From bb7b6de818092d6dfa1a825071600130d5128f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LinuxServer-CI <ci@linuxserver.io>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:07:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bot Updating Documentation

---
 docs/images/docker-faster-whisper.md | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/images/docker-faster-whisper.md b/docs/images/docker-faster-whisper.md
index 0e4f002254..684da91bc8 100755
--- a/docs/images/docker-faster-whisper.md
+++ b/docs/images/docker-faster-whisper.md
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ services:
       - PUID=1000
       - PGID=1000
       - TZ=Etc/UTC
-      - WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8
+      - DEBUG= #optional
       - LOCAL_ONLY= #optional
       - WHISPER_BEAM=1 #optional
-      - WHISPER_LANG=en #optional
+      - WHISPER_LANG=auto #optional
+      - WHISPER_MODEL=auto #optional
     volumes:
       - /path/to/faster-whisper/data:/config
     ports:
@@ -97,10 +98,11 @@ docker run -d \
   -e PUID=1000 \
   -e PGID=1000 \
   -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
-  -e WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8 \
+  -e DEBUG= `#optional` \
   -e LOCAL_ONLY= `#optional` \
   -e WHISPER_BEAM=1 `#optional` \
-  -e WHISPER_LANG=en `#optional` \
+  -e WHISPER_LANG=auto `#optional` \
+  -e WHISPER_MODEL=auto `#optional` \
   -p 10300:10300 \
   -v /path/to/faster-whisper/data:/config \
   --restart unless-stopped \
@@ -124,10 +126,11 @@ Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those abov
 | `PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
 | `PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
 | `TZ=Etc/UTC` | specify a timezone to use, see this [list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List). |
-| `WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8` | Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From [here](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/blob/master/faster_whisper/utils.py#L12-L31), all with `-int8` compressed variants |
+| `DEBUG=` | If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will output debug logs. |
 | `LOCAL_ONLY=` | If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will not attempt to download models from HuggingFace and will only use locally-provided models. |
 | `WHISPER_BEAM=1` | Number of candidates to consider simultaneously during transcription. |
-| `WHISPER_LANG=en` | Language that you will speak to the add-on. |
+| `WHISPER_LANG=auto` | Two character code for the language that you will speak to the add-on. |
+| `WHISPER_MODEL=auto` | Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From [here](https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper/blob/master/faster_whisper/utils.py#L11-L31). |
 
 ### Volume Mappings (`-v`)
 
@@ -350,6 +353,7 @@ To help with development, we generate this dependency graph.
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **26.01.26:** - Default to `auto` for model and language if not set.
 * **20.08.25:** - Add gpu-legacy branch for pre-Turing cards.
 * **10.08.25:** - Add support for local-only mode.
 * **30.12.24:** - Add arm64 support for non-GPU builds.