To be frank I didn't know there's such an option :-)
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yt_to_srt() {
local url="$1"
local output_base="$2"
local language="${3:-en}"
yt-dlp -x --audio-format wav --postprocessor-args "-ar 16000" -o "$output_base.wav" "$url"
whisper-cli --language "$language" --model "$WHISPER_MODEL" --split-on-word --max-len 65 --output-vtt --output-file "$output_base" --file "$output_base.wav"
rm "$output_base.wav"
}
file_to_srt() {
local filepath="$1"
local language="${2:-en}"
local filename=$(basename "$filepath")
local filename_no_ext="${filename%.*}"
local output_base="$filename_no_ext"
local temp_wav="$output_base.wav"
ffmpeg -i "$filepath" -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 16000 -ac 1 "$temp_wav"
whisper-cli --language "$language" --model "$WHISPER_MODEL" --split-on-word --max-len 65 --output-vtt --output-file "$output_base" --file "$temp_wav"
rm "$temp_wav"
}
plus additional bootstrap script for large-v3-turbo model from my chez-moi dotfiles: #!/bin/bash
# Download whisper.cpp models from Hugging Face (runs once per machine).
set -euo pipefail
MODELS_DIR="$HOME/whisper-models"
BASE_URL="https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main"
MODELS=("ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin" "ggml-tiny.bin")
mkdir -p "$MODELS_DIR"
for model in "${MODELS[@]}"; do
if [ ! -f "$MODELS_DIR/$model" ]; then
echo "Downloading $model..."
curl -L --progress-bar -o "$MODELS_DIR/$model" "$BASE_URL/$model"
else
echo "$model already exists, skipping."
fi
done
echo "Whisper models ready at $MODELS_DIR"There are special ear plugs for riders too, that would cut out the wind noise, while you're still able to hear your engine, other occupants of the road and comms inside helmet if you do ride with intercom.