diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index 65b06ca..2e1e519 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct whisper_params {
     std::string model    = "models/ggml-base.en.bin";
 
     std::vector<std::string> fname_inp = {};
+    std::vector<std::string> fname_outp = {};
 };
 
 void whisper_print_usage(int argc, char ** argv, const whisper_params & params);
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ bool whisper_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, whisper_params & params) {
         else if (arg == "-osrt" || arg == "--output-srt")     { params.output_srt     = true; }
         else if (arg == "-owts" || arg == "--output-words")   { params.output_wts     = true; }
         else if (arg == "-ocsv" || arg == "--output-csv")     { params.output_csv     = true; }
+        else if (arg == "-of"   || arg == "--output-file")    { params.fname_outp.emplace_back(argv[++i]); }
         else if (arg == "-ps"   || arg == "--print-special")  { params.print_special  = true; }
         else if (arg == "-pc"   || arg == "--print-colors")   { params.print_colors   = true; }
         else if (arg == "-pp"   || arg == "--print-progress") { params.print_progress = true; }
@@ -144,35 +146,36 @@ void whisper_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const whisper_params & para
     fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [options] file0.wav file1.wav ...\n", argv[0]);
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "options:\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -h,       --help            [default] show this help message and exit\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -t N,     --threads N       [%-7d] number of threads to use during computation\n",    params.n_threads);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -p N,     --processors N    [%-7d] number of processors to use during computation\n", params.n_processors);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -ot N,    --offset-t N      [%-7d] time offset in milliseconds\n",                    params.offset_t_ms);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -on N,    --offset-n N      [%-7d] segment index offset\n",                           params.offset_n);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -d  N,    --duration N      [%-7d] duration of audio to process in milliseconds\n",   params.duration_ms);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -mc N,    --max-context N   [%-7d] maximum number of text context tokens to store\n", params.max_context);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -ml N,    --max-len N       [%-7d] maximum segment length in characters\n",           params.max_len);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -bo N,    --best-of N       [%-7d] number of best candidates to keep\n",              params.best_of);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -bs N,    --beam-size N     [%-7d] beam size for beam search\n",                      params.beam_size);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -wt N,    --word-thold N    [%-7.2f] word timestamp probability threshold\n",         params.word_thold);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -et N,    --entropy-thold N [%-7.2f] entropy threshold for decoder fail\n",           params.entropy_thold);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -lpt N,   --logprob-thold N [%-7.2f] log probability threshold for decoder fail\n",   params.logprob_thold);
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -su,      --speed-up        [%-7s] speed up audio by x2 (reduced accuracy)\n",        params.speed_up ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -tr,      --translate       [%-7s] translate from source language to english\n",      params.translate ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -di,      --diarize         [%-7s] stereo audio diarization\n",                       params.diarize ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -otxt,    --output-txt      [%-7s] output result in a text file\n",                   params.output_txt ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -ovtt,    --output-vtt      [%-7s] output result in a vtt file\n",                    params.output_vtt ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -osrt,    --output-srt      [%-7s] output result in a srt file\n",                    params.output_srt ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -owts,    --output-words    [%-7s] output script for generating karaoke video\n",     params.output_wts ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -ocsv,    --output-csv      [%-7s] output result in a CSV file\n",                    params.output_csv ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -ps,      --print-special   [%-7s] print special tokens\n",                           params.print_special ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -pc,      --print-colors    [%-7s] print colors\n",                                   params.print_colors ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -pp,      --print-progress  [%-7s] print progress\n",                                 params.print_progress ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -nt,      --no-timestamps   [%-7s] do not print timestamps\n",                        params.no_timestamps ? "false" : "true");
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -l LANG,  --language LANG   [%-7s] spoken language ('auto' for auto-detect)\n",       params.language.c_str());
-    fprintf(stderr, "            --prompt PROMPT   [%-7s] initial prompt\n",                                 params.prompt.c_str());
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -m FNAME, --model FNAME     [%-7s] model path\n",                                     params.model.c_str());
-    fprintf(stderr, "  -f FNAME, --file FNAME      [%-7s] input WAV file path\n",                            "");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -h,        --help              [default] show this help message and exit\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -t N,      --threads N         [%-7d] number of threads to use during computation\n",    params.n_threads);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -p N,      --processors N      [%-7d] number of processors to use during computation\n", params.n_processors);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -ot N,     --offset-t N        [%-7d] time offset in milliseconds\n",                    params.offset_t_ms);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -on N,     --offset-n N        [%-7d] segment index offset\n",                           params.offset_n);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -d  N,     --duration N        [%-7d] duration of audio to process in milliseconds\n",   params.duration_ms);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -mc N,     --max-context N     [%-7d] maximum number of text context tokens to store\n", params.max_context);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -ml N,     --max-len N         [%-7d] maximum segment length in characters\n",           params.max_len);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -bo N,     --best-of N         [%-7d] number of best candidates to keep\n",              params.best_of);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -bs N,     --beam-size N       [%-7d] beam size for beam search\n",                      params.beam_size);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -wt N,     --word-thold N      [%-7.2f] word timestamp probability threshold\n",         params.word_thold);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -et N,     --entropy-thold N   [%-7.2f] entropy threshold for decoder fail\n",           params.entropy_thold);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -lpt N,    --logprob-thold N   [%-7.2f] log probability threshold for decoder fail\n",   params.logprob_thold);
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -su,       --speed-up          [%-7s] speed up audio by x2 (reduced accuracy)\n",        params.speed_up ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -tr,       --translate         [%-7s] translate from source language to english\n",      params.translate ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -di,       --diarize           [%-7s] stereo audio diarization\n",                       params.diarize ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -otxt,     --output-txt        [%-7s] output result in a text file\n",                   params.output_txt ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -ovtt,     --output-vtt        [%-7s] output result in a vtt file\n",                    params.output_vtt ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -osrt,     --output-srt        [%-7s] output result in a srt file\n",                    params.output_srt ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -owts,     --output-words      [%-7s] output script for generating karaoke video\n",     params.output_wts ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -ocsv,     --output-csv        [%-7s] output result in a CSV file\n",                    params.output_csv ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -of FNAME, --output-file FNAME [%-7s] output file path (without file extension)\n",      "");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -ps,       --print-special     [%-7s] print special tokens\n",                           params.print_special ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -pc,       --print-colors      [%-7s] print colors\n",                                   params.print_colors ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -pp,       --print-progress    [%-7s] print progress\n",                                 params.print_progress ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -nt,       --no-timestamps     [%-7s] do not print timestamps\n",                        params.no_timestamps ? "false" : "true");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -l LANG,   --language LANG     [%-7s] spoken language ('auto' for auto-detect)\n",       params.language.c_str());
+    fprintf(stderr, "             --prompt PROMPT     [%-7s] initial prompt\n",                                 params.prompt.c_str());
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -m FNAME,  --model FNAME       [%-7s] model path\n",                                     params.model.c_str());
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -f FNAME,  --file FNAME        [%-7s] input WAV file path\n",                            "");
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 }
 
