tfds.features.Video

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FeatureConnector for videos, encoding frames individually on disk.

Inherits From: Sequence, FeatureConnector

tfds.features.Video(
    shape: Sequence[Optional[int]],
    encoding_format: str = 'png',
    ffmpeg_extra_args: Sequence[str] = (),
    use_colormap: bool = False,
    dtype: Union[np.uint8, tf.uint8, np.uint16, tf.uint16] = np.uint8,
    doc: feature_lib.DocArg = None
)

Video: The image connector accepts as input a 4 dimensional tf.uint8 array representing a video, a sequence of paths to encoded frames, or a path or a file object that can be decoded with ffmpeg. Note that not all formats in ffmpeg support reading from pipes, so providing a file object might fail. Furthermore, if a path is given that is not on the local file system, we first copy it to a temporary local file before passing it to ffmpeg.

video tf.Tensor of type tf.uint8 and shape [num_frames, height, width, channels], where channels must be 1 or 3

  • In the DatasetInfo object:
features=features.FeatureDict({
    'video': features.Video(shape=(None, 64, 64, 3)),
})
  • During generation, you can use any of:
yield {
    'video': np.ones(shape=(128, 64, 64, 3), dtype=np.uint8),
}

or list of frames:

yield {
    'video': ['path/to/frame001.png', 'path/to/frame002.png'],
}

or path to video (including os.PathLike objects):

yield {
    'video': '/path/to/video.avi',
}

or file object (or bytes):

yield {
    'video': tf.io.gfile.GFile('/complex/path/video.avi'),
}

shape tuple of ints, the shape of the video (num_frames, height, width, channels), where channels is 1 or 3.
encoding_format The video is stored as a sequence of encoded images. You can use any encoding format supported by image_feature.Feature.
ffmpeg_extra_args A sequence of additional args to be passed to the ffmpeg binary. Specifically, ffmpeg will be called as: ffmpeg -i <input_file> <ffmpeg_extra_args> %010d.<encoding_format>
use_colormap Forwarded to tfds.features.Image. If True, tfds.as_dataframe will display each value in the image with a different color.
dtype tf.uint16 or tf.uint8 (default). tf.uint16 can be used only with png encoding_format
doc Documentation of this feature (e.g. description).

ValueError If the shape is invalid

doc

dtype Return the dtype (or dict of dtype) of this FeatureConnector.
feature The inner feature.
np_dtype

numpy_dtype

shape Return the shape (or dict of shape) of this FeatureConnector.
tf_dtype

tf_example_spec Returns the tf.Example proto structure.

Methods

catalog_documentation

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catalog_documentation() -> List[feature_lib.CatalogFeatureDocumentation]

Returns the feature documentation to be shown in the catalog.

cls_from_name

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@classmethod
cls_from_name(
    python_class_name: str
) -> Type['FeatureConnector']

Returns the feature class for the given Python class.

decode_batch_example

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decode_batch_example(
    tfexample_data
)

Decode multiple features batched in a single tf.Tensor.

This function is used to decode features wrapped in tfds.features.Sequence(). By default, this function apply decode_example on each individual elements using tf.map_fn. However, for optimization, features can overwrite this method to apply a custom batch decoding.

Args
tfexample_data Same tf.Tensor inputs as decode_example, but with and additional first dimension for the sequence length.

Returns
tensor_data Tensor or dictionary of tensor, output of the tf.data.Dataset object

decode_example

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decode_example(
    serialized_example, *, decoders=None
)

Decode the serialize examples.

Args
serialized_example Nested dict of tf.Tensor
decoders Nested dict of Decoder objects which allow to customize the decoding. The structure should match the feature structure, but only customized feature keys need to be present. See the guide for more info.

Returns
example Nested dict containing the decoded nested examples.

decode_ragged_example

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decode_ragged_example(
    tfexample_data
)

Decode nested features from a tf.RaggedTensor.

This function is used to decode features wrapped in nested tfds.features.Sequence(). By default, this function apply decode_batch_example on the flat values of the ragged tensor. For optimization, features can overwrite this method to apply a custom batch decoding.

Args
tfexample_data tf.RaggedTensor inputs containing the nested encoded examples.

Returns
tensor_data The decoded tf.RaggedTensor or dictionary of tensor, output of the tf.data.Dataset object

deserialize_example

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deserialize_example(
    serialized_example: Union[tf.Tensor, bytes], *, decoders=None
) -> utils.TensorDict

Decodes the tf.train.Example data into tf.Tensor.

See serialize_example to encode the data into proto.

Args
serialized_example The tensor-like object containing the serialized tf.train.Example proto.
decoders Eventual decoders to apply (see documentation)

Returns
The decoded features tensors.

encode_example

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encode_example(
    video_or_path_or_fobj
)

Converts the given image into a dict convertible to tf example.

from_config

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@classmethod
from_config(
    root_dir: str
) -> 'FeatureConnector'

Reconstructs the FeatureConnector from the config file.

