---
license: other
task_categories:
- video-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- video
- action-recognition
- computer-vision
- kinetics-700
- downsampled
- 112x112
- research
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
pretty_name: Kinetics-700 Downsampled 112x112 Archives
---

# Kinetics-700 Downsampled 112x112 Archives

This repository contains a compressed, downsampled archive version of Kinetics-700 prepared for easier local download and extraction. Instead of publishing hundreds of thousands of individual video files, the dataset is provided as split `.zip` archives.

The files were produced with the Kinetics-700 Dataset Downloader & Manager from the source dataset [`atalaydenknalbant/Kinetics-700`](https://huggingface.co/datasets/atalaydenknalbant/Kinetics-700).

## Dataset Summary

Kinetics-700 is a large-scale human action recognition dataset based on short YouTube video clips. The original dataset contains approximately 700 action classes and around 635k clips, with train, validation, and test splits.

This release is a lightweight processed variant:

- Spatial resolution: `112x112`
- Format: zip archives containing downsampled video files and source metadata
- Packaged archive size: approximately 9.29 GB
- Intended use: research, video classification, action recognition, and efficient experimentation on lower-storage systems

## Files

| File | Compressed size | Packaged file entries | Notes |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| `train.zip` | 6.98 GB | 536,489 | Downsampled training split |
| `validation.zip` | 444.91 MB | 33,966 | Downsampled validation split |
| `test.zip` | 1.85 GB | 64,533 | Downsampled test split |
| `raw.zip` | 14.94 MB | 4 | Metadata/source files used by the downloader |

## Usage

Download the archive files you need, then extract them locally:

```bash
unzip train.zip
unzip validation.zip
unzip test.zip
unzip raw.zip
```

On Windows, you can also extract the archives with File Explorer, 7-Zip, or PowerShell:

```powershell
Expand-Archive train.zip -DestinationPath train
Expand-Archive validation.zip -DestinationPath validation
Expand-Archive test.zip -DestinationPath test
Expand-Archive raw.zip -DestinationPath raw
```

After extraction, use the split folders directly in your video classification or action recognition pipeline.

## Processing Method

The downloader reduces the original large video footprint by applying a Temporal Segment Networks style preprocessing workflow:

1. Downscale clips to `112x112`.
2. Sample a compact temporal sequence from each clip.
3. Save only the processed lightweight files.
4. Package each split into a zip archive for easier distribution.

This makes the dataset much smaller than the original Kinetics-700 release while preserving a trainable action-recognition structure.

## Source Dataset Details

The upstream Hugging Face dataset card for `atalaydenknalbant/Kinetics-700` describes Kinetics-700 as:

- 700 human action classes
- Approximately 635k total video clips
- Approximately 10 seconds per clip
- Training, validation, and test splits
- YouTube-sourced video clips with timestamp annotations

The upstream card lists the raw dataset as roughly 930 GB on Hugging Face and notes copyright, YouTube terms, demographic/source bias, and research-use considerations.

## Limitations

- This is a downsampled variant, not the original full-resolution Kinetics-700 dataset.
- Some source videos may be unavailable, removed, private, corrupted, or otherwise impossible to process.
- The dataset inherits the limitations of YouTube-sourced data, including geographic, demographic, cultural, and platform biases.
- Test labels may be withheld or incomplete depending on the original source metadata.
- Users are responsible for complying with YouTube's Terms of Service, applicable copyright rules, and the original dataset usage terms.

## Citation and Attribution

Please cite and acknowledge the original Kinetics dataset creators and the upstream Hugging Face source dataset when using this processed release:

- Upstream dataset: [`atalaydenknalbant/Kinetics-700`](https://huggingface.co/datasets/atalaydenknalbant/Kinetics-700)
- Downloader/processing tool: Kinetics-700 Dataset Downloader & Manager