2 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/converter/config.py b/app/converter/config.py
index 7424a76..9a07353 100644
--- a/app/converter/config.py
+++ b/app/converter/config.py
@@ -10,8 +10,25 @@ HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 30  # Print "still working" in console logs every N
 # Words per TTS generation request (client-side chunking).
 CHUNK_SIZE = 250
 
-# Default for "Stop server and exit" on the Generate Audiobooks form
-# (TUI Settings menu: "Default stop server and exit").
+# Where books are read from and where finished audiobooks are written.
+# Relative paths resolve against the project root (the folder containing
+# audiobook.py). The --input/--output CLI flags override these per run.
+INPUT_DIR = "./input"
+OUTPUT_DIR = "./output"
+
+# Playback speed factor for the final audiobook (1.0 = normal).
+# Pitch-preserving. The --speed CLI flag overrides this per run.
+SPEED = 1.0
+
+# Dump each chunk's raw audio and the exact text sent for it under the
+# debug/ folder (organized per book and chapter), and log every TTS
+# request and response to the console and log file. The --debug CLI flag
+# forces this on for a single run.
+DEBUG = False
+
+# Default for "Stop server and exit" (TUI Settings menu: "Stop server
+# and exit"): automatically stop the TTS server and exit the TUI after
+# generating audiobooks.
 STOP_SERVER_AND_EXIT = True
 
 # Default TTS backend.
diff --git a/app/converter/converter.py b/app/converter/converter.py
index b356448..d2d06b9 100644
--- a/app/converter/converter.py
+++ b/app/converter/converter.py
@@ -36,13 +36,26 @@ from .clients import (
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Folders, resolved from the project root so the converter runs from any
-# working directory. User-facing dirs (input/, output/) stay at the root;
+# working directory. User-facing dirs (input/, output/) come from config
+# (INPUT_DIR/OUTPUT_DIR; relative paths resolve against the project root);
 # scratch/log dirs live under the app/ container.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 APP_DIR = BASE_DIR / "app"
 
-BOOKS_FOLDER = BASE_DIR / "input"
-AUDIOBOOKS_FOLDER = BASE_DIR / "output"
+
+def resolve_dir(value, default: str) -> Path:
+    """Resolve a configured directory VALUE (str/Path) to a Path.
+
+    Blank values fall back to DEFAULT ("input"/"output"); relative
+    paths resolve against the project root so the converter runs from
+    any working directory, and "~" expands to the home directory.
+    """
+    path = Path(str(value or "").strip() or default).expanduser()
+    return path if path.is_absolute() else BASE_DIR / path
+
+
+BOOKS_FOLDER = resolve_dir(config.INPUT_DIR, "input")
+AUDIOBOOKS_FOLDER = resolve_dir(config.OUTPUT_DIR, "output")
 CHUNKS_FOLDER = APP_DIR / "chunks"  # Per-chunk scratch audio, cleaned per book
 LOGS_FOLDER = APP_DIR / "logs"
 DEBUG_FOLDER = APP_DIR / "debug"  # --debug dumps, kept across runs