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Installing zamba

Zamba has been developed and tested on macOS and Ubuntu Linux for both CPU and GPU configurations.

To install zamba

1. Install prerequisites

Prerequisites:

  • Python 3.7 or 3.8
  • FFmpeg

Python 3.7 or 3.8

We recommend Python installation using Anaconda for all platforms. For more information about how to install Anaconda, here are some useful YouTube videos of installation:

FFmpeg version 4.3

FFmpeg is an open source library for loading videos of different codecs. Using FFmpeg means that zamba can be flexible in terms of the video formats we support. FFmpeg can be installed on all different platforms, but requires some additional configuration depending on the platform. Here are some videos and instructions walking through FFmpeg installation:

To check that FFmpeg is installed, run ffmpeg:

$ ffmpeg

ffmpeg version 4.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)
...

To check your installed version, run ffmpeg -version.

2. Install zamba

On macOS, run these commands in the terminal (⌘+space, "Terminal"). On Windows, run them in a command prompt, or if you installed Anaconda an anaconda prompt (Start > Anaconda3 > Anaconda Prompt).

To install for development: 

$ pip install zamba

To check what version of zamba you have installed: 

$ pip show zamba

To update zamba to the most recent version if needed: 

$ pip install -U zamba

Operating Systems that have been tested

macOS

zamba has been tested on macOS High Sierra.

Linux

zamba has been tested on Ubuntu versions 16 and 17.

Windows

zamba has been tested on Windows 10.

Using GPU

zamba is much faster on a machine with a graphics processing unit (GPU), but has also been developed and tested for machines without GPU(s).

To use a GPU, you must be using an NVIDIA GPU, have installed and configured CUDA, and have installed and configured CuDNN per their specifications.