ngluna opened a new issue #18510: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/18510
We had a customer requesting an example of how to convert a .csv file to MXNet RecordIO. I found an example of how to convert images into a RecordIO on the MXNet's [FAQ](https://mxnet.apache.org/api/faq/recordio). But I could not find an example of the aforementioned on MXNet's site or on the internet in general. I sent a follow-up email asking specifics of why they wanted to make said file format conversion but, as of writing this, I have not heard back. My guess is that they were having trouble reading the entire .csv file into memory and so converting it to a binary file might have been a solution. However, it is unclear to me if they were aware of MXNet's [pre-built](https://mxnet.apache.org/api/perl/docs/tutorials/io#predefined-data-iterators) and [custom csv iterator](https://mxnet.apache.org/api/r/docs/tutorials/custom_iterator#custom-csv-iterator). Which begs the question: does it make sense to have an example showing how to convert a .csv file to MXNet RecordIO? If yes, it might be worthwhile creating and including an example as part of the [FAQ](https://mxnet.apache.org/api/faq/recordio). ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
