Follow transcript lines as the video plays, then click any segment to jump back to that moment.
Turn local video into searchable knowledge.
Mimizuku
A desktop media player that combines playback, offline transcription, translation, subtitles, search, and export. Make lectures, meetings, interviews, and study videos easy to revisit.
The first public build starts with direct macOS distribution.
A signed and notarized release candidate is being clean-machine tested. Download actions stay disabled until release approval.
Why Mimizuku
Stop treating video as a black box
Mimizuku gives long recordings a readable layer, so you can find the moment, verify the source, and reuse the transcript or subtitles.
Ordinary playback, transcription, translation, and subtitles run on your device instead of depending on cloud upload.
Save TXT, JSON, SRT, and VTT outputs for study notes, editing, translation, and subtitles.
Core Tools
Everything around one timeline
Player controls, media browsing, subtitles, translation, model management, and diagnostics are shaped as one durable desktop workspace.
Playback and transcript together
Open a video, play it, generate a transcript, and click any segment to jump back to that moment.
Local-first by design
Ordinary playback, transcription, subtitles, and translation run on your device. Media content is not sent to the developer server.
Subtitles and live transcript
Use synchronized subtitles or follow transcript lines in fullscreen like a live comment stream.
Offline translation
Translate generated transcripts into your display language and switch between translated text and the original.
Useful exports
Save TXT, JSON, SRT, and VTT so transcripts and subtitles can move into the rest of your workflow.
Built for real libraries
Restore playback position, keep browser history, manage folders, install models, and inspect local diagnostics.
Use Cases
Made for people with too much recorded material
The longer the recording, the more useful it becomes when playback and text live together.
Follow lessons as text, mark the important parts, and jump back into the exact moment you need.
Reduce replay time and verify decisions or quotes without sending recordings to a cloud transcription service.
Find candidate quotes in long recordings and immediately check the original audio or video context.
Export subtitle and transcript files for editing, translation, publishing, and review.
Choose local files or folders, then keep recent files and favorites close at hand.
Use on-device models to turn speech into text while playback stays available.
Follow the current segment and jump to the moment you need from the transcript.
Translate transcripts and save TXT, JSON, SRT, or VTT outputs.
Release
Preparing the first public release
The first target is the direct macOS build. Signing, notarization, license evidence, and clean-machine smoke verification are being completed before downloads go live.
Download links open after release verification
The public site and support/legal routes are ready first. Installers stay unavailable until the release candidate finishes verification.
- Developer ID signed and notarized candidate under review
- macOS 12+ / Apple Silicon and Intel planned
- Windows follows after the macOS distribution flow is stable