Bug: "FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified" error and other bugs on Windows

[moonsdust]

The following bugs were found on Windows:

• [x] FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified shows up when Whisper is detecting the language of the input file.
• [x] Destination path contains "/" instead of "\" for Windows
• [x] Audio file name is not properly obtained

[moonsdust]

Possible solution to FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74835362/i-am-getting-the-following-error-while-using-openais-whisper-ai-filenotfounde

[carmen-chau]

Another possible set of resources:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74959470/cant-use-openai-in-command-prompt

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

[moonsdust]

Solution (Based on: https://github.com/openai/whisper/discussions/109):

• Download ffmpeg manually from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html (Specifically the Windows builds from gyan.dev)
• Move the ffmpeg.exe file located in the folder you downloaded into your virtual environment's Scripts folder