#Omni-Path
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September 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Nemotron-3-Omni in GGUF: why audio and video need more than the usual mmproj (and where to get ones that work)
The clarification you posted is extremely useful — most people assume Nemotron‑3‑Omni can be enabled with a “standard mmproj”, but Omni is not a symmetric multimodal model. Vision, audio and video each have their own encoder geometry, and llama.cpp upstream only implements the vision path. That’s why the usual GGUFs appear to “work” but silently drop audio/video. Your unified mmproj solves the real problem: it carries all three towers in one file (C‑RADIO, full Parakeet/FastConformer, and the temporal video embedder). And the fact that the video graph matches NVIDIA’s PyTorch reference to 0.0019% relative L2 is a strong indicator that the conversion is correct. Below is a small diagnostic I use to check whether a projector is truly multimodal and whether its outputs land in the correct embedding manifold. It’s not a replacement for the full graph, but it helps detect incomplete mmproj files and geometry drift. import torch def check_mmproj(mod): """ Checks whether the mmproj contains: - Vision tower - Audio tower (mel + STFT + FastConformer) - Video temporal embedder """ report = {} # Vision report["vision"] = "v.patch_embd.weight" in mod # Audio (FastConformer + mel + STFT) audio_keys = [ "a.mel_filterbank.weight", "a.stft.window", "a.encoder.layers.0.self_attn.q_proj.weight" ] report["audio"] = all(k in mod for k in audio_keys) # Video (temporal patch embedding) report["video"] = "v.patch_embd.weight.1" in mod return report def geometry_compatibility(backbone_dim, projector_out): """ Checks whether projector outputs lie in the correct embedding manifold. If mean cosine collapses or variance spikes, the projector is drifting. """ if projector_out.shape[-1] != backbone_dim: return "dimension mismatch" sims = torch.nn.functional.cosine_similarity( projector_out.unsqueeze(1), projector_out.unsqueeze(0), dim=-1 ) return { "mean_cosine": sims.mean().item(), "std_cosine": sims.std().item() } # Example: # mod = torch.load("Nemotron-Omni.mmproj", map_location="cpu") # print(check_mmproj(mod)) # print(geometry_compatibility(2688, torch.randn(32, 2688)))
discuss.huggingface.co
September 18, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Nah I get that, it’s why I don’t use proxies that much. I just used them to get some of the omni-path cards, because I like the art better than the spiderman equivalent.
August 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Nemotron-3-Omni GGUFs with working audio + video in llama.cpp (9 tested quants, one-pass A/V)
NVIDIA’s Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B is a genuinely multimodal model: image, audio, and video in. But until now the GGUF ecosystem only carried its vision half. The existing GGUF repos ship vision-only projectors, and the video path did not exist in llama.cpp at all. I built the missing pieces and released the whole package: **Models:** engram-ae/Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B-A3B-Reasoning-GGUF · Hugging Face Nine quantizations from Q3_K_M to BF16, plus a unified projector file that carries both encoder towers (C-RADIO vision and Parakeet audio). One llama-server instance takes every modality on /v1/chat/completions, including the built-in web UI: drag in a photo, a wav, or an mp4. **Code:** GitHub - VincentKaufmann/llama.cpp-omni: llama.cpp fork: Parakeet/FastConformer audio graph for Nemotron-3-Omni (mtmd) · GitHub A llama.cpp fork with the Parakeet/FastConformer audio graph and the C-RADIO video graph (temporal patches plus EVS token pruning), including one-pass video WITH its soundtrack: the model describes what it sees and quotes what it hears from a single request. Prebuilt Linux arm64 CUDA 13 binaries in the releases (DGX Spark, Jetson Thor). **Verification, since claims are cheap:** * The video graph matches NVIDIA’s PyTorch reference to 0.0019 percent relative L2, with exact EVS selection parity * The audio graph transcribes the test narration word for word * Every quantization was tested on image, audio, and video with soundtrack before upload. The graded matrix ships in the repo as TEST-MATRIX.md, so you can see exactly what was checked rather than taking my word for it Everything was built and tested on a single DGX Spark (GB10). Quick start is in the model card: one server flag pair, then open the browser. Roadmap: the next release rebases onto current llama.cpp master and adopts the upstream audio projector layout, so image, text and audio will run on stock llama.cpp with these same files; the fork remains for video and one-pass A/V. An upstream PR for the video path is planned. Base model and encoders are NVIDIA’s, under the NVIDIA Open Model Agreement. I wrote the GGUF conversion, the llama.cpp graphs, and the projector unification. Happy to answer questions or fix what breaks.
discuss.huggingface.co
August 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I also occasionally make field recordings of live bands. This is the "Sticky Thistles" bluegrass band. I used a pair of KSM44s in omni pattern/spaced-pair, and a Fostex FR2-LE field memory recorder to capture them. You can hear the results here:

soundcloud.com/emma-june-98...

