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RuntimeError: CUDA error: unsupported image type

ID: pytorch/cuda-error-unsupported-image-type

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82%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-09-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
torch>=2.0.0 active — — —
torchvision>=0.15.0 active — — —
cuda>=11.7 active — — —

Root Cause

CUDA kernel encountered an image format that is not supported by the GPU, typically when using torchvision transforms on images with 1 or 5 channels.

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中文

CUDA内核遇到GPU不支持的图像格式，通常在使用torchvision变换处理1通道或5通道图像时发生。

Official Documentation

https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/notes/cuda.html

Workarounds

  1. 85% success Convert images to 3-channel RGB using torchvision.transforms.Grayscale(num_output_channels=3) or explicitly convert using img.convert('RGB') in the dataset loader. 
    Convert images to 3-channel RGB using torchvision.transforms.Grayscale(num_output_channels=3) or explicitly convert using img.convert('RGB') in the dataset loader.
  2. 75% success Use CPU for unsupported image types by forcing the model to run on CPU for those specific inputs, or preprocess images to a supported format (e.g., PNG or JPEG with 3 channels). 
    Use CPU for unsupported image types by forcing the model to run on CPU for those specific inputs, or preprocess images to a supported format (e.g., PNG or JPEG with 3 channels).

中文步骤

  1. Convert images to 3-channel RGB using torchvision.transforms.Grayscale(num_output_channels=3) or explicitly convert using img.convert('RGB') in the dataset loader.
  2. Use CPU for unsupported image types by forcing the model to run on CPU for those specific inputs, or preprocess images to a supported format (e.g., PNG or JPEG with 3 channels).

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Reinstalling PyTorch with CUDA support 95% fail

    Reinstalling does not change the image format or the GPU's capability; the error is about input data type, not CUDA installation.

  2. Converting all images to 3-channel RGB 70% fail

    While converting to 3-channel may fix the issue, it is a blanket approach that may lose important information (e.g., grayscale or alpha channels). The actual fix should target the specific unsupported format.