Buzz Transcription: Playback Performance and Queue Reliability
Merged fixes stop UI freezes on transcript open, run whisper.cpp on the discrete GPU, and make Delete cancel background work. Open proposals address media cleanup, timestamp safety, and output file conflicts.
Duration: PT2M15S
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- Show: Buzz Transcription
- Published: 2026-10-31T13:14:42Z
- Audio duration: PT2M15S
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Good morning, it's Friday, October 31st, 2026, and this is your Buzz Transcription briefing.
The lead pattern is responsiveness and cleanup. Merged changes stop the interface from freezing on open, stop background work after delete, and put heavy transcription on the right graphics chip.
First, playback got lighter and cleaner. Pull request 1678 moves audio decoding off the main thread, so opening a transcript no longer blocks the window for about three seconds on a thirty-minute file and six seconds on an hour, while spiking memory well beyond what the audio needs. A related open fix, pull request…
Second, transcription queuing got safer and faster. Pull request 1676 selects the discrete graphics card on hybrid laptops instead of defaulting to device zero, which had left integrated graphics doing the work even with an Nvidia card present. Pull request 1683 fixes deletion: pressing Delete now cancels queued and…
Third, open proposals target file and editor stability. Pull request 1685 would preserve earlier output files when folder watch sees a reused source name, instead of overwriting. Pull request 1688 would ignore timestamp edits that push a neighboring segment to end before it…
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