Use Whisper (OpenAI’s free speech-to-text) with the large English model:
whisper episode.mp4 --model large --language en --task translate
(Use --task transcribe if audio is already English.) heirs of the night english subtitles work
This generates a timed .srt file in ~2–3x runtime on a GPU. Use Whisper (OpenAI’s free speech-to-text) with the large
For advanced fixes (where drift increases over time), use Waveform mode. Visually align the subtitle’s sound peaks with the video’s actual speech. This solves progressive drift completely. (Use --task transcribe if audio is already English
Some automated sites offer “instant” English subtitles using AI transcription. These are tempting, but they fail for Heirs of the Night for three reasons:
Stick to manually QC’d or professionally released subtitles.