RuntimeError: Given groups=1, weight of size [64, 128, 1, 1], expected input[4, 64, 418, 209] to have 128 channels, but got 64 channels instead

Hi! I’m using PyTorch implementation for Yolov4 from Tianxiaomo. I prepared train.txt and val.txt as described in README but when I run the python3 train.py -g 0 -dir dataset/train.txt command, I got this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “train.py”, line 623, in
train(model=model,
File “train.py”, line 379, in train
bboxes_pred = model(images)
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py”, line 889, in _call_impl
result = self.forward(*input, **kwargs)
File “/home/batu/Desktop/AESK/pytorch-YOLOv4/tool/darknet2pytorch.py”, line 161, in forward
x = self.modelsind
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py”, line 889, in _call_impl
result = self.forward(*input, **kwargs)
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/container.py”, line 119, in forward
input = module(input)
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py”, line 889, in _call_impl
result = self.forward(*input, **kwargs)
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/conv.py”, line 399, in forward
return self._conv_forward(input, self.weight, self.bias)
File “/home/batu/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/conv.py”, line 395, in _conv_forward
return F.conv2d(input, weight, bias, self.stride,
RuntimeError: Given groups=1, weight of size [64, 128, 1, 1], expected input[4, 64, 418, 209] to have 128 channels, but got 64 channels instead

The issue is raised if the incoming activation has a wrong number of channels for the current conv layer.
Did you manipulate the model in any way?

According to AlexeyAB Darknet, I edited only cfg.py and yolov4.cfg file. I didn’t change anything in the model. What should I do if I need to make changes to the model?

I’m not familiar with this repository, but could you post the changes you’ve made, so that we could take a look in case the number of filters were set to wrong values?

I realized that I shouldn't have run that command as I mentioned above. I ran this command: python3 train.py  -l 0.001 -g 0 -pretrained yolov4.conv.137.pth -classes 18 -dir dataset/train. But still, I'm getting the same error. 
My dataset has 18 classes. I changed the filters parameter in the 3 [convolutional] before each [yolo] layer as 69 according to (num_classes+5)*3.
Here is my cfg.py and cfg file.

cfg.py:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
@Time          : 2020/05/06 21:05
@Author        : Tianxiaomo
@File          : Cfg.py
@Noice         :
@Modificattion :
    @Author    :
    @Time      :
    @Detail    :

'''
import os
from easydict import EasyDict


_BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

Cfg = EasyDict()

Cfg.use_darknet_cfg = True
Cfg.cfgfile = os.path.join(_BASE_DIR, 'cfg', 'yolov4-custom(aesk).cfg')

Cfg.batch = 4
Cfg.subdivisions = 1
Cfg.width = 418				
Cfg.height = 418
Cfg.channels = 3
Cfg.momentum = 0.949
Cfg.decay = 0.0005
Cfg.angle = 0
Cfg.saturation = 1.5
Cfg.exposure = 1.5
Cfg.hue = .1

Cfg.learning_rate = 0.00261
Cfg.burn_in = 1000
Cfg.max_batches = 36000
Cfg.steps = [28800, 32400]
Cfg.policy = Cfg.steps
Cfg.scales = .1, .1

Cfg.cutmix = 0
Cfg.mosaic = 1

Cfg.letter_box = 0
Cfg.jitter = 0.2
Cfg.classes = 18
Cfg.track = 0
Cfg.w = Cfg.width
Cfg.h = Cfg.height
Cfg.flip = 0
Cfg.blur = 0
Cfg.gaussian = 0
Cfg.boxes = 60  # box num
Cfg.TRAIN_EPOCHS = 300
Cfg.train_label = os.path.join(_BASE_DIR, 'data', 'train.txt')
Cfg.val_label = os.path.join(_BASE_DIR, 'data' ,'val.txt')
Cfg.TRAIN_OPTIMIZER = 'adam'
'''
image_path1 x1,y1,x2,y2,id x1,y1,x2,y2,id x1,y1,x2,y2,id ...
image_path2 x1,y1,x2,y2,id x1,y1,x2,y2,id x1,y1,x2,y2,id ...
...
'''

if Cfg.mosaic and Cfg.cutmix:
    Cfg.mixup = 4
elif Cfg.cutmix:
    Cfg.mixup = 2
elif Cfg.mosaic:
    Cfg.mixup = 3

