audiocaps-download 1.0

This package aims at simplifying the download of the AudioCaps dataset.

AudioCaps Download

DISCLAIMER: This repository is a modified version of the AudioSet Download repository.

This repository contains code for downloading the AudioCaps dataset. The repository is not officially affiliated with the AudioCaps dataset.

Requirements

• Python 3.9 (it may work with other versions, but it has not been tested)

Installation

# Install ffmpeg
sudo apt install ffmpeg
# Install audiocaps-download
pip install audiocaps-download

Usage

The following code snippet downloads the complete dataset in WAV format, and stores it in the test directory.

from audiocaps_download import Downloader
d = Downloader(root_path='audiocaps/', n_jobs=16)
d.download(format = 'wav')

Implementation

The main class is audiocaps_download.Downloader. It is initialized using the following parameters:

• root_path: the path to the directory where the dataset will be downloaded.
• n_jobs: the number of parallel downloads. Default is 1.

The methods of the class are:

• download(format='vorbis', quality=5): downloads the dataset.
• The format can be one of the following (supported by yt-dlp --audio-format parameter):
  • vorbis: downloads the dataset in Ogg Vorbis format. This is the default.
  • wav: downloads the dataset in WAV format.
  • mp3: downloads the dataset in MP3 format.
  • m4a: downloads the dataset in M4A format.
  • flac: downloads the dataset in FLAC format.
  • opus: downloads the dataset in Opus format.
  • webm: downloads the dataset in WebM format.
  • ... and many more.
  • The quality can be an integer between 0 and 10. Default is 5.
• load_dataset(): reads the csv files from the original repository. It is not used externally.
• download_file(...): downloads a single file. It is not used externally.