i am using images of 640*480 pixels. my data is not too large and i used yolov3 tiny.cfg for training with darknet52.448 weight file not using any GPU.
i get very high avg loss from starting. i dont know why?
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.544776, Class: 0.499554, Obj: 0.499566, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.625000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 8
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499721, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.567904, Class: 0.499282, Obj: 0.499585, No Obj: 0.499586, .5R: 0.714286, .75R: 0.142857, count: 7
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499723, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.528688, Class: 0.499494, Obj: 0.499567, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.500000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 8
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499722, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.693195, Class: 0.499361, Obj: 0.499523, No Obj: 0.499583, .5R: 0.833333, .75R: 0.333333, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499722, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.575871, Class: 0.499474, Obj: 0.499555, No Obj: 0.499586, .5R: 0.833333, .75R: 0.166667, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499720, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.551334, Class: 0.499472, Obj: 0.499480, No Obj: 0.499583, .5R: 0.750000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 8
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499722, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.600088, Class: 0.499542, Obj: 0.499506, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.800000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 5
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499721, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.572092, Class: 0.499428, Obj: 0.499505, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.666667, .75R: 0.000000, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499724, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.553508, Class: 0.499499, Obj: 0.499542, No Obj: 0.499585, .5R: 0.875000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 8
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499720, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.553497, Class: 0.499381, Obj: 0.499442, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.555556, .75R: 0.111111, count: 9
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499722, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.580341, Class: 0.499422, Obj: 0.499497, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.833333, .75R: 0.000000, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: 0.305393, Class: 0.499000, Obj: 0.499338, No Obj: 0.499720, .5R: 0.000000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 1
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.550048, Class: 0.499547, Obj: 0.499663, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.666667, .75R: 0.000000, count: 3
Region 23 Avg IOU: 0.454548, Class: 0.499584, Obj: 0.499320, No Obj: 0.499721, .5R: 0.000000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 1
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.558823, Class: 0.499531, Obj: 0.499570, No Obj: 0.499583, .5R: 0.625000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 8
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499721, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.615219, Class: 0.499384, Obj: 0.499519, No Obj: 0.499586, .5R: 1.000000, .75R: 0.000000, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499723, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.564179, Class: 0.499493, Obj: 0.499501, No Obj: 0.499588, .5R: 0.833333, .75R: 0.000000, count: 6
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499722, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
Region 16 Avg IOU: 0.546191, Class: 0.499529, Obj: 0.499633, No Obj: 0.499584, .5R: 0.571429, .75R: 0.000000, count: 7
Region 23 Avg IOU: -nan, Class: -nan, Obj: -nan, No Obj: 0.499721, .5R: -nan, .75R: -nan, count: 0
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and this is the avg loss and rate readings
1: 439.307251, 439.307251 avg, 0.000000 rate, 262.300388 seconds, 64 images
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4: 439.118439, 438.935303 avg, 0.000000 rate, 260.007587 seconds, 256 images
5: 440.381744, 439.079956 avg, 0.000000 rate, 261.064861 seconds, 320 images
6: 437.774689, 438.949432 avg, 0.000000 rate, 259.742917 seconds, 384 images
7: 438.066528, 438.861145 avg, 0.000000 rate, 257.299960 seconds, 448 images
8: 439.212860, 438.896301 avg, 0.000000 rate, 257.397450 seconds, 512 images
9: 438.903320, 438.897003 avg, 0.000000 rate, 258.272195 seconds, 576 images
10: 438.605133, 438.867828 avg, 0.000000 rate, 257.986108 seconds, 640 images
11: 383.567566, 433.337799 avg, 0.000000 rate, 217.779761 seconds, 704 images
12: 385.344147, 428.538422 avg, 0.000000 rate, 217.042249 seconds, 768 images
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26: 558.290649, 475.766968 avg, 0.000000 rate, 327.586775 seconds, 1664 images
27: 558.376099, 484.027893 avg, 0.000000 rate, 326.799530 seconds, 1728 images
28: 557.339539, 491.359070 avg, 0.000000 rate, 327.356004 seconds, 1792 images
29: 558.731384, 498.096313 avg, 0.000000 rate, 327.647542 seconds, 1856 images
30: 558.595276, 504.146210 avg, 0.000000 rate, 326.950869 seconds, 1920 images
31: 692.322754, 522.963867 avg, 0.000000 rate, 411.091572 seconds, 1984 images
32: 692.104065, 539.877869 avg, 0.000000 rate, 411.196345 seconds, 2048 images
33: 692.929993, 555.183105 avg, 0.000000 rate, 411.557181 seconds, 2112 images
34: 694.361206, 569.100891 avg, 0.000000 rate, 411.281385 seconds, 2176 images
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55: 496.152832, 599.253662 avg, 0.000000 rate, 279.154921 seconds, 3520 images
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60: 497.070984, 556.970337 avg, 0.000000 rate, 278.684142 seconds, 3840 images
61: 384.408966, 539.714172 avg, 0.000000 rate, 217.767682 seconds, 3904 images
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