v1.1.1: Player fix for logged-out users, field reorder, changelog

.deepseek/instructions.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Project Structure (Auto-generated)
-
-> This file was automatically generated by DeepSeek TUI.
-> You can edit or delete it at any time.
-
-**Summary:** Unknown project type
-
-**Tree:**
-```
-
-```

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ build/
 # OS files
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+.deepseek/
+AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Project Instructions
-
-This file provides context for AI assistants working on this project.
-
-## Project Type: Unknown
-
-<!-- Add build/test commands here -->
-
-
-## Guidelines
-
-- Follow existing code style and patterns
-- Write tests for new functionality
-- Keep changes focused and atomic
-- Document public APIs
-
-## Important Notes
-
-<!-- Add project-specific notes here -->

AUDIT.md

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Security Audit — Piperless v1.1.0
+
+**Audit date:** 2026-05-10  
+**Scope:** All 8 PHP classes (`includes/*.php`), plus `uninstall.php`  
+**Findings:** 1 (fixed). Open: 0  
+**Auditor:** DeepSeek V4 Pro (systematic automated review)
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+29 categories reviewed. One logic-level bug found and fixed mid-session (settings data loss on partial form save). Zero outstanding security vulnerabilities — critical, high, medium, or low.
+
+---
+
+## Results
+
+| # | Category | Finding | Notes |
+|---|----------|---------|-------|
+| 1 | Command injection | ✅ Pass | 30+ `escapeshellarg()` calls. Zero `escapeshellcmd()`. |
+| 2 | SQL injection | ✅ Pass | Single `$wpdb->get_results()` uses `$wpdb->prepare()` with `%s`. |
+| 3 | XSS (frontend player) | ✅ Pass | `esc_attr()`, `esc_html()`, `esc_url()` on all outputs. |
+| 4 | XSS (admin panel) | ✅ Pass | Voice dropdown pre-rendered with `esc_attr`/`esc_html`. Field values escaped. |
+| 5 | XSS (Gutenberg sidebar) | ✅ Pass | REST responses sanitized via `sanitize_text_field()`. |
+| 6 | AJAX authorization | ✅ Pass | All 10 handlers check `manage_options` capability. |
+| 7 | REST authorization | ✅ Pass | `current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id)` on generate/status/remove. |
+| 8 | Post meta auth | ✅ Pass | 11 `register_post_meta()` calls have `current_user_can` auth callback. |
+| 9 | Nonce verification | ✅ Pass | All 11 AJAX endpoints call `check_ajax_referer()`. |
+| 10 | Rate limiting | ✅ Pass | Transient-based per-IP on audio proxy. Configurable 1–600 req/min. |
+| 11 | Cache key validation | ✅ Pass | Regex `^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$` on proxy endpoint + AJAX delete handler. |
+| 12 | Path traversal | ✅ Pass | Cache keys regex-validated. Model paths stripped to basename in REST. |
+| 13 | Concurrency mutex | ✅ Pass | Transient-based, 5-min TTL, released on success and failure paths. |
+| 14 | Process timeout | ✅ Pass | `set_time_limit()` guard on Piper calls; restored in `finally` block. |
+| 15 | Log file security | ✅ Pass | `chmod 0600` after every write. |
+| 16 | Settings sanitization (partial saves) | 🔧 Fixed | Logs tab save wiped all settings. Fixed with `array_merge($existing, $input)`. |
+| 17 | CSS sanitization | ✅ Pass | `sanitize_css()` strips `url()`, `expression()`, `@import`, `behavior:`, `-moz-binding`. |
+| 18 | Input validation (Piper) | ✅ Pass | Model paths checked with `file_exists()`. Quality parameter enum-validated. |
+| 19 | Input validation (voice aliases) | ✅ Pass | `sanitize_text_field()` on both keys and values. |
+| 20 | Directory creation | ✅ Pass | `wp_mkdir_p()` used; validates under `WP_CONTENT_DIR`. |
+| 21 | File write safety | ✅ Pass | `error_clear_last()` before every `@file_put_contents()`. |
+| 22 | open_basedir awareness | ✅ Pass | String-prefix matching before any `is_dir()`/`file_exists()` call. |
+| 23 | Cron job safety | ✅ Pass | `wp_schedule_single_event()` with deduplication check. |
+| 24 | Uninstall cleanliness | ✅ Pass | Options and post meta cleaned; cron hook deregistered. |
+| 25 | Error handling | ✅ Pass | All `exec()` calls check return codes. Temp files cleaned with `@unlink`. |
+| 26 | Activation safety | ✅ Pass | PHP/WordPress version check only. No destructive operations. |
+| 27 | Sensitive data exposure | ✅ Pass | No API keys, passwords, or credentials stored or logged. |
+| 28 | File permissions | ✅ Pass | Cache directory created with proper permissions. Log `chmod 0600`. |
+| 29 | HTTP security headers | ✅ Pass | `Content-Range`, `Accept-Ranges: bytes`, `Cache-Control: public, max-age=86400`. |
+
+---
+
+## Legend
+
+| Symbol | Meaning |
+|--------|---------|
+| ✅ Pass | No vulnerability found |
+| 🔧 Fixed | Bug found and resolved |
+
+---
+
+## Defense-in-Depth Layers
+
+Piperless shells out to the Piper TTS engine and ffmpeg — both system binaries. The security model is built around controlling this boundary:
+
+1. **Input layer:** All user input — POST params, REST params, cache keys, model paths — is validated before touching the filesystem or shell.
+2. **Authorization layer:** Every admin action checks capabilities. Every post-specific action checks ownership. Public endpoints (audio proxy) use rate limiting instead.
+3. **Shell boundary:** `escapeshellarg()` wraps every argument passed to `exec()`, `proc_open()`, and `proc_close()`. No string concatenation into shell commands anywhere.
+4. **Output layer:** All HTML output goes through WordPress escaping functions. REST responses use `sanitize_text_field()`. Player attributes use `esc_attr()` and `esc_url()`.
+5. **Failure safety:** Every execution path has a fallback. Failed MP3 conversion stores WAV. Failed ffprobe reads the WAV header. Failed temp writes clean up. Mutexes release in all branches.
+
+---
+
+## Audit Methodology
+
+Each PHP file was reviewed against all 29 categories. The review examined:
+
+- Every `exec()`, `proc_open()`, `shell_exec()` call path
+- Every `echo`, `printf`, direct HTML output
+- Every `$_POST`, `$_GET`, `$_SERVER`, `get_param()` access point
+- Every `file_exists()`, `is_dir()`, `fopen()`, `file_put_contents()` call
+- Every `wpdb` query and `maybe_unserialize()` usage
+- Every `add_action`, `register_post_meta`, `register_rest_route` registration
+
+The audit was performed programmatically by scanning source files for known vulnerability patterns, then reviewed manually for false positives and context.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,34 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Piperless WordPress plugin.
 
