[hts-users:01270] Re: HERest Warning Message

["Heiga ZEN (Byung Ha CHUN)" <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Tillman, Raymond T CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RHA wrote (2008/03/27 6:08):

> I used the automated build_hts script and built a voice from some 511 utterances based on the arctic database. 
> Both the festvox/*.scm and hts/* parameter files were generated. 
> There were warnings generated while building the voice. 
> The voice does not work in Festival. 
> I get an malloc <negative number> exception and festival dies. 

I guess it's byte order problem.
Festival uses hts_engine module based on HTS-1.1.
Since HTS-1.1.1, we decided to use big endian for hts_engine binaries.
Please modify the following part of Training.pl

  # config file for model conversion
  open(CONF,">$cfg{'cnv'}") || die "Cannot open $!";
  print CONF "NATURALREADORDER = T\n";
  print CONF "NATURALWRITEORDER = F\n";
  close(CONF);

as

  # config file for model conversion
  open(CONF,">$cfg{'cnv'}") || die "Cannot open $!";
  print CONF "NATURALREADORDER = T\n";
  print CONF "NATURALWRITEORDER = T\n";
  close(CONF);

You may obtain *.pdf files which work with Festival.

> There were warnings when I built the voice. 
> The HTS training script marches through just fine until it completes iteration 5 of embedded Re-estimation. 
> After the application reports processing data for the last label file for my audio dataset, 
> the application begins sending many thousands of warning messages regarding the error 7023 instead of what it does normally. The error message:
>
>       WARNING [-7023] SetVFloor: the varFloor# is not a variance floor macro in /usr/local/HTS-2.0.1/bin/HERest
>       
> The count in '#' cycles between 1 and 4.

I guess your mmf file doesn't contain varFloor macros.

> When I tried to run the mkdata_db_v.pl script, I got the error: "the log periodgram was 0 use -e option."

I don't know what mkdata_db_v.pl, it may be made by your group.

> When I added the option -e <value>, the voice built but I could not use the voice. 
> I do not know what the problem is. 
> I have tried a very small value (.001) and a larger value (1.0) with no effect on the above. 
> I have traced the HERest code but only learned WHERE the problem happens, not why.

Which version of SPTK are you using?
mcep in SPTK-3.0 has a bug related to -e option.
Please try to use the latest one.

Regards,

Heiga ZEN (Byung Ha CHUN)

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Heiga ZEN     (in Japanese pronunciation)
Byung Ha CHUN (in Korean pronunciation)

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555 Japan

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