What is the difference between prompt and initial_prompt

[rv-outplay]

I wanted to set some context to the model, I used the same prompt in "prompt" param and then "initial_prompt" param, not sure why the results are better when I use "initial_prompt".

What is the difference between both and when can what be used ? Or can they be used interchangeably.

[Tex2002ans]

What is the difference between prompt and initial_prompt [...] and when can what be used?

The difference between prompt + initial_prompt was answered by jongwook in previous topics.

On initial_prompt, see:

• How can I teach whisper new words? #963 (comment)

On prompt, see:

• Is prompt same as prefix? #1080

which pointed to his much more detailed prompt answer here:

• prompt vs prefix in DecodingOptions #117 (comment)