Output paths (formerly filename templates)

Older TTSForge versions offered renderer-owned filename templates. Those settings were part of the retired TTSForge pipeline and are not applied by the Readio-backed frontend.

Choose an output path

The default output uses the EPUB filename stem and selected format. Override the exact file path with --output:

ttsforge convert novel.epub
ttsforge convert novel.epub --format mp3 --output "./Author - Novel.mp3"

Quote paths containing spaces in your shell. Readio owns output artifacts, reuse, and replacement safety; use --force only when you intend to replace an output according to Readio’s ownership rules.

Choose a project path separately

Project state and exported audio are different paths. Use --project to place project data and --output to place the final audiobook:

ttsforge convert novel.epub \
  --project novel-custom.ssmdbook \
  --output novel.m4b

The project’s chapter selection is persistent. For a separate project variant, use another --project path or --fresh. See Projects and outputs.

Old keys such as output_filename_template, chapter_filename_template, and phoneme_export_template are not read or migrated. TTSForge no longer creates TTSForge-owned chapter WAV/phoneme export workspaces.