--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Transcribe audio livestream by feeding ffmpeg output to whisper.cpp at regular intervals
+# Idea by @semiformal-net
+# ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/issues/185
+#
+# TODO:
+# - Currently, there is a gap between sequential chunks, so some of the words are dropped. Need to figure out a
+# way to produce a continuous stream of audio chunks.
+#
+
+url="http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8"
+step_ms=10000
+model="base.en"
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 stream_url [step_ms] [model]"
+ echo ""
+ echo " Example:"
+ echo " $0 $url $step_ms $model"
+ echo ""
+ echo "No url specified, using default: $url"
+else
+ url="$1"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+ step_ms="$2"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+ model="$3"
+fi
+
+# Whisper models
+models=( "tiny.en" "tiny" "base.en" "base" "small.en" "small" "medium.en" "medium" "large" )
+
+# list available models
+function list_models {
+ printf "\n"
+ printf " Available models:"
+ for model in "${models[@]}"; do
+ printf " $model"
+ done
+ printf "\n\n"
+}
+
+if [[ ! " ${models[@]} " =~ " ${model} " ]]; then
+ printf "Invalid model: $model\n"
+ list_models
+
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+running=1
+
+trap "running=0" SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+printf "[+] Transcribing stream with model '$model', step_ms $step_ms (press Ctrl+C to stop):\n\n"
+
+while [ $running -eq 1 ]; do
+ ffmpeg -y -re -probesize 32 -i $url -ar 16000 -ac 1 -c:a pcm_s16le -t ${step_ms}ms /tmp/whisper-live0.wav > /dev/null 2> /tmp/whisper-live.err
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ printf "Error: ffmpeg failed to capture audio stream\n"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ mv /tmp/whisper-live0.wav /tmp/whisper-live.wav
+ ./main -t 8 -m ./models/ggml-small.en.bin -f /tmp/whisper-live.wav --no-timestamps -otxt 2> /tmp/whispererr | tail -n 1 &
+done