mediapipe protobuf

[qwy1995]

I want to use tensorflow-gpu to accelerate the inference of mediapipe-hand in Windows 10 with Python 3.8. However, tensorflow-gpu only supports version 2.10 and requires protobuf<3.20, while the oldest version of mediapipe (0.10.5) requires protobuf>3.20. How can I install both mediapipe and tensorflow-gpu to use GPU acceleration for mediapipe inference? Does anyone have a lower version of mediapipe?

[dev-jatin-mehra]

#5897

if the problem still persists, then follow

Problem

You want to use tensorflow-gpu to accelerate the inference of mediapipe-hand in Windows 10 with Python 3.8. However, there is an incompatibility issue:

• TensorFlow-GPU (<=2.10) requires protobuf<3.20
• MediaPipe (>=0.10.5) requires protobuf>3.20

This conflict makes it difficult to install both packages together.

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1. Use a Compatible MediaPipe Version (Manual Installation)

Older versions of mediapipe (<=0.8.10) are compatible with protobuf<3.20, making them a viable solution.

Steps to Install

1. Create a new virtual environment:

   python -m venv mediapipe_env
   source mediapipe_env/bin/activate  # Linux/macOS
   mediapipe_env\Scripts\activate  # Windows

2. Install TensorFlow-GPU (2.10):

   pip install tensorflow-gpu==2.10.0

3. Install a compatible version of protobuf:

   pip install protobuf==3.19.6

4. Install an older version of MediaPipe:

   pip install mediapipe==0.8.10.2

   • If this doesn’t work, try older versions (0.8.7, 0.8.9).

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2. Use ONNX Runtime Instead of TensorFlow

If GPU acceleration is your main concern, an alternative is to convert the MediaPipe model to ONNX and use ONNX Runtime with GPU support.

Steps

1. Convert MediaPipe models to ONNX:

   pip install tf2onnx
   python -m tf2onnx.convert --saved-model /path/to/model --output model.onnx

2. Use ONNX Runtime GPU:

   pip install onnxruntime-gpu

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[qwy1995]

hello, thank you very much for your answer @dev-jatin-mehra . I have tried to install mediapipe==0.8.10.2 via pip install mediapipe==0.8.10.2 before (include mediapipe==0.8.x et.) but i failed. The error is :

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mediapipe==0.8.10.2 (from versions: 0.10.5, 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9, 0.10.10, 0.10.11)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for mediapipe==0.8.10.2

so maybe cannot try older versions, the oldest version is 0.10.5, or do you have the package *.whl files about older versions. Looking forward to hearing from you, thank you.