---
license: mit
task_categories:
- image-classification
- object-detection
- visual-question-answering
- zero-shot-image-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- ego4d
- egocentric-vision
- computer-vision
- random-sampling
- video-frames
- first-person-view
- activity-recognition
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
pretty_name: Ego4D Random Views Dataset
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: image
    dtype: image
  - name: frame_id
    dtype: string
  - name: video_uid
    dtype: string
  - name: video_filename
    dtype: string
  - name: video_path
    dtype: string
  - name: frame_idx
    dtype: int32
  - name: total_frames
    dtype: int32
  - name: timestamp_sec
    dtype: float32
  - name: fps
    dtype: float32
  - name: worker_id
    dtype: int32
  - name: generated_at
    dtype: string
  - name: image_width
    dtype: int32
  - name: image_height
    dtype: int32
  - name: original_shape_height
    dtype: int32
  - name: original_shape_width
    dtype: int32
  - name: original_shape_channels
    dtype: int32
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 21000000000
    num_examples: 20000
  download_size: 21000000000
  dataset_size: 21000000000
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
viewer: true
---

# Ego4D Random Views Dataset

This dataset contains **20,000 random view frames** sampled from the [Ego4D dataset](https://ego4d-data.org/) using a high-performance multi-process generation system.

![Dataset Preview](https://huggingface.co/datasets/weikaih/ego4d-random-views-20k/resolve/main/preview.jpg)

## Dataset Overview

- **Total Images**: 20,000 high-quality frames
- **Image Format**: PNG (1024×1024 resolution)  
- **Source**: Ego4D v2 dataset (52,665+ video files)
- **Sampling Method**: Multi-process random sampling with maximum diversity
- **Generation Time**: 797.57 seconds (~13 minutes)
- **Generation Speed**: 25.08 frames/second
- **Success Rate**: 100.0%

## Key Features

🎬 **Maximum Diversity**: Sampled from 50,000+ different Ego4D videos  
🚀 **High Performance**: Generated using 128 parallel workers  
📊 **Complete Metadata**: Full metadata for each frame including video source, timestamp, etc.  
🎯 **High Quality**: 1024×1024 resolution PNG images  
💾 **Efficient Storage**: Stored in parquet format for fast loading  
🔍 **Rich Context**: Each frame includes video UID, timestamp, and source information

## Dataset Schema

Each sample contains:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `image` | Image | The frame image (1024×1024 PNG) |
| `frame_id` | string | Unique frame identifier |
| `video_uid` | string | Original Ego4D video UID |
| `video_filename` | string | Source video filename |
| `video_path` | string | Full path to source video |
| `frame_idx` | int32 | Frame index in original video |
| `total_frames` | int32 | Total frames in source video |
| `timestamp_sec` | float32 | Timestamp in video (seconds) |
| `fps` | float32 | Video frame rate |
| `worker_id` | int32 | Generation worker ID |
| `generated_at` | string | Generation timestamp |
| `image_width` | int32 | Image width (1024) |
| `image_height` | int32 | Image height (1024) |
| `original_shape_*` | int32 | Original video frame dimensions |

## Usage

### Quick Start

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("weikaih/ego4d-random-views-20k")

# Get a sample
sample = dataset['train'][0]
image = sample['image']  # PIL Image
print(f"Video: {sample['video_filename']}")
print(f"Timestamp: {sample['timestamp_sec']:.2f}s")
```

### Exploring the Data

```python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Display a sample image
sample = dataset['train'][42]
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))

plt.subplot(1, 2, 1)
plt.imshow(sample['image'])
plt.title(f"Frame from {sample['video_uid'][:8]}...")
plt.axis('off')

plt.subplot(1, 2, 2)
plt.text(0.1, 0.8, f"Video: {sample['video_filename'][:30]}...")
plt.text(0.1, 0.7, f"Timestamp: {sample['timestamp_sec']:.2f}s")
plt.text(0.1, 0.6, f"Frame: {sample['frame_idx']}/{sample['total_frames']}")
plt.text(0.1, 0.5, f"FPS: {sample['fps']}")
plt.axis('off')
plt.show()
```

### PyTorch Integration

