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12Once you have obtained your AWS access credentials, you can access the Ego-Exo4D dataset by following the <a href="#download-dataset">download steps</a>.</p><p>Note that your access credentials will expire in 14 days, so it&#x27;s important to download the dataset locally and not consume it from AWS. If you need continued access to the dataset after your credentials expire, you can easily renew your license by requesting it again at <a href="https://ego4d.dev/request/ego-exo4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ego4d.dev/request/ego-exo4d</a>. If previously approved, your access will be immediately re-activated.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="browse-dataset">Browse The Dataset<a href="#browse-dataset" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Browse The Dataset" title="Direct link to Browse The Dataset">​</a></h2><ul><li>Refer to <a href="/overview/">Overview</a> to see what&#x27;s available</li><li>Use the <a href="https://visualize.ego4d-data.org/?v=%22EgoExo+v1%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visualization Tool</a> to browse the dataset</li></ul><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="download-dataset">Download The Dataset<a href="#download-dataset" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Download The Dataset" title="Direct link to Download The Dataset">​</a></h2><p>You can download the dataset using the <a href="/download/">Downloader CLI</a> (shared with Ego4D).</p><p>A summary of the steps to take are:</p><ol><li><a href="https://github.com/facebookresearch/Ego4d?tab=readme-ov-file#setup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Obtain the EgoExo4D Downloader CLI</a>:<ul><li>Please follow the <a href="https://github.com/facebookresearch/Ego4d?tab=readme-ov-file#setup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Setup</a>
13instructions on the <a href="https://github.com/facebookresearch/Ego4d?tab=readme-ov-file#setup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">README of the Ego4D repository</a></li></ul></li><li>Select a subset of the data to download<ul><li>By default the downloader CLI will download a &quot;recommended&quot; set/parts of
14the dataset for general research purposes, this set is approximately 14 TiB.</li><li>If you wish to filter/download only specific parts of the dataset, then
15please refer to the <a href="/download/">documentation</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/download/">Download The Data</a><ul><li>Run the CLI, for example <code>egoexo -o &lt;out-dir&gt;</code> or with specific parts
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