Function run

packages/cli/src/commands/transcribe.ts:81–121

({ args })

    },
  },
  async run({ args }) {
    const inputPath = resolve(args.input);
    if (!existsSync(inputPath)) {
      const message = `File not found: ${args.input}`;
      trackCommandFailure("transcribe", message);
      console.error(c.error(message));
      process.exit(1);
    }

    // Default to the directory containing the input file so transcript.json
    // lands next to narration.wav regardless of where the command is run from.
    // Explicit --dir overrides this (e.g. for import mode targeting a project dir).
    const dir = resolve(args.dir ?? dirname(inputPath));
    const ext = extname(inputPath).toLowerCase();

    // ── Import mode: convert existing transcript ──────────────────────────
    const isImport = ext === ".json" || ext === ".srt" || ext === ".vtt";
    const to = parseExportFormat(args.to, args.json);

    if (to) {
      if (!isImport) {
        failWith(
          "--to can only export from transcript files (.json, .srt, .vtt). Run transcribe first.",
          args.json,
        );
      }
      return exportTranscript(inputPath, dir, to, args.output, args.json, args["preserve-cues"]);
    }

    if (isImport) {
      return importTranscript(inputPath, dir, args.json);
    }

    // ── Transcribe mode: run whisper ─────────────────────────────────────
    return transcribeAudio(inputPath, dir, {
      model: args.model,
      language: args.language,
      json: args.json,
      optional: args.optional,
    });
  },
});

function failWith(message: string, json: boolean): never {