continuining training from where it is left off

config.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "run_name": "ljspeech",
-    "run_description": "t bidirectional decoder test train",
+    "run_name": "ljspeech-w/o-bd",
+    "run_description": "tacotron2 without bidirectional decoder",
 
     "audio":{
         // Audio processing parameters
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "forward_attn_mask": false, 
     "transition_agent": false,     // enable/disable transition agent of forward attention.
     "location_attn": true,        // enable_disable location sensitive attention. It is enabled for TACOTRON by default.
-    "bidirectional_decoder": true,  // use https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09006. Use it, if attention does not work well with your dataset.
+    "bidirectional_decoder": false,  // use https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09006. Use it, if attention does not work well with your dataset.
     "loss_masking": true,         // enable / disable loss masking against the sequence padding.
     "enable_eos_bos_chars": false, // enable/disable beginning of sentence and end of sentence chars.
     "stopnet": true,               // Train stopnet predicting the end of synthesis. 

distribute.py

@@ -125,50 +125,45 @@ def main():
     Call train.py as a new process and pass command arguments
     """
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--continue_path',
+        type=str,
+        help='Training output folder to conitnue training. Use to continue a training.',
+        default='')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--restore_path',
         type=str,
-        help='Folder path to checkpoints',
+        help='Model file to be restored. Use to finetune a model.',
         default='')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--config_path',
         type=str,
         help='path to config file for training',
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--data_path', type=str, help='dataset path.', default='')
-
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    CONFIG = load_config(args.config_path)
-    OUT_PATH = create_experiment_folder(CONFIG.output_path, CONFIG.run_name,
-                                        True)
-    stdout_path = os.path.join(OUT_PATH, "process_stdout/")
+    # OUT_PATH = create_experiment_folder(CONFIG.output_path, CONFIG.run_name,
+                                        # True)
+    # stdout_path = os.path.join(OUT_PATH, "process_stdout/")
 
     num_gpus = torch.cuda.device_count()
     group_id = time.strftime("%Y_%m_%d-%H%M%S")
 
     # set arguments for train.py
     command = ['train.py']
+    command.append('--continue_path={}'.format(args.continue_path))
     command.append('--restore_path={}'.format(args.restore_path))
     command.append('--config_path={}'.format(args.config_path))
     command.append('--group_id=group_{}'.format(group_id))
-    command.append('--data_path={}'.format(args.data_path))
-    command.append('--output_path={}'.format(OUT_PATH))
     command.append('')
 
-    if not os.path.isdir(stdout_path):
-        os.makedirs(stdout_path)
-        os.chmod(stdout_path, 0o775)
-
     # run processes
     processes = []
     for i in range(num_gpus):
         my_env = os.environ.copy()
         my_env["PYTHON_EGG_CACHE"] = "/tmp/tmp{}".format(i)
-        command[6] = '--rank={}'.format(i)
-        stdout = None if i == 0 else open(
-            os.path.join(stdout_path, "process_{}.log".format(i)), "w")
+        command[-1] = '--rank={}'.format(i)
+        stdout = None if i == 0 else open(os.devnull, 'w')
         p = subprocess.Popen(['python3'] + command, stdout=stdout, env=my_env)
         processes.append(p)
         print(command)

train.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
+import glob
 import time
 import traceback
 
@@ -643,11 +644,16 @@ def main(args):  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--continue_path',
+        type=str,
+        help='Training output folder to conitnue training. Use to continue a training.',
+        default='')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--restore_path',
         type=str,
-        help='Path to model outputs (checkpoint, tensorboard etc.).',
-        default=0)
+        help='Model file to be restored. Use to finetune a model.',
+        default='')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--config_path',
         type=str,
@@ -657,19 +663,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         type=bool,
                         default=True,
                         help='Do not verify commit integrity to run training.')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--data_path',
-        type=str,
-        default='',
-        help='Defines the data path. It overwrites config.json.')
-    parser.add_argument('--output_path',
-                        type=str,
-                        help='path for training outputs.',
-                        default='')
-    parser.add_argument('--output_folder',
-                        type=str,
-                        default='',
-                        help='folder name for training outputs.')
 
     # DISTRUBUTED
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -683,21 +676,22 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         help='DISTRIBUTED: process group id.')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    # setup output paths and read configs
+    if args.continue_path != '':
+        args.output_path = args.continue_path
+        args.config_path = os.path.join(args.continue_path, 'config.json')
+        list_of_files = glob.glob(args.continue_path + "/*.pth.tar") # * means all if need specific format then *.csv
+        latest_model_file = max(list_of_files, key=os.path.getctime)
+        args.restore_path = latest_model_file
+        print(f" > Training continues for {args.restore_path}")
+
+     # setup output paths and read configs
     c = load_config(args.config_path)
     _ = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    if args.data_path != '':
-        c.data_path = args.data_path
 
-    if args.output_path == '':
-        OUT_PATH = os.path.join(_, c.output_path)
+    if args.continue_path != '':
+        OUT_PATH = create_experiment_folder(args.continue_path, c.run_name, args.debug)
     else:
-        OUT_PATH = args.output_path
-
-    if args.group_id == '' and args.output_folder == '':
-        OUT_PATH = create_experiment_folder(OUT_PATH, c.run_name, args.debug)
-    else:
-        OUT_PATH = os.path.join(OUT_PATH, args.output_folder)
+        OUT_PATH = create_experiment_folder(c.output_path, c.run_name, args.debug)
 
     AUDIO_PATH = os.path.join(OUT_PATH, 'test_audios')