WriteGear(output=output_path, logging=True)
     writer.execute_ffmpeg_cmd(ffmpeg_command)
     writer.close()
 
diff --git a/augly/video/helpers/utils.py b/augly/video/helpers/utils.py
index db63fc2d..2106030a 100644
--- a/augly/video/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/augly/video/helpers/utils.py
@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ def create_video_from_image(output_path: str, image_path: str, duration: float)
     utils.validate_image_path(image_path)
     assert duration > 0, "Duration of the video must be a positive value"
 
-    im_stream = ffmpeg.input(image_path)
-    video = (
-        im_stream.filter("loop", 1)
-        .filter("framerate", utils.DEFAULT_FRAME_RATE)
-        .filter("pad", **{"width": "ceil(iw/2)*2", "height": "ceil(ih/2)*2"})
+    im_stream = ffmpeg.input(image_path, stream_loop=-1)
+    video = im_stream.filter("framerate", utils.DEFAULT_FRAME_RATE).filter(
+        "pad", **{"width": "ceil(iw/2)*2", "height": "ceil(ih/2)*2"}
     )
 
     silent_audio_path = utils.pathmgr.get_local_path(utils.SILENT_AUDIO_PATH)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6acb2ff1..ac17fcb2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ dataclasses-json>=0.5.2
 iopath>=0.1.8
 python-magic>=0.4.22
 regex>=2021.4.4
+setuptools>=65.5.1