diff --git a/yt_whisper/cli.py b/yt_whisper/cli.py
index 77763e9..d87a88b 100644
--- a/yt_whisper/cli.py
+++ b/yt_whisper/cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from typing import List
 import whisper
 from whisper.tokenizer import LANGUAGES, TO_LANGUAGE_CODE
 import argparse
@@ -6,13 +7,13 @@
 import yt_dlp
 from .utils import slugify, str2bool, write_srt, write_vtt
 import tempfile
-
+import ffmpeg
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
     parser.add_argument("video", nargs="+", type=str,
-                        help="video URLs to transcribe")
+                        help="video URLs or files to transcribe")
     parser.add_argument("--model", default="small",
                         choices=whisper.available_models(), help="name of the Whisper model to use")
     parser.add_argument("--format", default="vtt",
@@ -41,31 +42,30 @@ def main():
         args["language"] = "en"
 
     model = whisper.load_model(model_name)
-    audios = get_audio(args.pop("video"))
-    break_lines = args.pop("break_lines")
-
-    for title, audio_path in audios.items():
-        warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
-        result = model.transcribe(audio_path, **args)
-        warnings.filterwarnings("default")
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+        audios = get_audio(args.pop("video"), tmp_dir)
+        break_lines = args.pop("break_lines")
 
-        if (subtitles_format == 'vtt'):
-            vtt_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{slugify(title)}.vtt")
-            with open(vtt_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as vtt:
-                write_vtt(result["segments"], file=vtt, line_length=break_lines)
+        for title, audio_path in audios.items():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
+            result = model.transcribe(audio_path, **args)
+            warnings.filterwarnings("default")
 
-            print("Saved VTT to", os.path.abspath(vtt_path))
-        else:
-            srt_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{slugify(title)}.srt")
-            with open(srt_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as srt:
-                write_srt(result["segments"], file=srt, line_length=break_lines)
+            if (subtitles_format == 'vtt'):
+                vtt_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{slugify(title)}.vtt")
+                with open(vtt_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as vtt:
+                    write_vtt(result["segments"], file=vtt, line_length=break_lines)
 
-            print("Saved SRT to", os.path.abspath(srt_path))
+                print("Saved VTT to", os.path.abspath(vtt_path))
+            else:
+                srt_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{slugify(title)}.srt")
+                with open(srt_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as srt:
+                    write_srt(result["segments"], file=srt, line_length=break_lines)
 
+                print("Saved SRT to", os.path.abspath(srt_path))
 
-def get_audio(urls):
-    temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
 
+def get_audio(video_paths:List[str], temp_dir:tempfile.TemporaryDirectory):   
     ydl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL({
         'quiet': True,
         'verbose': False,
@@ -76,12 +76,24 @@ def get_audio(urls):
 
     paths = {}
 
-    for url in urls:
-        result = ydl.extract_info(url, download=True)
-        print(
-            f"Downloaded video \"{result['title']}\". Generating subtitles..."
-        )
-        paths[result["title"]] = os.path.join(temp_dir, f"{result['id']}.mp3")
+    for video_path in video_paths:
+        if os.path.exists(video_path):
+            title = os.path.basename(video_path).split(".")[0]
+            audio_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, f"{title}.mp3")
+            (ffmpeg
+                .input(video_path)
+                .audio
+                .output(audio_path)
+                .run()
+            )
+            paths[title] = audio_path
+        else:
+            result = ydl.extract_info(video_path, download=True)
+            print(
+                f"Downloaded video \"{result['title']}\". Generating subtitles..."
+            )
+            audio_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, f"{result['id']}.mp3")
+            paths[result["title"]] = audio_path
 
     return paths