Youtube-Whisper

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A Gradio app that transcribes YouTube videos using audio extraction and OpenAI’s Whisper model.

  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • app.py
  • Dockerfile
  • download_video.py
  • environment.yml
  • LICENSE
  • packages.txt
  • README.md
  • requirements.txt

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/danilotpnta/Youtube-Whisper

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd Youtube-Whisper

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Homebrew A package manager for macOS/Linux.
  • APT (Debian/Ubuntu 계열) Built into Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.
  • Python 3 Python is required to use pip.
brew install ffmpeg

Installs the pre-built package via Homebrew — no source build required.

sudo apt install ffmpeg

Installs directly from the APT package repository (Debian/Ubuntu-based).

pip install --upgrade pip

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Docker

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Docker Desktop Needed to build and run containers. Install it and keep it running in the background.
docker build -t youtube-whisper .

Builds a runnable image based on the Dockerfile.

docker run -p 8080:80 youtube-whisper

Runs the built image as an actual container.

Run docker compose ps to check the containers are Up. If the README mentions a port, open http://localhost:PORT in your browser.

4. Python

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.
pip install --upgrade pip

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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