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The ability to create high-quality videos using artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving. Recently, models like OpenAI’s SORA, along with the newly released open-source model Latte, have showcased the potential of transformer-based architectures for generating realistic videos from textual descriptions.
Latte, an open-source model akin to SORA, has just been released. This exciting development empowers individuals to train their own custom AI models for video generation. Unlike closed-source solutions, Latte grants the freedom and flexibility to tailor the video creation process to specific needs and preferences.
This democratization of access to AI video generation opens doors for a wider audience to explore and contribute to this rapidly developing field.
The recent release of Latte marks a monumental leap forward in democratizing AI video generation. Unlike its predecessors, Latte is entirely open-source, granting anyone the freedom to access, modify, and contribute to its development. This open approach fosters a collaborative environment where researchers, developers, and even creative individuals can leverage its capabilities and push the boundaries of AI-powered video creation.
While models like OpenAI’s SORA have showcased the potential of transformer-based architectures for generating high-fidelity videos from text descriptions, their closed-source nature limits accessibility and exploration. Latte emerges as a powerful alternative, offering similar functionalities through its open-source framework.
The cornerstone of Latte lies in its ability to train a custom video generation model. This empowers you to:
By offering an open-source platform, Latte fosters a vibrant community where users can:
At the heart of Latte lies the power of Vision Transformers (ViTs), a recent advancement in deep learning architectures. Unlike traditional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) that process video frame-by-frame, ViTs offer a more comprehensive approach. They excel at capturing the intricate relationships and dependencies within video sequences by analyzing the entire frame holistically.
Figure. 1: Latte's Architecture
Tokenization: Similar to how text is broken down into words, the first step involves segmenting video frames into smaller units called tokens. These tokens encapsulate the visual information present within specific regions of the frame. Techniques like patch embedding are employed to convert raw pixel information into meaningful representations suitable for the transformer architecture.
Encoder-decoder Architecture: The core of Latte lies in its encoder-decoder architecture:
Decoder: The decoder takes the encoded information from the encoder as input and progressively generates new video frames. It also utilizes a stack of transformer blocks, but with an additional attention mechanism that focuses on the previously generated frames. This allows the decoder to maintain temporal coherence across the generated video sequence.
Understanding these technical aspects requires a strong foundation in deep learning concepts. Readers seeking a more comprehensive understanding can refer to the following resources:
Latte’s versatility extends beyond its core functionalities. Researchers have conducted extensive evaluations to assess its performance in various video generation scenarios:
Taichi-HD
FaceForensics
SkyTimelapse
UCF101
Conditional Generation based on Prompts:
This section provides a basic introduction to using pre-trained Latte models for video generation. This is based on the original repo: https://github.com/Vchitect/Latte
Please note: This is a preliminary guide. A more comprehensive user guide and an accompanying notebook for running Latte will be available soon. In the meantime, let’s delve into the initial steps.
Pre-requisites:
environment.yml
 file for creating a suitable Conda environment.conda activate latte
.Downloading Pre-trained Models:
Latte offers pre-trained models trained on various datasets. These can be found in the repository.
Sampling Videos:
The sample.py
script facilitates video generation using pre-trained models.
bash sample/ffs.sh
   For generating hundreds of videos simultaneously, leverage the script:
bash sample/ffs_ddp.sh
Text-to-Video Generation:
For text-based video generation, download the required models (t2v_required_models
) and run:
bash sample/t2v.sh
Customizing Sampling:
The sample.py
script offers various arguments to control sampling behavior:
Additional Notes:
Please refer to https://github.com/lyogavin/train_your_own_sora for further details.Â
Download and set up the repo:
git clone https://github.com/lyogavin/Latte_t2v_training.git
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate latte
Download the pretrained model as follows
sudo apt-get install git-lfs # or: sudo yum install git-lfs
git lfs install
git clone --depth=1 --no-single-branch https://huggingface.co/maxin-cn/Latte /root/pretrained_Latte/
Put video files in a directory and create a csv file to specify the prompt for each video.
The csv file format:
video_file_name | prompt
_______________________________
VIDEO_FILE_001.mp4 | PROMPT_001
VIDEO_FILE_002.mp4 | PROMPT_002
...
Config is in configs/t2v/t2v_img_train.yaml
and it’s pretty self-explanotary.
A few config entries to note:
video_folder
and csv_path
to the path of training datapretrained_model_path
to the t2v_required_models
directory of downloaded model.pretrained
to the t2v.pt file in the downloaded modeltext_prompt
under validation
section to the testing validation prompts. During the training process every ckpt_every
steps, it’ll test generating videos based on the prompts and publish to wandb for you to checkout.
./run_img_t2v_train.sh
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