# YOLOv8 usage

**NOTE**: The yaml file is not required.

* [Convert model](#convert-model)
* [Compile the lib](#compile-the-lib)
* [Edit the config_infer_primary_yoloV8 file](#edit-the-config_infer_primary_yolov8-file)
* [Edit the deepstream_app_config file](#edit-the-deepstream_app_config-file)
* [Testing the model](#testing-the-model)

##

### Convert model

#### 1. Download the YOLOv8 repo and install the requirements

```
git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics.git
cd ultralytics
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 setup.py install
pip3 install onnx onnxsim onnxruntime
```

**NOTE**: It is recommended to use Python virtualenv.

#### 2. Copy conversor

Copy the `export_yoloV8.py` file from `DeepStream-Yolo/utils` directory to the `ultralytics` folder.

#### 3. Download the model

Download the `pt` file from [YOLOv8](https://github.com/ultralytics/assets/releases/) releases (example for YOLOv8s)

```
wget https://github.com/ultralytics/assets/releases/download/v0.0.0/yolov8s.pt
```

**NOTE**: You can use your custom model.

#### 4. Convert model

Generate the ONNX model file (example for YOLOv8s)

```
python3 export_yoloV8.py -w yolov8s.pt --simplify
```

**NOTE**: To change the inference size (defaut: 640)

```
-s SIZE
--size SIZE
-s HEIGHT WIDTH
--size HEIGHT WIDTH
```

Example for 1280

```
-s 1280
```

or

```
-s 1280 1280
```

#### 5. Copy generated files

Copy the generated ONNX model file to the `DeepStream-Yolo` folder.

##

### Compile the lib

Open the `DeepStream-Yolo` folder and compile the lib

* DeepStream 6.2 on x86 platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=11.8 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

* DeepStream 6.1.1 on x86 platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=11.7 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

* DeepStream 6.1 on x86 platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=11.6 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

* DeepStream 6.0.1 / 6.0 on x86 platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=11.4 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

* DeepStream 6.2 / 6.1.1 / 6.1 on Jetson platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=11.4 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

* DeepStream 6.0.1 / 6.0 on Jetson platform

  ```
  CUDA_VER=10.2 make -C nvdsinfer_custom_impl_Yolo
  ```

##

### Edit the config_infer_primary_yoloV8 file

Edit the `config_infer_primary_yoloV8.txt` file according to your model (example for YOLOv8s with 80 classes)

```
[property]
...
onnx-file=yolov8s.onnx
model-engine-file=yolov8s.onnx_b1_gpu0_fp32.engine
...
num-detected-classes=80
...
parse-bbox-func-name=NvDsInferParseYolo
...
```

**NOTE**: The **YOLOv8** resizes the input with center padding. To get better accuracy, use

```
maintain-aspect-ratio=1
symmetric-padding=1
```

##

### Edit the deepstream_app_config file

```
...
[primary-gie]
...
config-file=config_infer_primary_yoloV8.txt
```

##

### Testing the model

```
deepstream-app -c deepstream_app_config.txt
```

**NOTE**: The TensorRT engine file may take a very long time to generate (sometimes more than 10 minutes).

**NOTE**: For more information about custom models configuration (`batch-size`, `network-mode`, etc), please check the [`docs/customModels.md`](customModels.md) file.