--- title: FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper description: FFmpeg 8.0 introduces automatic video subtitling through integrated Whisper speech recognition, GPU-accelerated encoding via Vulkan API, and support for modern... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper | daily.dev og:description: FFmpeg 8.0 introduces automatic video subtitling through integrated Whisper speech recognition, GPU-accelerated encoding via Vulkan API, and support for modern... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/REr7g6xGJ.png og:image:alt: FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary FFmpeg 8.0 introduces automatic video subtitling through integrated Whisper speech recognition, GPU-accelerated encoding via Vulkan API, and support for modern video formats like VVC (H.266). The release also adds hardware acceleration for AV1, VP9, and FFv1 codecs, while maintaining backward compatibility with legacy formats including RealVideo 6.0 and various audio codecs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan), [#whisper](https://daily.dev/tags/whisper) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj"},"datePublished":"2025-08-28T17:31:52.727Z","dateModified":"2025-08-28T17:33:04.672Z","description":"FFmpeg 8.0 introduces automatic video subtitling through integrated Whisper speech recognition, GPU-accelerated encoding via Vulkan API, and support for modern...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/edae2a85ff1e8bf3113f967aa4b82ea9?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/edae2a85ff1e8bf3113f967aa4b82ea9?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-can-subtitle-your-videos-on-the-fly-with-whisper-rer7g6xgj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"backend,gpu,vulkan,whisper","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper"}]} ```