Add Subs

Simple script that translates and/or transcribes video audio to English and adds subtitles to said video using the Whisper API and MoviePy.

Set Up

Please note: I've only set this up on a Linux terminal with Python 3.8+. So these instructions might not be entirely right if you're using a non-Unix-based operating system (AKA Windows. MacOS should be fine).

MacOS

Install imagemagick for MacOS. You can do this with Homebrew:

brew install imagemagick

Virtual Environment

python -m venv ./venv

source absolute/path/to/activate_file

pip install -r requirements.txt --use-pep517

Environment Variables

cp env-template .env

Then paste in your OPENAI_API_KEY within the double quotes.

Run the Script

python main.py --video <PATH TO TARGET MP4> --type <translate or transcribe> 

Known Issues

The transcribe option doesn't seem to work for certain languages and transcriptions for languages that aren't English aren't as accurate. These are mostly issues with the Whisper API and Moviepy that are outside of our hands.