```python
import torch
from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms

# Define transforms
transform = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.Resize((224, 224)),
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], 
                       std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
])

# Custom dataset class
class Ego4DDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
    def __init__(self, hf_dataset, transform=None):
        self.dataset = hf_dataset
        self.transform = transform
    
    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.dataset)
    
    def __getitem__(self, idx):
        sample = self.dataset[idx]
        image = sample['image']
        
        if self.transform:
            image = self.transform(image)
        
        return image, sample

# Create dataset and dataloader
pytorch_dataset = Ego4DDataset(dataset['train'], transform=transform)
dataloader = DataLoader(pytorch_dataset, batch_size=32, shuffle=True)

# Training loop example
for batch_idx, (images, metadata) in enumerate(dataloader):
    # Your training code here
    print(f"Batch {batch_idx}: {images.shape}")
    if batch_idx >= 2:  # Just show first few batches
        break
```

### Data Analysis

```python
import pandas as pd
from collections import Counter

# Convert to pandas for analysis
data = []
for sample in dataset['train']:
    data.append({
        'video_uid': sample['video_uid'],
        'timestamp_sec': sample['timestamp_sec'],
        'fps': sample['fps'],
        'total_frames': sample['total_frames'],
        'worker_id': sample['worker_id']
    })

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

# Basic statistics
print(f"Unique videos: {df['video_uid'].nunique()}")
print(f"Average FPS: {df['fps'].mean():.2f}")
print(f"Timestamp range: {df['timestamp_sec'].min():.2f}s - {df['timestamp_sec'].max():.2f}s")

# Video distribution
video_counts = Counter(df['video_uid'])
print(f"Samples per video - Min: {min(video_counts.values())}, Max: {max(video_counts.values())}")
```

## Applications

This dataset is suitable for:

- **Egocentric vision research**: First-person view understanding
- **Activity recognition**: Daily activity classification
- **Object detection**: Objects in natural settings
- **Scene understanding**: Indoor/outdoor scene analysis  
- **Transfer learning**: Pre-training for egocentric tasks
- **Multi-modal learning**: Combining with video metadata
- **Temporal analysis**: Using timestamp information

## Generation Statistics

- **Target Frames**: 20,000
- **Generated Frames**: 20,000
- **Success Rate**: 100.0%
- **Generation Time**: 13.3 minutes
- **Workers Used**: 128
- **Processing Speed**: 25.08 frames/second
- **Source Videos**: 52,665+ Ego4D video files
- **Diversity**: Maximum diversity through distributed sampling

## Technical Details

### Sampling Strategy
- **Random Selection**: Both video and frame positions randomly sampled
- **Worker Distribution**: Videos distributed across 128 workers for diversity
- **Quality Control**: Automatic validation and error recovery
- **Metadata Preservation**: Complete provenance tracking

### Data Quality
- **Image Quality**: All frames validated during generation
- **Resolution**: Consistent 1024×1024 PNG format  
- **Color Space**: RGB color space
- **Compression**: PNG lossless compression
- **Metadata Completeness**: 100% metadata coverage

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the original Ego4D paper:

```bibtex
@inproceedings{grauman2022ego4d,
  title={Ego4d: Around the world in 3,000 hours of egocentric video},
  author={Grauman, Kristen and Westbury, Andrew and Byrnes, Eugene and others},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
  pages={18211--18230},
  year={2022}
}
```

## License

This dataset follows the same license terms as the original Ego4D dataset. Please refer to the [Ego4D license](https://ego4d-data.org/pdfs/Ego4D-License.pdf) for usage terms.

## Dataset Creation

This dataset was generated using a high-performance multi-process sampling system designed for maximum diversity and efficiency. The generation process:

1. **Video Indexing**: Scanned 52,665+ Ego4D video files
2. **Distributed Sampling**: Used 128 parallel workers for maximum diversity
3. **Quality Assurance**: Validated each frame during generation
4. **Metadata Collection**: Captured complete provenance information
5. **Efficient Upload**: Used HuggingFace datasets library with parquet format

For more details on the generation process, see the [technical documentation](https://github.com/your-repo/ego4d-random-sampling).