Usage:

features = FeatureConnector.from_config('path/to/dir')

Args
root_dir Directory containing the features.json file.

Returns
The reconstructed feature instance.

from_json

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@classmethod
from_json(
    value: Json
) -> 'FeatureConnector'

FeatureConnector factory.

This function should be called from the tfds.features.FeatureConnector base class. Subclass should implement the from_json_content.

Example:

feature = tfds.features.FeatureConnector.from_json(
    {'type': 'Image', 'content': {'shape': [32, 32, 3], 'dtype': 'uint8'} }
)
assert isinstance(feature, tfds.features.Image)

Args
value dict(type=, content=) containing the feature to restore. Match dict returned by to_json.

Returns
The reconstructed FeatureConnector.

from_json_content

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@classmethod
from_json_content(
    value: Union[Json, feature_pb2.VideoFeature]
) -> 'Video'

FeatureConnector factory (to overwrite).

Subclasses should overwrite this method. This method is used when importing the feature connector from the config.

This function should not be called directly. FeatureConnector.from_json should be called instead.

See existing FeatureConnectors for implementation examples.

Args
value FeatureConnector information represented as either Json or a Feature proto. The content must match what is returned by to_json_content.
doc Documentation of this feature (e.g. description).

Returns
The reconstructed FeatureConnector.

from_proto

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@classmethod
from_proto(
    feature_proto: feature_pb2.Feature
) -> T

Instantiates a feature from its proto representation.

get_serialized_info

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get_serialized_info()

See base class for details.

get_tensor_info

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get_tensor_info()

See base class for details.

get_tensor_spec

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get_tensor_spec() -> TreeDict[tf.TensorSpec]

Returns the tf.TensorSpec of this feature (not the element spec!).

Note that the output of this method may not correspond to the element spec of the dataset. For example, currently this method does not support RaggedTensorSpec.

load_metadata

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load_metadata(
    *args, **kwargs
)

See base class for details.

repr_html

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repr_html(
    ex: np.ndarray
) -> str

Video are displayed as <video>.

repr_html_batch

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repr_html_batch(
    ex: np.ndarray
) -> str

Returns the HTML str representation of the object (Sequence).

repr_html_ragged

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repr_html_ragged(
    ex: np.ndarray
) -> str

Returns the HTML str representation of the object (Nested sequence).

save_config

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save_config(
    root_dir: str
) -> None

Exports the FeatureConnector to a file.

Args
root_dir path/to/dir containing the features.json

save_metadata

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save_metadata(
    *args, **kwargs
)

See base class for details.

serialize_example

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serialize_example(
    example_data
) -> bytes

Encodes nested data values into tf.train.Example bytes.

See deserialize_example to decode the proto into tf.Tensor.

Args
example_data Example data to encode (numpy-like nested dict)

Returns
The serialized tf.train.Example.

to_json

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to_json() -> Json

Exports the FeatureConnector to Json.

Each feature is serialized as a dict(type=..., content=...).

  • type: The cannonical name of the feature (module.FeatureName).
  • content: is specific to each feature connector and defined in to_json_content. Can contain nested sub-features (like for tfds.features.FeaturesDict and tfds.features.Sequence).

For example:

tfds.features.FeaturesDict({
    'input': tfds.features.Image(),
    'target': tfds.features.ClassLabel(num_classes=10),
})

Is serialized as:

{
    "type": "tensorflow_datasets.core.features.features_dict.FeaturesDict",
    "content": {
        "input": {
            "type": "tensorflow_datasets.core.features.image_feature.Image",
            "content": {
                "shape": [null, null, 3],
                "dtype": "uint8",
                "encoding_format": "png"
            }
        },
        "target": {
            "type":
            "tensorflow_datasets.core.features.class_label_feature.ClassLabel",
            "content": {
              "num_classes": 10
            }
        }
    }
}

Returns
A dict(type=, content=). Will be forwarded to from_json when reconstructing the feature.

to_json_content

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to_json_content() -> feature_pb2.VideoFeature

FeatureConnector factory (to overwrite).

This function should be overwritten by the subclass to allow re-importing the feature connector from the config. See existing FeatureConnector for example of implementation.

Returns
The FeatureConnector metadata in either a dict, or a Feature proto. This output is used in from_json_content when reconstructing the feature.

to_proto

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to_proto() -> feature_pb2.Feature

Exports the FeatureConnector to the Feature proto.

For features that have a specific schema defined in a proto, this function needs to be overriden. If there's no specific proto schema, then the feature will be represented using JSON.

Returns
The feature proto describing this feature.

__contains__

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__contains__(
    key: str
) -> bool

__getitem__

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__getitem__(
    key
)

Convenience method to access the underlying features.

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