this is a big slop that might backfire lol... new config system and UI!

server/src/services/audioForwardService/configuration.js

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+// Audio-Forwarding Configuration
+// Purpose: Defines upload bounds and the ffmpeg publishing command inputs.
+// Scope: Contains configuration metadata only and never creates runtime FIFOs.
+const { strictObject, string, boolean, integer } = require('../../configuration/schemaHelpers');
+
+module.exports = {
+  key: 'audioForward',
+  defaultValue: { enabled: true, ffmpegBin: 'ffmpeg', streamSuffix: '-fwd', maxUploadBytes: 8388608 },
+  schema: strictObject({
+    enabled: boolean(),
+    ffmpegBin: string({ title: 'ffmpeg executable', minLength: 1, maxLength: 500 }),
+    streamSuffix: string({ minLength: 1, maxLength: 80 }),
+    maxUploadBytes: integer({ minimum: 262144, maximum: 1073741824 }),
+  }, { title: 'Audio forwarding', required: ['enabled', 'ffmpegBin', 'streamSuffix', 'maxUploadBytes'] }),
+};