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Hello! I bought the software a couple of days ago, but I am just testing it today (I replied to you on reddit!). The file that I am trying to transcribe was a DVD that I converted to mp4 with HandBrake, and clocks at about 1 hour, 20 minutes approx. 389mb.

The file is recognized by the software, and it says in the bottom "Transcribing filename.mp4". However, it doesn't go past 0%. And after 5 minutes or so, the text that says "Transcribing ..." disappears. But the progress bar still shows 0% as if there was a file loaded.

I then tried without GPU acceleration on options, and the text with the file name remains, but it still doesn't show any progress. Is that to be expected with a file of that size?

My notebooks is kind of old, a 2015 ThinkPad with an intel i7-5600U. Maybe it is expected to be that slow? It has been running for 1 hour now, and it still shows it at 0%. Maybe a way to know if it is running, or stopped and should be loaded again.

Thank you for any help! And please tell me what else should I report. Cheers!

samontab127 days ago

Hi AlejoOdgers,

Thanks for your purchase!

The first thing that I would do in your case is to test with a smaller video or audio, one that is one minute for example. Just drag and drop it and see how long it takes your system to transcribe it. Most probably it will take longer than that one minute since the CPU is from 2015, so it will be much slower than a more modern machine.

Now that you know how long it roughly takes (for example double the time, or ten times, whatever it is), you will be able to get a rough idea of how long it would take on your machine to transcribe that file of 1 hour 20 minutes.

Usually I would recommend using the GPU option, but for a machine that old, probably it will cause more problems than what's worth. That's one of the reason why I added this option, to be able to skip the GPU if there are any issues. So, try it without the GPU, that's the most reliable way.

Now, after you have an idea of how long it would take, run it, and leave it there doing its thing. You can check that the application is working properly by opening up the Task Manager. You will see the name of the application and the CPU usage. You can open the Task Manager in Windows by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

I would leave it overnight running, because my guess is that it would need a few hours to process a file that is 1 hour and 20 minutes. Modern machines need about the same amount as the input, so a decade old machine would need quite a bit more.

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