VideoLAN on Twitter: “VLC automatic subtitles generation and translation based on local and open source AI models running on your machine working offline, and supporting numerous languages! Demo can be found on our #CES2025 booth in Eureka Park.” (video)
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/11
Weekend, so catching up on CES 2025 news.
If you are at CES, be sure to go visit the VideoLAN booth in Eureka Park to witness what I think is likely the most important CES 2025 AI news:
[Wayback/Archive] VideoLAN on X: “VLC automatic subtitles generation and translation based on local and open source AI models running on your machine working offline, and supporting numerous languages! Demo can be found on our #CES2025 booth in Eureka Park.”
In my opinion, though a remarkable statistic, their 6-billion downloads gimmick is just a teaser for the way more important news what this AI LLM is:
- free / open-source
- off-line
- subtitles plus translations
- 100 languages
Whisper already ran circles around the YouTube automatic subtitle generator, and their automatic translations are far below par (see video below), so having new contender is great!
VideoLAN tremendously raises the bar for all commercial vendors, and at the same time makes:
- video content more accessible for anybody
- it way easier to learn foreign languages
If you want to help with VLC, read [Wayback/Archive] Contribute to the project – VideoLAN.
More coverage:
- [Wayback/Archive] VLC tops 6 billion downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles | TechCrunch
- [Wayback/Archive VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos – The Verge
Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages.“At the same time we have automatic translation working to translate the subtitles to your own language,” Kempf says, with more than 100 languages planned for support. “What’s important is that this is running on your machine locally, offline, without any cloud services. It runs directly inside the executable.” - [Wayback/Archive] VLC Media Player to Use AI to Generate Subtitles for Videos
VLC Chief Marketing Officer Natacha Holtzhausser says the AI-generated captions and subtitles will open up accessibility, no matter the language, for downloaded movies and TV shows, lectures, and live streams.“This innovation isn’t just about subtitles; it’s about inclusivity and enriching the way we consume content globally,” she said.
Tweet info:
- [Wayback/Archive] Tweet JSON
- [Wayback/Archive] MEnfixtrlBvTs1fp.jpg (480×848) video poster (above right)
- [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1877070093605122048/pu/vid/avc1/320×564/dIMtv2MtDXue3kyc.mp4 small video
- [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1877070093605122048/pu/vid/avc1/480×848/Hi51dz0a2LSv6Yly.mp4 large video
Via:
- [Wayback/Archive] VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos / VideoLAN shows off the creation and translation of subtitles in more than 100 languages, all offline. : technology
- [WaybackSave/Archive] Chubby♨️ on X: “One of the best use cases of AI I’ve seen so far. And everything is free. VLC is absolute chad. Take notes Apple, this should come from you and not your stupid AI emojis no one asked for.”
--jeroen
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