@remotion/whisper-web: fix package not working in Vite and upgrade whisper.cpp to 1.7.5

[samohovets]

• Upgrade whisper.cpp to 1.7.5
• Re-compile with emscripten 4.0.8
• Remove workaround to initialize FS with separate worker.js file
• Remove workaround with global moduleOverrides, override directly on initialization using createModule constructor
• Test with Vite to resolve Compiled code using pthreads breaks Vite bundler emscripten-core/emscripten#22394

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[samohovets]

After a long investigation, I've decided to leave a note in the docs about Vite instead of patching the compiled main.js.

Simplified, the current problem looks like this:

• Webpack doesn't work with new Worker(new URL(import.meta.url)) syntax. It was fixed recently; however, a lot of frameworks and setups are using the old webpack version, and we should not require everyone to upgrade to use the package.

• Vite doesn't work correctly when spawning the worker like this: new Worker(new URL('./main.js', import.meta.url)) (default emscripten way). It's a known issue.

So, it's just that Vite dep optimizer doesn't support this.

For now, let's recommend using optimizeDeps.exclude.

Hopefully, this will be fixed on the Vite side in the future.

Leaving the list of issues here for reference:

• new Worker(import.meta.url) doesn't work as expected webpack/webpack#12638
• With a pthread build, and bundled with webpack, creation of new Web Worker fails due to protocol=file: in import.meta.url emscripten-core/emscripten#22521
• Bundling a multithreading program, without public URL emscripten-core/emscripten#23957
• new URL(foo, import.meta.url) doesn't work when dependency was optimized vitejs/vite#8427
• Workers are not imported correctly despite the worker syntax seemingly being correct, works in parcel vitejs/vite#11672

[JonnyBurger]

Thank you!