[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

[jccastro94]

I was just testing it out and couldn't get any audio, no matter how long, to transcribe.
The Python error output is too long, so here is the command line output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\Scripts\whisper-script.py", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('whisper==1.0', 'console_scripts', 'whisper')())
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 275, in cli
    result = transcribe(model, audio_path, temperature=temperature, **args)
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 76, in transcribe
    mel = log_mel_spectrogram(audio)
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 111, in log_mel_spectrogram
    audio = load_audio(audio)
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 42, in load_audio
    ffmpeg.input(file, threads=0)
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\ffmpeg\_run.py", line 313, in run
    process = run_async(
  File "D:\Whisper\.venv\lib\site-packages\ffmpeg\_run.py", line 284, in run_async
    return subprocess.Popen(
  File "C:\Users\JC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\JC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

So the closest error I assume it is, is a subprocess.Popen() error, but I'm not sure how to solve it. It's something on the whisper library side, cause on my side, this is my simple code:

import whisper

model = whisper.load_model("base.en")
audio = "audios/Project_Thomas.mp3"
fileexists = os.path.isfile(audio)
print(fileexists)
result = model.transcribe(audio, fp16=False, language="en")

any thoughts?

[jccastro94]

I was using the wrong environment, one without ffmpeg. Seems it couldn't find it.
Glad it was simple though it did give me a headache. XD

Answer: Ensure you have ffmpeg
$ choco install ffmpeg

[Juan-Fruto]

@emanrow and @iamAbdullahKhalid how/where do you get the ffmpeg executable?

[iamAbdullahKhalid]

@emanrow and @iamAbdullahKhalid how/where do you get the ffmpeg executable?

you can get it by searching on windows search bar on the bottom left corner. Just simply search "ffmpeg.exe" the file will pop up ,by right clicking choose the option "open file location". From there you can copy both the files.

[danialn1]

There is no ffmpeg.exe in my system how to download

[Juan-Fruto]

@danialn1 i downloaded it from here https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg

Just copy the ffmpeg.exe to the directory of yor project.

[mechXsteam]

Thank you so much! If it weren't for your comment, I wouldn't have been able to resolve my issue.

[architectdrone]

this helped me, thanks :)

[caytienkuagai99]

thank you, I have installed ffmpeg and can use whisper

[henryleo180]

Thank you! And here I find for my case, pip install ffmpeg/ffmpeg-python doesn't work but choco work!

[Macdaddy4sure]

You can also try running the program as an administrator / root.

[KD7JHD]

Why doesn't pip install ffmpeg-python work? I already know I'm in the correct venv.