Cfg.checkpoints = os.path.join(_BASE_DIR, 'checkpoints')
Cfg.TRAIN_TENSORBOARD_DIR = os.path.join(_BASE_DIR, 'log')

Cfg.iou_type = 'iou'  # 'giou', 'diou', 'ciou'

Cfg.keep_checkpoint_max = 10

cfg file:

[net]
# Testing
#batch=1
#subdivisions=1
# Training
batch=4
subdivisions=1
width=418
height=418
channels=3
momentum=0.949
decay=0.0005
angle=0
saturation = 1.5
exposure = 1.5
hue=.1
flip=0

learning_rate=0.001
burn_in=1000
max_batches = 36000
policy=steps
steps=28800,32400
scales=.1,.1

#cutmix=1
mosaic=1

#:104x104 54:52x52 85:26x26 104:13x13 for 416

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=32
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

# Downsample

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -2

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=32
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -1,-7

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

# Downsample

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -2

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=64
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -1,-10

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

# Downsample

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -2

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -1,-28

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

# Downsample

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -2

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear


[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -1,-28

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

# Downsample

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=1024
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -2

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[shortcut]
from=-3
activation=linear

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

[route]
layers = -1,-16

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=1024
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=mish

##########################

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=1024
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

### SPP ###
[maxpool]
stride=1
size=5

[route]
layers=-2

[maxpool]
stride=1
size=9

[route]
layers=-4

[maxpool]
stride=1
size=13

[route]
layers=-1,-3,-5,-6
### End SPP ###

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=1024
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[upsample]
stride=2

[route]
layers = 85

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[route]
layers = -1, -3

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[upsample]
stride=2

[route]
layers = 54

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[route]
layers = -1, -3

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=256
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=256
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=128
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

##########################

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=256
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
filters=69
activation=linear


[yolo]
mask = 0,1,2
anchors = 12, 16, 19, 36, 40, 28, 36, 75, 76, 55, 72, 146, 142, 110, 192, 243, 459, 401
classes=18
num=9
jitter=.3
ignore_thresh = .7
truth_thresh = 1
scale_x_y = 1.2
iou_thresh=0.213
cls_normalizer=1.0
iou_normalizer=0.07
iou_loss=ciou
nms_kind=greedynms
beta_nms=0.6


[route]
layers = -4

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
filters=256
activation=leaky

[route]
layers = -1, -16

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=256
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
filters=69
activation=linear


[yolo]
mask = 3,4,5
anchors = 12, 16, 19, 36, 40, 28, 36, 75, 76, 55, 72, 146, 142, 110, 192, 243, 459, 401
classes=18
num=9
jitter=.3
ignore_thresh = .7
truth_thresh = 1
scale_x_y = 1.1
iou_thresh=0.213
cls_normalizer=1.0
iou_normalizer=0.07
iou_loss=ciou
nms_kind=greedynms
beta_nms=0.6


[route]
layers = -4

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=2
pad=1
filters=512
activation=leaky

[route]
layers = -1, -37

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=1024
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=1024
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
filters=512
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
batch_normalize=1
size=3
stride=1
pad=1
filters=1024
activation=leaky

[convolutional]
size=1
stride=1
pad=1
filters=69
activation=linear


[yolo]
mask = 6,7,8
anchors = 12, 16, 19, 36, 40, 28, 36, 75, 76, 55, 72, 146, 142, 110, 192, 243, 459, 401
classes=18
num=9
jitter=.3
ignore_thresh = .7
truth_thresh = 1
random=1
scale_x_y = 1.05
iou_thresh=0.213
cls_normalizer=1.0
iou_normalizer=0.07
iou_loss=ciou
nms_kind=greedynms
beta_nms=0.6

This issue is usually generated when the expected input size does not match with the input size. here all four values are not matching.
To resolve this issue.
Go through any preprocessing operations applied.
Check the model implementation.

It is not always you run the repository on go, there would be some code missing or other issues too.