#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. """ Convert .nemo checkpoints that were trained with ``preprocessor.use_torchaudio=True`` to the current format (non-torchaudio FilterbankFeatures). After torchaudio was removed as a dependency (PR #15211), models trained with the torchaudio-based preprocessor (FilterbankFeaturesTA) fail to load because the state dict keys no longer match: Old (torchaudio): preprocessor.featurizer._mel_spec_extractor.spectrogram.window preprocessor.featurizer._mel_spec_extractor.mel_scale.fb New (current): preprocessor.featurizer.window preprocessor.featurizer.fb This script renames those keys and also sets ``use_torchaudio: false`` in the model config so that the correct featurizer class is instantiated on load. Usage ----- python convert_torchaudio_nemo.py --nemo_file model.nemo --output_file model_converted.nemo """ import argparse import os import tarfile import tempfile import torch import yaml MODEL_CONFIG_YAML = "model_config.yaml" MODEL_WEIGHTS_CKPT = "model_weights.ckpt" # Old torchaudio key suffix -> new key suffix KEY_MIGRATION = { "featurizer._mel_spec_extractor.spectrogram.window": "featurizer.window", "featurizer._mel_spec_extractor.mel_scale.fb": "featurizer.fb", } def migrate_state_dict(state_dict: dict) -> tuple[dict, list[tuple[str, str]]]: """Rename torchaudio-era keys. Returns (new_state_dict, list of (old, new) renames).""" renames = [] for key in list(state_dict.keys()): for old_suffix, new_suffix in KEY_MIGRATION.items(): if key.endswith(old_suffix): new_key = key[: -len(old_suffix)] + new_suffix if "featurizer.fb" in new_suffix: state_dict[new_key] = state_dict.pop(key).T.unsqueeze(0) else: state_dict[new_key] = state_dict.pop(key) renames.append((key, new_key)) break return state_dict, renames def migrate_config(cfg: dict) -> bool: """Set ``use_torchaudio: false`` in the preprocessor config. Returns True if changed.""" preprocessor = cfg.get("preprocessor", {}) if preprocessor.get("use_torchaudio", False): preprocessor["use_torchaudio"] = False return True return False def convert_nemo_file(nemo_path: str, output_path: str) -> None: """Extract, migrate, and repack a .nemo archive.""" with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir: def _safe_extract_all(tar_obj: tarfile.TarFile, dest_dir: str) -> None: """Safely extract all members of a tar file into dest_dir. Ensures that no member escapes dest_dir via absolute paths or '..' components. """ dest_dir_abs = os.path.abspath(dest_dir) for member in tar_obj.getmembers(): member_path = os.path.join(dest_dir_abs, member.name) member_path_abs = os.path.abspath(member_path) if os.path.commonpath([dest_dir_abs, member_path_abs]) != dest_dir_abs: raise ValueError(f"Illegal tar archive entry path: {member.name!r}") tar_obj.extract(member, path=dest_dir_abs) # --- Unpack -------------------------------------------------------- # Older checkpoints may be gzipped; newer ones are plain tar. try: tar = tarfile.open(nemo_path, "r:") except tarfile.ReadError: tar = tarfile.open(nemo_path, "r:gz") _safe_extract_all(tar, tmpdir) tar.close() # --- Migrate state dict -------------------------------------------- weights_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, MODEL_WEIGHTS_CKPT) if not os.path.isfile(weights_path): raise FileNotFoundError( f"Could not find {MODEL_WEIGHTS_CKPT} inside the .nemo archive. " "Are you sure this is a valid .nemo file?" ) state_dict = torch.load(weights_path, map_location="cpu", weights_only=True) state_dict, renames = migrate_state_dict(state_dict) if not renames: print("No torchaudio keys found in state dict — nothing to migrate.") return for old, new in renames: print(f" Renamed: {old} -> {new}") torch.save(state_dict, weights_path) # --- Migrate config ------------------------------------------------ config_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, MODEL_CONFIG_YAML) if os.path.isfile(config_path): with open(config_path) as f: cfg = yaml.safe_load(f) if migrate_config(cfg): print(" Config: set use_torchaudio=false") with open(config_path, "w") as f: yaml.dump(cfg, f, default_flow_style=False) # --- Repack -------------------------------------------------------- with tarfile.open(output_path, "w:") as tar: tar.add(tmpdir, arcname=".") print(f"\nConverted checkpoint saved to: {output_path}") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Convert .nemo checkpoints from torchaudio preprocessor format to the current format.", ) parser.add_argument( "--nemo_file", required=True, help="Path to the source .nemo file.", ) parser.add_argument( "--output_file", required=True, help="Path to write the converted .nemo file.", ) args = parser.parse_args() if not os.path.isfile(args.nemo_file): raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {args.nemo_file}") convert_nemo_file(args.nemo_file, args.output_file) if __name__ == "__main__": main()