AMD GPU (GFX803) RX 580

[viebrix]

Here is a short description how to use Whisper-WEBUI with older AMD Cards (GFX803) RX 580 and ROCm
https://github.com/viebrix/pytorch-gfx803-for-Whisper

Yesterday I managed to get Whisper (or Whisper-WEBUI) start and running with GPU (GFX803) RX 580 (8GB).

I have tested a 45 minutes mp4 viedeo in language german to transcibe to SRT on my local computer (language setting was also preset to german)

1. with faster-whisper and CPU mode
2. with whisper and RX580

Results (which was not really a clean test - because other programs (firefox and so on where running during the test)
1: fasterwhisper with cpu 27.0 minutes 44 seconds!
2: whisper with gpu rx580 8GB (gfx803) 22.0 minutes 54 seconds!

So this is not really a bug report, it's more a solution to a bug report I didn't post some days ago. Because it wasn't easy to use those old AMD GPU with your fantastic software. Also in openai/Whisper Repository they haven't found a solution.