Original release notes
Overview
Maintenance release + performance improvements all around:
What's Changed
- ruby : fix dangling pointers, memory leak, and SEGV on parallel transcription by @KitaitiMakoto in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3715
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3730
- vad : add streaming detect + explicit state reset by @danielbodart in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3677
- bench : sync submit-results URL to ggml-org by @jinweihan-ai in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3769
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3786
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3789
- ruby : transcribe without GVL, accept more MemoryViews, Windows support, fix memory size report, improve document by @KitaitiMakoto in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3775
- Incorrect timestamps by @bviksoe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/2279
- server: Add support for controlling token_timestamps directly by @alubbe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3785
- Fix #984: About max_tokens skipping remaining audio issue by @annaeina in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3798
- server: Fix params leak between requests by @alubbe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3784
- server: Fix no_speech_thold not being read by @alubbe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3783
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3803
- server: Add support for carry_initial_prompt by @alubbe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3781
- server: Return speaker information in JSON by @alubbe in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3782
- examples : fix memory leak in read_audio_data by @petterreinholdtsen in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3810
- whisper : set bench data for each iteration by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3812
- ci : use github ubuntu-22.04-arm runner instead of qemu by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3815
- fix: server /inference fails to decode in-memory audio (regression) by @ServeurpersoCom in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3818
- fix: in bindings/ruby/test/jfk_reader/jfk_reader in jfk_reader.c by @orbisai0security in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3756
- cmake : add CMakePresets.json [no ci] by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3808
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3824
- [AMD] Add AMD ROCm/HIP GPU build instructions by @Kaihui-AMD in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3823
- cli : merge tokens split across UTF-8 boundaries in JSON output by @texasich in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3751
- docs : add AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md [no ci] by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3826
- ci : only run docker jobs when pushed to master [no ci] by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3828
- ci : set GGML_NATIVE=OFF for bindings-java by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3830
- ci : renable arm64 docker builds by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3832
- ci : add on push/pull_request paths ruby job by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3833
- ci : fix include paths for bindings-go job [no ci] by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3835
- ci : add ignore for bindings/{ruby, go} in build.yml [no ci] by @danbev in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3837
- sync : ggml by @ggerganov in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3840
New Contributors
- @danielbodart made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3677
- @jinweihan-ai made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3769
- @bviksoe made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/2279
- @annaeina made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3798
- @ServeurpersoCom made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3818
- @orbisai0security made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3756
- @Kaihui-AMD made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3823
- @texasich made their first contribution in https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3751
Full Changelog: https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/compare/v1.8.4...v1.8.5
