SMERF missing URL for teachers download

[samhodge-aiml]

The documents say

2. Download teacher checkpoints. Unzip their contents like so,

   teachers/
     bicycle/
       checkpoint_50000/   # Model checkpoint
       config.gin          # Gin config
     ...
   

but it is unclear where this model checkpoint comes from.

[samhodge-aiml]

Evidently that is where you put he camp_zipnerf checkpoint data.

[DuVogel87]

Hello,

Would you please help me? I am trying to install SMERF, but unfortunately, the instructions from GitHub are not working for me. When I try to clone the repository, I get this error:

C:\SMERF>git clone https://github.com/smerf-3d/smerf.git
Cloning into 'smerf'...
info: please complete authentication in your browser...
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/smerf-3d/smerf.git/' not found

Unfortunately, logging into my GitHub account in my browser seems to have no effect.

Could you please share how you installed it on your PC?

Thanks.

[samhodge-aiml]

smerf-3d git checkout is not needed you already have the code from google-research repo in the smerf folder

[DuVogel87]

Thanks for your fast answer.

I dont get it.

If I try to git clone the repo like this:

git clone https://github.com/google-research/google-research/tree/master/smerf/smerf

it is not working!

I am really not understanding how to clone Smerf to my local drive. Can you give further instructions on this issue please?

[samhodge]

Try this

Clone a Specific Folder from a GitHub Repository https://medium.com/@gabrielcruz_68416/clone-a-specific-folder-from-a-github-repository-f8949e7a02b4

[DuVogel87]

Thanks. But immediatly the first step is not possible because there is no clone URL to copy.

[DuVogel87]

But anyways, with your help I figured out, what to look for. I found a nice work around and used this site to download all files:

https://download-directory.github.io/

[samhodge]

Good luck, let me know how you get on with the computational resources required to run this project

[DuVogel87]

The documents say

2. Download teacher checkpoints. Unzip their contents like so,

   teachers/
     bicycle/
       checkpoint_50000/   # Model checkpoint
       config.gin          # Gin config
     ...
   

but it is unclear where this model checkpoint comes from.

Where did you download the teacher checkpoints?