Update Synthalingua Version 4.62 to .63

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Synthalingua Changelog

[1.1.0] - 2025-02-21

This release focuses on significant code restructuring, UI enhancements, and dependency updates for improved performance, stability, and user experience. It also addresses several bugs and incorporates community contributions.

Added

• Customizable Word Block List: Fix the Implemented the --ignorelist flag to load a text file containing words or phrases to be ignored from the output, improving customization and reducing unwanted phrases.
• Improved Caption Customization in Player: Enhanced the caption customization options in the web browser player, allowing users to control background color, text color, font size, position, opacity, and width in real-time.
• Support for Password-Protected HLS Streams: Added the --remote_hls_password_id and --remote_hls_password flags to support authenticated HLS streams that require a password or key.
• Support for 7gb Turbo Model: Added support for the new 7gb turbo model, providing a balance between speed and accuracy, especially useful for systems with lower VRAM.
• Dependency Updates: Significant updates to core project dependencies, including yt-dlp, openai-whisper, and various other packages. This brings performance improvements, bug fixes, and new features from these libraries.

Changed

• Code Restructuring:
  • Refactored project modules and classes for improved modularity, maintainability, and readability.
  • Replaced global imports.py with direct imports in each module to enhance dependency management and code clarity.
  • Created audio_handlers.py, device_manager.py, file_handlers.py, stream_handler.py, and transcription_core.py to centralize and organize core logic.
• Command Line Arguments: Replaced the --auto_model_swap flag with improved model selection logic based on RAM usage and language in parser_args.py.
• Microphone Calibration: Improved microphone calibration by using two microphone instances to handle calibration and listening concurrently.
• Caption Generation: Updated default parameters and improved language handling for caption generation.
• Stream Processing: Optimized segment downloading and processing for HLS streams, introduced error recovery, and enhanced buffer management for better stability and reduced latency.
• Temporary File Handling: Implemented proper cleanup procedures for temporary files, reducing storage usage.
• Console Output: Enhanced logging with improved formatting, better error reporting, and an option (--no_log) for showing only the most recent translation or transcription.
• Error Handling: Standardized error reporting and logging, including optional Discord webhook notifications for error events.
• Subtitle Generation: Refactored the subtitle generation process using a chunked, streaming approach with color-coded confidence scoring. Added custom model directory support.
• GUI Updates: Several GUI improvements, including better layout, more accessible buttons, and more informative tooltips.
• Renamed 12GB Model to 11GB: The 12GB model options have been renamed to 11GB to reflect changes in model sizes.

Removed

• Deprecated --auto_model_swap Flag: Removed the deprecated --auto_model_swap flag due to improved model selection logic.
• Fine-Tuned Model Support (Temporary): The --use_finetune flag and related code for the finetuned model has been temporarily disabled for retraining.

Fixed

• DVR Playback Issues: Addressed stability issues with DVR playback by improving stream handling, playback control, and buffer management.
• Logging Issues: Improved log formatting, enhanced error reporting, and better management of log files.
• Issues --no_log / cant see any transcriptions/translations #149 and Questions regarding usecase - software defined radio/radio comms #150: Implemented attempted fixes for issues --no_log / cant see any transcriptions/translations #149 and Questions regarding usecase - software defined radio/radio comms #150 to improve stability and error handling.
• UI Scaling Issues: Fixed window scaling issues in the GUI to ensure proper display on different screen resolutions.
• Control Responsiveness: Improved the responsiveness of controls in the GUI.
• Visual Feedback: Added better visual feedback for user interactions in the GUI.
• Remote Microphone Script Password Handling: Fixed an issue with handling passwords in the remote microphone script.
• Torch Installation Error: Addressed the "could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch" error by clarifying Python 64-bit requirement.
• Caption Generation Filename Error: Fixed an issue with generating captions when file names contained non-English characters.

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Under review, making sure all changes are working as intended.