Faster-Whisper worker template is not fully up-to-date
Hi,
We're using the Faster-Whisper worker (https://github.com/runpod-workers/worker-faster_whisper) on Serverless.
I saw that Faster-Whisper itself is currently on version
1.0.2, whereas the Runpod template is still on 0.10.0.
There are a few changes that have been introduced in Faster-Whisper (now using CUDA 12) since, that we would like to benefit from, especially the language_detection_threshold setting, since it seems like most of our transcriptions done by people with British accent are being transcribed into Welsh (with a language detection confidence of around 0.51 to 0.55) - which could be circumvented by increasing the threshold.
Are there any plans for this? It's kind of a blocker for us at the moment.9 Replies
I suggest forking the repo and changing it yourself.
Easier said than done 😉 We did actually make some attempts, but are not able to get it working. Seeing that this is a template provided by a paid service I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.
RunPod sunset the managed endpoints, so they probably aren't maintaining the repos anymore.
https://blog.runpod.io/refocusing-core-strengths-shift-managed-ai-apis-serverless-flexibility/
RunPod Blog
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RunPod is transitioning from Managed AI APIs to focusing on Serverless solutions, offering users more control and customization with comprehensive guidance.
Maybe, still it's a Quick Deploy template on Serverless.
As mentioned in the article you've shared:
Simplified Guide to Leveraging Serverless AI Functionalities [...] 2. Deploy with Ease: Use our Serverless platform to deploy your AI models without the complexity of managing infrastructure. Explore our easy-to-use quick deploy option.I would like to "deploy with ease" and said template is part of the section called "Quick Deploy" in the console 😅
Yeah you can quick deploy it, but to customise it thats your job.
Perhaps I'll be better of with Customer Support, thanks anyways.
Yeah log a ticket on website.
We did another attempt and it actually turned out to be a non-issue. We simply didn't make enough memory available to Docker in order to build the image.
Any chance you could share your updated image?
Also how is the speed?