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title: metric
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<h2 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric</code></h2>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>BaseMetric()</code></pre>
<p>Abstract base class for all eval metrics.</p>
<p>Two execution shapes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Per-sample</strong> (<code>is_set_metric=False</code>, default) — implement
  :meth:<code>compute</code>. The Evaluator calls it once per input sample and
  returns one :class:<code>MetricResult</code> per sample.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Set-vs-set</strong> (<code>is_set_metric=True</code>) — implement
  :meth:<code>accumulate</code> (called once per sample to buffer features)
  and :meth:<code>finalize</code> (called once after all samples to compute
  the corpus-level result). Use :meth:<code>reset</code> to clear buffers and
  :meth:<code>merge_from</code> to fold multi-GPU per-worker state together.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Optionally override :meth:<code>setup</code> to eagerly load models. Metrics
that chunk along the time dim for memory hardcode their own chunk
size in <code>__init__</code> (see <code>optical_flow</code> for the canonical
example). Eval always processes one video per
:meth:<code>Evaluator.evaluate</code> call; <code>compute</code> / <code>accumulate</code>
receive a single sample, not a batch.</p>

<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.to"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.to</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>to(device: str | torch.device) -&gt; BaseMetric</code></pre>
<p>Move metric (and its internal models) to <em>device</em>.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.setup"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.setup</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>setup() -&gt; None</code></pre>
<p>Eagerly load models. Called once by :class:<code>EvalWorker</code>.</p>
<p>Default is a no-op; metrics with no eager state (pixel math,
closed-form ops) inherit this. Override only if your metric
needs to load weights.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.compute"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.compute</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>compute(sample: dict) -&gt; MetricResult</code></pre>
<p>Per-sample metrics: compute the score for one sample.</p>
<p><code>sample["video"]</code> is <code>(T, C, H, W)</code> float in <code>[0, 1]</code>.
<code>sample["reference"]</code> (if used) has the same shape. Return
<code>self._skip(sample, reason)</code> for missing inputs.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.reset"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.reset</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>reset() -&gt; None</code></pre>
<p>Clear accumulator state at the start of each evaluate() call.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.accumulate"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.accumulate</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>accumulate(sample: dict) -&gt; None</code></pre>
<p>Buffer per-sample features for a corpus-level metric.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.finalize"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.finalize</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>finalize() -&gt; MetricResult</code></pre>
<p>Compute the corpus-level result from buffered state.</p>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.merge_from"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.BaseMetric.merge_from</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>merge_from(other: BaseMetric) -&gt; None</code></pre>
<p>Multi-GPU: fold another worker's accumulator state into this one.</p>
<h2 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.register"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.register</code></h2>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>register(name: str)</code></pre>
<p>Decorator to register a metric class.</p>
<p>Usage::</p>
<pre><code>@register("ssim")
class SSIMMetric(BaseMetric):
    ...
</code></pre>
<h2 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.MetricResult"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.MetricResult</code></h2>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>MetricResult(name: str, score: float | None, details: dict&#91;str, Any&#93; = dict())</code></pre>
<p>Standard result container returned by all metrics.</p>
<p><code>score</code> is <code>None</code> when the metric was skipped (e.g. missing
required input).  Check <code>details["skipped"]</code> for the reason.</p>

<h2 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.SSIMMetric"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.SSIMMetric</code></h2>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>SSIMMetric(window_size: int = 11, chunk_size: int = 16)</code></pre>


<details><summary>Source</summary><pre><code>@register(&quot;common.ssim&quot;)
class SSIMMetric(BaseMetric):
    name = &quot;common.ssim&quot;
    requires_reference = True
    higher_is_better = True
    # Five depthwise conv2d&#x27;s per chunk — GPU is ~100× the CPU path at
    # 1080p, and it frees the host bus for the loader thread.
    needs_gpu = True

    def __init__(self, window_size: int = 11, chunk_size: int = 16) -&gt; None:
        super().__init__()
        self.window_size = window_size
        # Caps the ~5-7 conv intermediates at ~4 GB on a 1080p clip.
        self._chunk_size = chunk_size

    def compute(self, sample: dict) -&gt; MetricResult:
        gen = sample&#91;&quot;video&quot;&#93;.float().to(self.device)  # (T, C, H, W)
        ref = sample&#91;&quot;reference&quot;&#93;.float().to(self.device)
        n = min(gen.shape&#91;0&#93;, ref.shape&#91;0&#93;)
        gen, ref = gen&#91;:n&#93;, ref&#91;:n&#93;

        chunk = self._chunk_size or n
        parts = &#91;&#93;
        for i in range(0, n, chunk):
            parts.append(_ssim_per_frame(gen&#91;i:i + chunk&#93;, ref&#91;i:i + chunk&#93;, self.window_size))
        per_frame = torch.cat(parts)  # (n,)

        return MetricResult(
            name=self.name,
            score=per_frame.mean().item(),
            details=&#123;&quot;per_frame&quot;: per_frame.tolist()&#125;,
        )</code></pre></details>
<h3 id="fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.SSIMMetric.compute"><code>fastvideo.eval.metrics.common.ssim.metric.SSIMMetric.compute</code></h3>
<pre class="doc-signature"><code>compute(sample: dict) -&gt; MetricResult</code></pre>

<details><summary>Source</summary><pre><code>def compute(self, sample: dict) -&gt; MetricResult:
    gen = sample&#91;&quot;video&quot;&#93;.float().to(self.device)  # (T, C, H, W)
    ref = sample&#91;&quot;reference&quot;&#93;.float().to(self.device)
    n = min(gen.shape&#91;0&#93;, ref.shape&#91;0&#93;)
    gen, ref = gen&#91;:n&#93;, ref&#91;:n&#93;

    chunk = self._chunk_size or n
    parts = &#91;&#93;
    for i in range(0, n, chunk):
        parts.append(_ssim_per_frame(gen&#91;i:i + chunk&#93;, ref&#91;i:i + chunk&#93;, self.window_size))
    per_frame = torch.cat(parts)  # (n,)

    return MetricResult(
        name=self.name,
        score=per_frame.mean().item(),
        details=&#123;&quot;per_frame&quot;: per_frame.tolist()&#125;,
    )</code></pre></details>
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