Error opening input files: No such file or directory

[tc36]

Whisper doesn't seem to be able to find my files. Where should I be putting them?
Running on windows, installed on my default C; drive

here is the log:

C:\Users\Taylor>whisper 2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4 --language Japanese --task translate --model medium
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 58, in load_audio
    out = run(cmd, capture_output=True, check=True).stdout
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 524, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['ffmpeg', '-nostdin', '-threads', '0', '-i', '2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒 険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4', '-f', 's16le', '-ac', '1', '-acodec', 'pcm_s16le', '-ar', '16000', '-']' returned non-zero exit status 4294967294.

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 597, in cli
    result = transcribe(model, audio_path, temperature=temperature, **args)
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\whisper\transcribe.py", line 133, in transcribe
    mel = log_mel_spectrogram(audio, model.dims.n_mels, padding=N_SAMPLES)
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 140, in log_mel_spectrogram
    audio = load_audio(audio)
  File "C:\Users\Taylor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\whisper\audio.py", line 60, in load_audio
    raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to load audio: {e.stderr.decode()}") from e
RuntimeError: Failed to load audio: ffmpeg version 2023-08-07-git-d295b6b693-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
  libavutil      58. 14.100 / 58. 14.100
  libavcodec     60. 22.100 / 60. 22.100
  libavformat    60. 10.100 / 60. 10.100
  libavdevice    60.  2.101 / 60.  2.101
  libavfilter     9. 10.100 /  9. 10.100
  libswscale      7.  3.100 /  7.  3.100
  libswresample   4. 11.100 /  4. 11.100
  libpostproc    57.  2.100 / 57.  2.100
[in#0 @ 000001bc40ef7840] Error opening input: No such file or directory
Error opening input file 2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4.
Error opening input files: No such file or directory

Skipping 2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4 due to RuntimeError: Failed to load audio: ffmpeg version 2023-08-07-git-d295b6b693-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
  libavutil      58. 14.100 / 58. 14.100
  libavcodec     60. 22.100 / 60. 22.100
  libavformat    60. 10.100 / 60. 10.100
  libavdevice    60.  2.101 / 60.  2.101
  libavfilter     9. 10.100 /  9. 10.100
  libswscale      7.  3.100 /  7.  3.100
  libswresample   4. 11.100 /  4. 11.100
  libpostproc    57.  2.100 / 57.  2.100
[in#0 @ 000001bc40ef7840] Error opening input: No such file or directory
Error opening input file 2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4.
Error opening input files: No such file or directory

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Purfview]

Add path to file, for example:

whisper "D:\Videos\2011-はじめてのおつかい!夏の大冒険SP_-_11_07_18.mp4" --language Japanese --model medium

[BienPinche]

for me it worked changing the extension to .wav im using windows 11pro python 3.10 pytorch last update ffmpeg last update chocolately for windows hope it helps anyone with the same problem

[Gurrman375]

Just looked through and it helped out to install Chocolately and ffmeg (via Choclately). Thanks!