Issue when importing mediapipe

[sandeeppvn]

Hi,

When importing mediapipe on Mac ARM64, im facing the following issue:

`>>>
import mediapipe as mp

objc[17608]: Class CaptureDelegate is implemented in both /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/.dylibs/libopencv_videoio.3.4.16.dylib (0x100d98860) and /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/cv2.abi3.so (0x16650e538). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
objc[17608]: Class CVWindow is implemented in both /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/.dylibs/libopencv_highgui.3.4.16.dylib (0x1009d8a68) and /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/cv2.abi3.so (0x16650e588). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
objc[17608]: Class CVView is implemented in both /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/.dylibs/libopencv_highgui.3.4.16.dylib (0x1009d8a90) and /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/cv2.abi3.so (0x16650e5b0). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
objc[17608]: Class CVSlider is implemented in both /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/.dylibs/libopencv_highgui.3.4.16.dylib (0x1009d8ab8) and /Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/cv2.abi3.so (0x16650e5d8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/init.py", line 17, in
import mediapipe.python.solutions as solutions
File "/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/python/solutions/init.py", line 17, in
import mediapipe.python.solutions.drawing_styles
File "/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/python/solutions/drawing_styles.py", line 20, in
from mediapipe.python.solutions.drawing_utils import DrawingSpec
File "/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/python/solutions/drawing_utils.py", line 25, in
from mediapipe.framework.formats import detection_pb2
File "/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mediapipe/framework/formats/detection_pb2.py", line 5, in
from google.protobuf.internal import builder as _builder
ImportError: cannot import name 'builder' from 'google.protobuf.internal' (/Users/sandeeppvn/opt/miniconda3/envs/640/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/init.py)
`

My System details:
Mac Air M1 2020
macOS Ventura 13.0.1

Using Miniconda ARM64 Mac Version
Python 3.10.8

mediapipe-silicon: 0.8.11
protobuf: 3.19.0

Kindly help how to resolve this issue.

[mrezzaaa]

same problem, so minimal documentation. at least write 'How to use' this library

[cansik]

@sandeeppvn Could it be a problem with MacOS Ventura? I just tried it on MacOS Monterey (12.6) with conda and python 3.10 and the import worked. I currently did not update to Ventura and Github still does not support Actions to test on newer systems.

Otherwise, I just googled the error message ImportError: cannot import name 'builder' from 'google.protobuf.internal' and found the following thread: stackoverflow/71759248. To test this out, just uninstall protobuf and reinstall it with pip install "protobuf>=3.11,<4".

@mrezzaaa This is a drop-in replacement library which does not change anything regarding the usage of Mediapipe.

[giorgiop]

I am experiencing the same issue.

[cansik]

@giorgiop Did you re-install the protobuf package as suggested?

[giorgiop]

MacBook Pro 16" 2021 with an Apple M1 Max CPU running macOS Ventura 13.0.1
python 3.10.8
protobuf 3.20.1

running on homebrew/Caskroom/miniforge

[cansik]

@giorgiop Thanks for the information. I am still not able to reproduce and I do not have the feeling this is a problem of mediapipe-silicon, because the issue itself occurs with many google packages as you can read here. And if you have protobuf installed with tensorflow, the builder.py is maybe missing as described here.

Could you please check if protobuf is correctly installed and that you can import the builder.py? You can check that by using the following command:

python -c "from google.protobuf.internal import builder; print('works')"

[satoooh]

Hi, I have the same problem.

Here is my environment:

• MacBook Pro 16inch, 2021 with Apple M1 Pro ( macOS Monterey v12.6)
• Python 3.10.5 (installed with pyenv)
• Poetry 1.3.2
• venv
• protobuf 3.20.3 (automatically installed when you try this command poetry add mediapipe-silicon)

python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
poetry init
poetry add mediapipe-silicon
python -c "import mediapipe as mp"

And I tried this command python -c "from google.protobuf.internal import builder; print('works')", it worked fine.

[satoooh]

I tried changing the package management tool from Poetry to pip, but the same problem occurred.

python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install mediapipe-silicon
python -c "import mediapipe as mp"

[cansik]

@satoooh Thank you for the information. Do you think it is a problem with Ventura? I am currently still on Monterey, so I can not really test it. Otherwise, could you check in the site-packages, if there is a mediapipe folder or how pip installed mediapipe-silicon?

[alifiya13]

I am facing the same issue with protobuf, did anyone found solution for it?

My System details:
Mac Air M1 2020
macOS Ventura 13.0.1
Protobuf 3.17.3

[cansik]

@alifiya13 Could you try to update to the following protobuf version: pip install protobuf==3.20.1?