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Video transcription and translation tool using Whisper and Gemini

Project description

Nakplae

A simple, elegant tool for transcribing videos to SRT subtitles and translating them with minimal dependencies.

Features

  • Transcribe video files to SRT subtitles using Whisper locally (small.en model)
  • Translate SRT subtitles using Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model
  • Supports translation to any language (defaults to Thai)
  • GPU acceleration for faster transcription (CUDA and Apple Silicon MPS support)
  • Beautiful progress bars and interactive experience
  • Simple command-line interface
  • Minimal dependencies

Installation

Setup Environment

  1. Create a virtual environment:

    python -m venv .venv
    source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
    
  2. Install the package:

    # Installation from PyPI (includes GPU support by default)
    pip install nakplae
    

    For developers:

    # Clone the repository
    git clone https://github.com/elimydlarz/nakplae.git
    cd nakplae
    
    # Install in development mode
    pip install -e ".[dev]"
    

Prerequisites

  1. Ensure you have FFmpeg installed (required by Whisper)

    • On macOS: brew install ffmpeg
    • On Ubuntu: sudo apt install ffmpeg
    • On Windows: Download from the official website or use chocolatey
  2. For local LLM translation (optional):

    • Install llama.cpp and ensure llama is in your PATH
  3. For Gemini translation:

    • Set GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable with your API key:
      export GEMINI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
      
    • Uses the Gemini 2.0 Flash model for translations

Usage

After installation, you can use the nakplae command directly:

# Basic usage (translates to Thai by default)
nakplae video_file.mp4

# Translate to a different language
nakplae video_file.mp4 --lang "Spanish"

# Only transcribe, don't translate
nakplae video_file.mp4 --transcribe-only

# Specify output directory
nakplae video_file.mp4 --lang "French" --output /path/to/output

If you installed in development mode, you can also run:

python -m nakplae video_file.mp4 --lang "Spanish"

The program will automatically use GPU acceleration if available (CUDA on NVIDIA GPUs or MPS on Apple Silicon).

Development

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black .

# Run linter
ruff check .

# Run type checker
mypy nakplae

Project Structure

nakplae/
├── nakplae/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── __main__.py
│   ├── transcribe.py
│   └── translate.py
├── tests/
├── pyproject.toml
├── requirements.txt
└── requirements-dev.txt

License

MIT

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