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# fiftyone.utils.ucf101

Utilities for working with the
[UCF101 dataset](https://www.crcv.ucf.edu/research/data-sets/ucf101).

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**Functions:**

| [`download_ucf101_dataset`](#fiftyone.utils.ucf101.download_ucf101_dataset)(dataset_dir[, ...])   | Downloads and extracts the UCF101 dataset.   |
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### fiftyone.utils.ucf101.download_ucf101_dataset(dataset_dir, scratch_dir=None, fold=1, cleanup=True)

Downloads and extracts the UCF101 dataset.

Any existing files are not re-downloaded.

* **Parameters:**
  * **dataset_dir** – the directory to output the final dataset
  * **scratch_dir** (*None*) – a scratch directory to use to store temporary files
  * **fold** (*1*) – the test/train fold to use to arrange the files on disk. The
    supported values are `(1, 2, 3)`
  * **cleanup** (*True*) – whether to cleanup the scratch directory after
    extraction