How does one keep FunASR commandline from trying to find model online?

[FrontierDK]

Hi all.

I got FunASR working in an Ubuntu 22.04.5, but it's not exact fast or future-proof: every single time I run the commandline tool, it tries to search online for the model / makes an online search, despite me pointing to the cache folder. If I remove internet connection from the PC, it fails and does not run SR on any audio file.

How does one prevent FunASR commandline from going online?

[LauraGPT]

Use the complete local model directory and disable both update checks. On current FunASR, the legacy Hydra CLI is the entry point that accepts an arbitrary model path:

export HF_HUB_OFFLINE=1
export TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE=1

funasr-hydra \
  ++model=/absolute/path/to/the/model-directory \
  ++input=/absolute/path/to/audio.wav \
  ++hub=ms \
  ++device=cpu \
  ++disable_update=true \
  ++check_latest=false

The model path must be a directory containing the checkpoint and its configuration/resources, for example:

model-directory/
├── config.yaml
├── model.pt
├── tokens.json
└── ...

Do not point ++model at model.pt itself or only at the parent cache root.

The two flags serve different purposes:

• ++disable_update=true disables FunASR's package version check.
• ++check_latest=false prevents the ModelScope freshness check for an existing local model directory.

The current short funasr audio.wav --model ... CLI accepts fixed model aliases; for a fully offline absolute path, use funasr-hydra as above.

I verified this exact command against current main with HTTP/HTTPS forced to an unreachable proxy. A complete local SenseVoiceSmall directory loaded with all checkpoint keys matched and transcribed the bundled English sample successfully without network access.

Loader behavior: local directory and check_latest handling.