This article explains how to manually download models from the huggingface website after the download fails via the faster-whisper[local] speech recognition channel. It also provides download links for other related models used in the software.

Make sure you have upgraded to version v3.91

When using the faster-whisper[local] speech recognition channel, you need to download the model from the external website https://huggingface.co or the domestic mirror https://hf-mirror.com. The former requires a stable and reliable proxy tool for internet access, or it will likely fail. The latter mirror site itself seems to have unstable network connectivity, often resulting in download timeouts and failures.

Manually Download Models for the faster-whisper (Local) Channel

Please select based on the model you want to use. The best model is large-v3. If not using CUDA acceleration, ensure your RAM is at least 16GB. For CUDA acceleration, ensure your VRAM is greater than 10GB.

• Download the tiny model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-tiny.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-tiny/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the tiny.en model (English speech recognition only):

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-tiny.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-tiny.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the base model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-base.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-base/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the base.en model (English speech recognition only):

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-base.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-base.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the small model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-small.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-small/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the small.en model (English speech recognition only):

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-small.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-small.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the medium model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-medium.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-medium/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the medium.en model (English speech recognition only):

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-medium.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-medium.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the large-v3-turbo model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--mobiuslabsgmbh--faster-whisper-large-v3-turbo.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/mobiuslabsgmbh/faster-whisper-large-v3-turbo/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the large-v1 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-large-v1.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-large-v1/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the large-v2 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-large-v2.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-large-v2/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the large-v3 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-whisper-large-v3.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-whisper-large-v3/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

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The following distilled models are only for transcribing English speech in audio/video.

• Download the distil-large-v3 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-distil-whisper-large-v3.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-distil-whisper-large-v3/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the distil-large-v3.5 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--distil-whisper--distil-large-v3.5-ct2.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/distil-whisper/distil-large-v3.5-ct2/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the distil-small.en model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-distil-whisper-small.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-distil-whisper-small.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the distil-medium.en model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-distil-whisper-medium.en.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-distil-whisper-medium.en/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

• Download the distil-large-v2 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder in the same directory as sp.exe (sp.py), create a folder named models--Systran--faster-distil-whisper-large-v2.
  2. Open the model download page: https://huggingface.co/Systran/faster-distil-whisper-large-v2/tree/main
  3. Download all .json, .bin, and .txt files from this page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

Domestic Mirror Address for faster-whisper Models

https://modelscope.cn/models/himyworld/fasterwhisper/files

Noise Reduction Models, Vocal/Audio Separation Models, m2m100 Model, Real-time Speech Recognition Model, VITS Model, Built-in Speaker Separation Model

https://modelscope.cn/models/himyworld/videotrans/files