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And it's that resource usage for training that is my problem with it, so I'm not happy about AI subtitles in VLC. I also suspect it doesn't work, but that is maybe just me.


So, here is the first concrete technical info about VLC AI subtitles:

* it uses OpenAI whisper model.
* you'll have to download that bit separately [1].
* vlc will use that on your computer, so it is not using the paid for API version.

So still using all the water and power to train models, and to run on your computer when you watch something that need translation.

#VLC

[0] numerama.com/tech/1879712-vlc-…

[1] github.com/openai/whisper