This article introduces how to manually download models from the huggingface website after a failed download via the faster-whisper[local] speech recognition channel, as well as 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 models from the external website https://huggingface.co or the domestic mirror https://hf-mirror.com. The former requires a stable and reliable proxy tool, as it can easily fail otherwise. The latter mirror site itself seems to have unstable network connections, often resulting in download timeouts and failures.

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

Choose the model based on your needs. The best model is large-v3. If not using CUDA acceleration, ensure your RAM is at least 16GB. With CUDA acceleration, ensure your VRAM is greater than 10GB.

• Download the tiny model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

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

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that 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 located 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 that page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

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

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that 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 located 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 that page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

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

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that 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 located 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 that page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

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

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 suitable for transcribing English speech in audio/video.

• Download the distil-large-v3 model:

  1. Create a folder: Inside the models folder located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that 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 located 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 that page and copy them into the folder you just created. You can overwrite existing files if prompted.

Domestic Mirror Link for faster-whisper Models

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

Noise Reduction Model, Voice/Background Separation Model, m2m100 Model, Real-time Speech Recognition Model, VITS Model, Built-in Speaker Diarization Model

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