@@ -514,6 +517,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     for (int f = 0; f < (int) params.fname_inp.size(); ++f) {
         const auto fname_inp = params.fname_inp[f];
+		const auto fname_outp = f < params.fname_outp.size() && !params.fname_outp[f].empty() ? params.fname_outp[f] : params.fname_inp[f];
 
         std::vector<float> pcmf32; // mono-channel F32 PCM
         std::vector<std::vector<float>> pcmf32s; // stereo-channel F32 PCM
@@ -692,31 +696,31 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
             // output to text file
             if (params.output_txt) {
-                const auto fname_txt = fname_inp + ".txt";
+                const auto fname_txt = fname_outp + ".txt";
                 output_txt(ctx, fname_txt.c_str());
             }
 
             // output to VTT file
             if (params.output_vtt) {
-                const auto fname_vtt = fname_inp + ".vtt";
+                const auto fname_vtt = fname_outp + ".vtt";
                 output_vtt(ctx, fname_vtt.c_str());
             }
 
             // output to SRT file
             if (params.output_srt) {
-                const auto fname_srt = fname_inp + ".srt";
+                const auto fname_srt = fname_outp + ".srt";
                 output_srt(ctx, fname_srt.c_str(), params);
             }
 
             // output to WTS file
             if (params.output_wts) {
-                const auto fname_wts = fname_inp + ".wts";
+                const auto fname_wts = fname_outp + ".wts";
                 output_wts(ctx, fname_wts.c_str(), fname_inp.c_str(), params, float(pcmf32.size() + 1000)/WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE);
             }
 
 	    // output to CSV file
             if (params.output_csv) {
-                const auto fname_csv = fname_inp + ".csv";
+                const auto fname_csv = fname_outp + ".csv";
                 output_csv(ctx, fname_csv.c_str());
             }