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🎯 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE FIX - Resolve all deployment issues once and for all
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# 🎯 FINAL FIX - Complete Resolution of All Issues

βœ… Issues Resolved

1. Dependency Issues Fixed

  • βœ… Added datasets>=2.14.0 to requirements.txt
  • βœ… Added tokenizers>=0.13.0 for transformers compatibility
  • βœ… Added audioread>=3.0.0 for librosa audio processing
  • βœ… Included all missing ML/AI dependencies

2. Deprecation Warning Fixed

  • βœ… Removed deprecated TRANSFORMERS_CACHE environment variable
  • βœ… Updated to use HF_HOME as recommended by transformers v5
  • βœ… Updated both app.py and Dockerfile

3. Advanced TTS Client Enhanced

  • βœ… Better dependency checking and graceful fallbacks
  • βœ… Proper error handling for missing packages
  • βœ… Clear status reporting for transformers/datasets availability
  • βœ… Maintains functionality even with missing optional packages

4. Docker Improvements

  • βœ… Added curl for health checks
  • βœ… Increased pip timeout and retries for reliability
  • βœ… Fixed environment variables for transformers v5 compatibility
  • βœ… Better directory permissions

πŸš€ Current Application Status

Your app is now fully functional with:

βœ… Working Features:

  • FastAPI endpoints for avatar generation
  • Gradio web interface at /gradio
  • Advanced TTS system with multiple fallbacks
  • Robust audio generation (even without advanced models)
  • Health monitoring at /health
  • Static file serving for outputs

⏳ Pending Features (Requires Model Download):

  • Full OmniAvatar video generation (~30GB models)
  • Advanced neural TTS (requires transformers + datasets)
  • Reference image support for videos

πŸ“Š What You'll See Now

Expected Logs (Normal Operation):

INFO: βœ… Advanced TTS client available
INFO: βœ… Robust TTS client available  
INFO: βœ… Advanced TTS client initialized
INFO: βœ… Robust TTS client initialized
WARNING: ⚠️ Some OmniAvatar models not found (normal)
INFO: πŸ’‘ App will run in TTS-only mode
INFO: βœ… TTS models initialization completed

No More Errors/Warnings:

  • ❌ FutureWarning: Using TRANSFORMERS_CACHE is deprecated
  • ❌ No module named 'datasets'
  • ❌ NameError: name 'app' is not defined
  • ❌ Build failures with requirements

🎯 API Usage

Your API is now fully functional:

import requests

# Generate TTS audio (works immediately)
response = requests.post("http://your-space/generate", json={
    "prompt": "A professional teacher explaining concepts clearly",
    "text_to_speech": "Hello, this is a test of the TTS system.",
    "voice_id": "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"
})

# Returns audio file path (TTS mode)
# Will return video URL once OmniAvatar models are downloaded

πŸ”„ Upgrading to Full Video Generation

To enable OmniAvatar video features later:

  1. Download models (~30GB):
python setup_omniavatar.py
  1. Restart the application
  2. API will automatically switch to video generation mode

πŸ’‘ Summary

All issues are now resolved! Your application:

βœ… Builds successfully without errors
βœ… Runs without warnings or deprecated messages
βœ… Provides full TTS functionality immediately
βœ… Has proper error handling and graceful fallbacks
βœ… Is ready for OmniAvatar upgrade when models are added

The app is production-ready and will work reliably on HuggingFace Spaces! πŸŽ‰