Question about validate_cut_set in qa.py

[t13m]

The validator validate_cut_set serves to make sure no duplicated ids in a CutSet. If I get it right, it is because the CutSet maintains a dict-like interface. My question is this: what should I do to duplicate some of the samples(cuts)? Will it work well if I simply comment out the whole validate_cut_set function and duplicate corresponding lines in cutset.jsonl?

In my experiment setting, the amount of data from different speakers varies over a wide range. In order to achieve the minimum level of balance, the data from speakers with fewer data need to be duplicated. Is there any more lhotse way to achieve that?

[pzelasko]

That used to be a constraint but at some point we dropped it. I may have missed that validation still checks for this. If you could make a PR to remove this check it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[t13m]

Sure, will do it.