import tarfile ALIGNMENTS_PATH = "GRID_alignments" LIP_COORDINATES_PATH = "lip_coordinates" LIP_IMAGES_PATH = "lip_images" # # Create tar files # with tarfile.open(f"{LIP_COORDINATES_PATH}.tar", "w") as tar: # tar.add(f"{LIP_COORDINATES_PATH}/") # with tarfile.open(f"{LIP_IMAGES_PATH}.tar", "w") as tar: # tar.add(f"{LIP_IMAGES_PATH}/") # with tarfile.open(f"{ALIGNMENTS_PATH}.tar", "w") as tar: # tar.add(f"{ALIGNMENTS_PATH}/") # Extract tar files # note: may take a while to untar the files, ~2-4 hours with tarfile.open(f"{LIP_COORDINATES_PATH}.tar", "r") as tar: tar.extractall() with tarfile.open(f"{LIP_IMAGES_PATH}.tar", "r") as tar: tar.extractall() with tarfile.open(f"{ALIGNMENTS_PATH}.tar", "r") as tar: tar.extractall()