{
  "id": 576518,
  "title": "Are there test data shorter than 5 seconds?",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2025/discussion/576518",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-05-05T14:22:22.958735100Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I noticed that the submitted samples follow a 5-second interval for each result. So I am wondering if some test data is shorter than 32000<em>5， or whether the tail segments shorter than 32000</em>5 need to be processed for validation.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3194199",
      "postDate": "05/05/2025 14:22:22",
      "content": "<p>I noticed that the submitted samples follow a 5-second interval for each result. So I am wondering if some test data is shorter than 32000<em>5， or whether the tail segments shorter than 32000</em>5 need to be processed for validation.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I noticed that the submitted samples follow a 5-second interval for each result. So I am wondering if some test data is shorter than 32000*5， or whether the tail segments shorter than 32000*5 need to be processed for validation.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3195214",
      "postDate": "05/06/2025 19:07:48",
      "content": "<p>It is impossible to know given that the test dataset is hidden from us.  I recommend building your model to handle all scenarios and have your code be as bullet proof as possible.  If you really want to test if the test dataset has any segments lower than 5 seconds then you can do the following cheat code:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a notebook that iterates over the dataset and does nothing else</li>\n<li>Add an assert that checks the clip length and if it is less than 5 seconds then it will fail and throw an error.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>If you run through the entire dataset without an error then they are all longer than 5, otherwise shorter.  This is a quick cheat code I have used in the past to test the existence of edge cases.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It is impossible to know given that the test dataset is hidden from us.  I recommend building your model to handle all scenarios and have your code be as bullet proof as possible.  If you really want to test if the test dataset has any segments lower than 5 seconds then you can do the following cheat code:\n  1. Create a notebook that iterates over the dataset and does nothing else\n  2. Add an assert that checks the clip length and if it is less than 5 seconds then it will fail and throw an error.\n\nIf you run through the entire dataset without an error then they are all longer than 5, otherwise shorter.  This is a quick cheat code I have used in the past to test the existence of edge cases.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3196541",
      "postDate": "05/07/2025 06:11:51",
      "content": "<p>No, all test files have the same duration and are 60s long.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No, all test files have the same duration and are 60s long.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3195214,
      "author_name": "connorjd",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/06/2025 19:07:48",
      "content": "<p>It is impossible to know given that the test dataset is hidden from us.  I recommend building your model to handle all scenarios and have your code be as bullet proof as possible.  If you really want to test if the test dataset has any segments lower than 5 seconds then you can do the following cheat code:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a notebook that iterates over the dataset and does nothing else</li>\n<li>Add an assert that checks the clip length and if it is less than 5 seconds then it will fail and throw an error.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>If you run through the entire dataset without an error then they are all longer than 5, otherwise shorter.  This is a quick cheat code I have used in the past to test the existence of edge cases.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3196541,
      "author_name": "stefankahl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/07/2025 06:11:51",
      "content": "<p>No, all test files have the same duration and are 60s long.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3194199": "I noticed that the submitted samples follow a 5-second interval for each result. So I am wondering if some test data is shorter than 32000*5， or whether the tail segments shorter than 32000*5 need to be processed for validation.",
    "3195214": "It is impossible to know given that the test dataset is hidden from us.  I recommend building your model to handle all scenarios and have your code be as bullet proof as possible.  If you really want to test if the test dataset has any segments lower than 5 seconds then you can do the following cheat code:\n  1. Create a notebook that iterates over the dataset and does nothing else\n  2. Add an assert that checks the clip length and if it is less than 5 seconds then it will fail and throw an error.\n\nIf you run through the entire dataset without an error then they are all longer than 5, otherwise shorter.  This is a quick cheat code I have used in the past to test the existence of edge cases.",
    "3196541": "No, all test files have the same duration and are 60s long."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}