Whisper doesn't work

[Bearmancer]

I am using Python 3.11.9 and Numpy 1.23 on Windows 10 22H2. I am trying to transcribe Japanese audio but get this error:

PS C:\Newshosting\Whisper> whisper --language "Japanese" --fp16 False .\File.mp4
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 597, in cli
    result = transcribe(model, audio_path, temperature=temperature, **args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 133, in transcribe
    mel = log_mel_spectrogram(audio, model.dims.n_mels, padding=N_SAMPLES)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 140, in log_mel_spectrogram
    audio = load_audio(audio)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 58, in load_audio
    out = run(cmd, capture_output=True, check=True).stdout
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\Lance\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
Skipping C:\Newshosting\Whisper\File.mp4 due to FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

The file does exist so I have no idea what is going on.

[glangford]

_winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args ...

The problem is that whisper cannot find the ffmpeg executable. Make sure ffmpeg is correctly installed.

See a similar problem and resolution here:

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

[Bearmancer]

That fixed the issue. Thank you.

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