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Adding note on faster whisper dependency libraries
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raivisdejus committed Aug 4, 2024
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7. Build Buzz `poetry build`
8. Run Buzz `python -m buzz`

#### Necessary dependencies for Faster Whisper on GPU

To run Faster Whisper on GPU you need to install [CUDA 12](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads), [cuBLASS](https://developer.nvidia.com/cublas) and [cuDNN](https://developer.nvidia.com/cudnn) libraries installed.

#### Error for Faster Whisper on GPU `Could not load library libcudnn_ops_infer.so.8`

You need to add path to the library to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable.
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4. **How to get GPU acceleration for faster transcription?**

On Linux GPU acceleration is supported out of the box on Nvidia GPUs with [CUDA installed](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads).
On Linux GPU acceleration is supported out of the box on Nvidia GPUs with [CUDA 12](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads), [cuBLASS](https://developer.nvidia.com/cublas) and [cuDNN](https://developer.nvidia.com/cudnn) libraries installed.

On Windows see [this note](https://github.com/chidiwilliams/buzz/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#gpu-support) on enabling CUDA GPU support.

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