#bluegrass #bayarea
The Sticky Thistles Live at Pinnacle Path - Bluegrass Covers
The Sticky Thistles played an outdoor set on a spring Sunday in the hills of Berkeley, California. Dynamic vocals, ripping string solos and harmonies. The beauty of old bluegrass favorites made new ag
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August 22, 2026 at 2:02 AM
NEC taps Cornelis to aid AI and HPC networking in Japan
NEC taps Cornelis to aid AI and HPC networking in Japan
Successful tests in Europe will see the pair deploy Omni-Path and eventual Ethernet-based platforms
dlvr.it
August 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
1.5B edge audio, Apache 2.0 — shippable. But no benchmarks and three downloads leave the Ascend path unproven. Hard to see this out-WERing Qwen2.5-Omni on Japanese until someone publishes a real comparison. That gap is the story.
Compact Japanese Audio Intelligence: Deploying LFM2.5 on Huawei’s Ascend Stack
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August 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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August 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Yesn't?

I ve uhh...kept alongside it, but haven't QUITE seen it in its entirety yet.

I'd say, my fave is probably Omni-Man himself just because of how complex his character arc is.

On the path to redemption, but not yet redeemed in the eyes of the people (and for some, never redeemed) is KINO.
July 31, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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July 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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July 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Omni-skill-agy packages Google's gemini-omni-flash-preview. It has 8 tool calls and a path to YouTube. https://dev.to/gde/teaching-antigravity-to-direct-a-stateful-video-editing-skill-built-on-geminis-interactions-api-2ccn. #LLM #Programming #OpenSource #WebDev
July 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
A unified runtime on NVIDIA, Apache-2.0, mixed-fleet friendly — MiniCPM-o-4.5 via FlagOS sidesteps CUDA. Promise: one binary to rule them all. But the model card is nearly empty: no VRAM, no benchmarks, no evidence FlagOS adds optimisation over a thin wrapper. Hard to see this beating a stock...
MiniCPM-o-4.5 Lands on NVIDIA GPUs via FlagOS – A New Path for Omni-Modal Inference
aichina.news
July 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I keep thinking there has to be a faster cut through path between the Signia and the Omni hotels, but Google Maps says no, and I'm not local to investigate what potential obstacles there are to walking a straight line between the hotels instead of around the whole stadium.
July 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Dow's Bombardier CRJ-900 (N892D) closed out a 36m Omni→Bailes run. FL320 cruise · ~360 gal.
#celebplanes #celebjettracking #privatejet #avgeek #dow #bombardiercrj900
celebplanes.com/flight/11192
July 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Cornelis Networks sees supercomputing success as Ethernet vision crystalizes
Cornelis Networks sees supercomputing success as Ethernet vision crystalizes
Intel spinout CEO makes the case for Omni-Path as it toasts Top500 supercomputer spot
dlvr.it
June 29, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The history of the d&d bard is kind of fascinating cus the class has turned into something enitely different in the popular imagination. Like, originally it was kind of this omni-class that required a very complicated life path to even get, which got softened into a more reasonable […]
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meow.social
June 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Corning's Bombardier Challenger 850 just touched down at KELM (Elmira Corning) — 21m from Omni Airpark. 2,500 ft cruise · ~147 gal.
#celebplanes #celebjettracking #privatejet #avgeek #corning #bombardierchallenger850
celebplanes.com/flight/9918
June 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Intel Omni-Path Resurfaces as InfiniBand Rival for DoE Supercomputers

Intel's Omni-Path interconnect, revived by Cornelis Networks, will connect DoE supercomputers at 400Gbps as an InfiniBand alternative.

https://gentic.news/article/intel-omni-path-resurfaces-as
Intel Omni-Path Resurfaces as InfiniBand Rival for DoE Supercomputers
Intel-born Omni-Path networking revived by Cornelis Networks as 400Gbps alternative to Nvidia InfiniBand for DoE supercomputers.
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June 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Intel-born networking tech resurfaces as InfiniBand alternative for DoE supers buff.ly/hjzC6uT
#mediaor
Intel-born networking tech resurfaces as InfiniBand alternative for DoE supers
Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps
buff.ly
June 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
📰 Intel's Omni-Path networking technology has been deployed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to achieve 400 Gbps speeds, marking...

🔗 https://www.theregister.com/hpc/2026/06/16/intel-born-networking-tech-resurfaces-as-infiniband-alternative-for-doe-supers/5256535

#Tech #Enterprise
Intel-born networking tech resurfaces as InfiniBand alternative for DoE supers
Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps
www.theregister.com
June 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Decade-old networking tech spun out of Intel bests Infiniband to power DoE supercomputer
Decade-old networking tech spun out of Intel bests Infiniband to power DoE supercomputer
Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps
www.theregister.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
June 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
like this is just unbelievably exciting knowing what i'll be able to build with it
June 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM