VLC is working on offline AI-generated subtitles

VLC demoes AI-generated subtitles as it hits new milestone of 6 billion downloads
The developers at VideoLAN showcased an early demo of real-time AI-generated subtitles for VLC media player at CES 2025
VLC tops 6 billion downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles
VLC media player, the popular open source software developed by nonprofit VideoLAN, has topped 6 billion downloads worldwide and teased an AI-powered subtitle system.
VLC player will start using AI-generated subtitles and real-time translation that works offline
As The Verge points out, AI-powered subtitling has been in the works for some time, mainly as a plugin using OpenAI’s speech recognition system, Whisper. However, this new demo marks a significant upgrade, integrating the feature directly into the VLC app itself.
VLC celebrates 6 billion downloads, teases AI generated subtitles and translation
As President Jean-Baptiste Kempf demonstrated in a video shared on VideoLAN's X account, the tech will also be able to translate subtitles to your preferred language
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VideoLAN has unveiled VLC's new AI-powered subtitle feature at CES 2025, enabling real-time multilingual translation and offline functionality.
VLC Media Player to Use AI to Generate Subtitles for Videos
The AI-generated captions and translation will happen locally on the PC, meaning people can view the subtitles even if they're offline, VLC says.
VLC will create subtitles for you to keep things simple
VLC will actually create subtitles for you with some help from AI. The company actually demoed automatic AI subtitling and translation. Best of all, all of this has been generated
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