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Support using GenAI for audio transcription (#24396)
* Add support for running transcription with GenAI

* Improve audio joining

* Fix GenAI model capability reporting

* Support language correctly

* Migrate existing users to keep english selected

* Fix models

* Fix tests

* Fix accepted null model

* Handle slwo providers
2026-09-17 16:34:47 -05:00

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Python

"""Handle post-processing for audio transcription."""
import logging
import os
import threading
import time
from typing import Any
from peewee import DoesNotExist
from frigate.comms.inter_process import InterProcessRequestor
from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
from frigate.config.classification import AudioTranscriptionModelEnum
from frigate.const import (
CACHE_DIR,
MODEL_CACHE_DIR,
UPDATE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_STATE,
UPDATE_EVENT_DESCRIPTION,
)
from frigate.data_processing.types import PostProcessDataEnum
from frigate.embeddings.embeddings import Embeddings
from frigate.genai.manager import GenAIClientManager
from frigate.types import TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum
from frigate.util.audio import (
clean_transcript,
get_audio_from_recording,
resolve_language,
)
from ..types import DataProcessorMetrics
from .api import PostProcessorApi
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class AudioTranscriptionPostProcessor(PostProcessorApi):
def __init__(
self,
config: FrigateConfig,
requestor: InterProcessRequestor,
embeddings: Embeddings,
metrics: DataProcessorMetrics,
genai_manager: GenAIClientManager | None = None,
):
super().__init__(config, metrics, None)
self.config = config
self.requestor = requestor
self.embeddings = embeddings
self.genai_manager = genai_manager
self.recognizer = None
self.transcription_lock = threading.Lock()
self.transcription_thread: threading.Thread | None = None
self.transcription_running = False
self._use_genai = not isinstance(
config.audio_transcription.model, AudioTranscriptionModelEnum
)
if self._use_genai:
# never build the local recognizer on the GenAI path; WhisperModel
# downloads several hundred MB on first use
return
# faster-whisper handles model downloading automatically
self.model_path = os.path.join(MODEL_CACHE_DIR, "whisper")
os.makedirs(self.model_path, exist_ok=True)
self.__build_recognizer()
def __build_recognizer(self) -> None:
try:
# Import dynamically to avoid crashes on systems without AVX support
from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
self.recognizer = WhisperModel(
model_size_or_path="small",
device="cuda"
if self.config.audio_transcription.device == "GPU"
else "cpu",
download_root=self.model_path,
local_files_only=False, # Allow downloading if not cached
compute_type="int8",
)
logger.debug("Audio transcription (recordings) initialized")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Failed to initialize recordings audio transcription: {e}")
self.recognizer = None
def process_data(
self, data: dict[str, Any], data_type: PostProcessDataEnum
) -> None:
"""Transcribe audio from a recording.
Args:
data (dict): Contains data about the input (event_id, camera, etc.).
data_type (enum): Describes the data being processed (recording or tracked_object).
Returns:
None
"""
event_id = data["event_id"]
camera_name = data["camera"]
camera_config = self.config.cameras.get(camera_name)
if camera_config is None:
return
if data_type == PostProcessDataEnum.recording:
start_ts = data["frame_time"]
recordings_available_through = data["recordings_available"]
end_ts = min(recordings_available_through, start_ts + 60) # Default 60s
elif data_type == PostProcessDataEnum.tracked_object:
obj_data = data["event"]["data"]
obj_data["id"] = data["event"]["id"]
obj_data["camera"] = data["event"]["camera"]
start_ts = data["event"]["start_time"]
end_ts = data["event"].get(
"end_time", start_ts + 60
) # Use end_time if available
else:
logger.error("No data type passed to audio transcription post-processing")
return
try:
audio_data = get_audio_from_recording(
camera_config.ffmpeg,
camera_name,
start_ts,
end_ts,
sample_rate=16000,
)
if not audio_data:
logger.debug(f"No audio data extracted for {event_id}")
return
transcription = self.__transcribe_audio(audio_data)
if not transcription:
logger.debug("No transcription generated from audio")
return
logger.debug(f"Transcribed audio for {event_id}: '{transcription}'")
self.requestor.send_data(
UPDATE_EVENT_DESCRIPTION,
{
"type": TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum.description,
"id": event_id,
"description": transcription,
"camera": camera_name,
},
)
# Embed the description if semantic search is enabled
if self.config.semantic_search.enabled:
self.embeddings.embed_description(event_id, transcription)
except DoesNotExist:
logger.debug("No recording found for audio transcription post-processing")
return
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error in audio transcription post-processing: {e}")
def __transcribe_audio(self, audio_data: bytes) -> str | None:
"""Transcribe WAV audio data with the configured backend."""
if self._use_genai:
return self.__transcribe_audio_genai(audio_data)
return self.__transcribe_audio_whisper(audio_data)
def __transcribe_audio_genai(self, audio_data: bytes) -> str | None:
"""Hand the WAV bytes to the GenAI provider holding the transcribe role."""
client = self.genai_manager.transcribe_client if self.genai_manager else None
if not client:
logger.error(
"audio_transcription.model is '%s' (GenAI provider) but no transcribe "
"client is configured. Ensure the GenAI provider has 'transcribe' in its roles",
self.config.audio_transcription.model,
)
return None
text = client.transcribe(
audio_data,
language=resolve_language(self.config.audio_transcription.language),
)
return clean_transcript(text) or None
def __transcribe_audio_whisper(self, audio_data: bytes) -> str | None:
"""Transcribe WAV audio data using faster-whisper."""
if not self.recognizer:
logger.debug("Recognizer not initialized")
return None
try: # type: ignore[unreachable]
# Save audio data to a temporary wav (faster-whisper expects a file)
temp_wav = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, f"temp_audio_{int(time.time())}.wav")
with open(temp_wav, "wb") as f:
f.write(audio_data)
segments, info = self.recognizer.transcribe(
temp_wav,
language=resolve_language(self.config.audio_transcription.language),
beam_size=5,
)
os.remove(temp_wav)
# Combine all segment texts
text = " ".join(segment.text.strip() for segment in segments)
if not text:
return None
logger.debug(
"Detected language '%s' with probability %f",
info.language,
info.language_probability,
)
return text
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error transcribing audio: {e}")
return None
def _transcription_wrapper(self, event: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
"""Wrapper to run transcription and reset running flag when done."""
try:
self.process_data(
{
"event_id": event["id"],
"camera": event["camera"],
"event": event,
},
PostProcessDataEnum.tracked_object,
)
finally:
with self.transcription_lock:
self.transcription_running = False
self.transcription_thread = None
self.requestor.send_data(UPDATE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_STATE, "idle")
def handle_request(self, topic: str, request_data: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
if topic == "transcribe_audio":
event = request_data["event"]
with self.transcription_lock:
if self.transcription_running:
logger.warning(
"Audio transcription for a speech event is already running."
)
return "in_progress"
# Mark as running and start the thread
self.transcription_running = True
self.requestor.send_data(UPDATE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_STATE, "processing")
self.transcription_thread = threading.Thread(
target=self._transcription_wrapper, args=(event,), daemon=True
)
self.transcription_thread.start()
return "started"
return None