Post ApvKxWqQ9JuwHzUtG4 by hexaheximal@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ApvFOMlB9UDd6eSX1U by nixCraft@mastodon.social
2025-01-10T00:07:04Z
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What do you think of an open-source app like VLC adding AI to auto-generate subtitles? This is not what VLC users and fans want. Many users don't want anything to do with AI in any form on their system, which again creates privacy issues. Folks who use VLC avoid streaming and other services for a reason. They don't want their data transmitted to parasites like OpenAI, Microsoft, or other AIs. I know VLC doesn't make any money. They need to get feedback from users before adding such a feature.
(DIR) Post #ApvFONkrS9YiBxJnAO by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
2025-01-10T00:30:54.286005Z
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@nixCraft Personally I don't see any issue with having auto translate or auto caption in VLC. It's an incredibly useful feature and VLC can never turn on the user because of free license.
(DIR) Post #ApvH0Xxg3LgSo14iJ6 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T00:37:05.719353Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft well is it a compile-time switch? that's my burning question about it
(DIR) Post #ApvH0fUY3X8Y9zVZ0y by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T00:37:21.166512Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft (well, not so burning since i don't use vlc)
(DIR) Post #ApvI8FFpacfT3bnj0a by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T00:50:59.854721Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft guessing doesn't answer it
(DIR) Post #ApvKwZMxHEI5pWG1dg by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T01:24:43.253057Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft ...facepalmi'm not a fucking vlc developer. i'm asking what they DID, not what they should be doing.
(DIR) Post #ApvKxWqQ9JuwHzUtG4 by hexaheximal@mastodon.social
2025-01-10T01:25:22Z
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@nixCraft This isn't an example of an organization simply giving into the hype, and portraying it as such is dangerously misleading.This is just speech-to-text: something that has been around for decades, long before the machine learning hype, and is genuinely useful.Also: Automatically transcribing videos without subtitle metadata is obviously a really cool feature from an accessibility perspective!Pay attention to what's actually going on before jumping to conclusions and complaining.
(DIR) Post #ApvMX3nJjZSMZTYISG by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T01:44:08.736215Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft why are you doing so well at dodging my simple fucking question? did they or did they not make the fucking feature optional?
(DIR) Post #ApvMXJHIAPLWamgwl6 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-01-10T01:46:25.341871Z
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@shironeko @nixCraft i'm asking from a packaging standpoint. you don't need to be adjacent to any upstream developer to be curious about build-time flags.
(DIR) Post #AruBMd7XGqZtmMwc6a by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-03-10T07:55:12Z
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@nixCraft > What do you think of an open-source app like VLC adding AI to auto-generate subtitles?This question is hatebait. Let's reframe it.What do you think of an open-source app like VLC building in auto-generated subtitles, with no added dependence on remote services?Sounds great. My hearing is failing, and I could definitely benefit from that.