whisper.load_audio(abs_file_path) and model.transcribe(abs_file_path) throws error

[im-kapil]

Hello there developers and community members,

I am blockchain developer and just put my feet inside the world of AI.

So first I am trying to create a AI based project for my self.

So my first requirement is to create audio transcribe. Where I want to transcribe complete audio file which is in English language to text, to perform some operation on that text.

For it I am supposed to use Whisper Model But I get one error and the error was [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

I have my file inside the same directory where my python code is.

Here is my code with different approaches I tried

Approach 1

import whisper
import os

# Get the absolute path of the current script file
script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
# Specify the filename
filename = 'podcast.mp3'
# Construct the absolute path to the audio file
abs_file_path = os.path.join(script_dir, filename)
print("abs_file_path:::::", abs_file_path)
# Load the model
model = whisper.load_model("base")
# Load audio and pad/trim it to fit 30 seconds
audio = whisper.load_audio(abs_file_path)

Approach 2

import whisper
# Load the model
model = whisper.load_model("base")
# Load audio and pad/trim it to fit 30 seconds
# I also tried it this way whisper.load_audio('./podcast.mp3') and whisper.load_audio('/podcast.mp3')
audio = whisper.load_audio('podcast.mp3')
# audio = whisper.pad_or_trim(audio)

Approach 3

In this approach I tried with different code

import whisper
model = whisper.load_model("base")
result = model.transcribe("podcast.mp3")
print(result["text"])

I tried with different ways but I get the same error again and again FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Here is my project hierarchy

OS I am using: Windows11

Now looking for some help.

Thanks

[glangford]

fyi in case this is the source of your problem

• [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified #1468
• [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified #109

[im-kapil]

Hello @glangford,

This solution worked for me, I installed ffmpeg using Chocolatey and now ffmpeg successfully installed.

Thanks