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Ways to generate transcripts for videos over 4GB
Hi MS Community; Streams for sharepoint won't generate transcripts for videos over 4 gigs. We're required to have transcripts for all videos for accessibility since we're a school. Is there an al...
AlyssaAshleyTsang another option is to use a tool like ffmpeg to separate the MP3, transcribe that file (typically 1 MB/minute) and use its captions for the video. I currently have 3 x 2 GB files and have already run into this problem with Stream, so this will be my workaround. I suspect Whisper is not worth the time and effort if the audio quality is good to start with, but might become so if it's low to middling at best. HTH!
Oh, and because it's command line you can script/batch it for unattended processing. It's going to be as fast as your computer can process, as there's no GUI overhead. Setup is a bit of a pain, but that's a one time thing. Good luck!