feat: add MLX Whisper backend for Apple Silicon - #141
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Summary
Add an optional MLX Whisper backend for efficient local transcription on Apple Silicon Macs.
--whisper-mode mlxmlx-whisperas an optional[mlx]dependencyCompatibility
This backend is opt-in. The default
whispermode and the existing Whisper, Faster Whisper, and OpenAI backends remain unchanged.MLX mode passes media files directly to
mlx-whisperand skips the PyTorch/Silero VAD path.Testing
Tested on an Apple Silicon Mac with Python 3.12.13 and
mlx-whisper0.4.3.black --check .pytest test/test_mlx.py test/test_cut.py— 8 passedmlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo