Complied main.exe that can probably be used on Windows 10/11 x64 PCs

[regstuff]

One of my teammates compiled an exe and it was working quite well on most of our other Windows systems, so I thought I'd share it for those having difficulties compiling in Windows.

It is available here. Unzip into a folder and use main.exe the same way you would use ./main.

You may need to install vcredist_x64. Get it here.

I've tested the exe on 5 WIndows 10/11 systems, and it worked on 4 of them. The fifth, where it didn't work was an old system with a lot of issues. Possibly that was the reason for failure.

FYI, in case this does not work for you, not sure if I can help anyone debug because I have minimal technical knowledge about building in Windows.

@ggerganov let me know if you want to incorporate the exe into this repo, or whatever else you think appropriate. I just dumped it into a separate repo for lack of any better ideas.

[ggerganov]

Hi @regstuff ,
The Windows build is currently a weak point of the project, mainly because I don't have this operating system available to test with.

Having a precompiled executable is good for a quick way to see the capabilities of the model, but since it is not something that I have built myself, I cannot add it to the repo.

I think having a detailed guide or build instructions for Windows would be more beneficial.
Something like a step-by-step tutorial for the compiler installation and the various runtime libraries that are necessary to build the project.

[RYucel]

Looking for" a step-by-step tutorial for the compiler installation and the various runtime libraries that are necessary to build the project." on a windows machine

[ggerganov]

@RYucel

See the Windows steps here:

https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/actions/runs/3517978497/workflow#L117-L144

Or check cross-compilation instructions here:

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