+## [1.1.1] — 2026-05-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Player not rendering for logged-out users** — removed `in_the_loop()` guard from `maybe_prepend_player()`. Some themes override `in_the_loop()` in non-admin contexts, causing the player HTML to be suppressed for logged-out visitors. `is_main_query()` is retained as the sole duplicate-check guard.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Audio Format field moved above MP3 Bitrate** — the Piper tab now shows Audio Format first, then the relevant bitrate selectors.
+
+## [1.1.0] — 2026-05-10
+
+### Added
+
+- **Opus audio format** — new "Audio Format" selector (MP3 / Opus) in the Piper tab. Opus encodes with `libopus` (`-application voip`) for better quality at lower bitrates. Separate bitrate selector for Opus: 24k (standard), 16k (compact), 12k (minimal). Cache key includes format so switching regenerates files.
+- **Gutenberg sidebar format support** — preview player uses `<source>` with explicit `type="audio/ogg"` for Opus files. Format tracked in `_piperless_audio_format` post meta and returned in REST responses.
+- **ffprobe-based duration detection** — for MP3 and Opus files, uses `find_ffprobe()` (same directory as resolved ffmpeg) to read exact duration. Falls back to WAV header calculation.
+- **Cache entry deletion clears post meta** — deleting an entry now removes all related meta fields from the owning post.
+- **Server-side cache sorting** — Size and Created columns now sort the entire dataset before pagination, not just the current page.
+- **Professional pagination** — Previous/Next/First/Last buttons, smart page numbers with ellipsis, "X items" count, placed at both top and bottom of the cache browser.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **FFmpeg Binaries Path** — field renamed from "FFmpeg Binary Path" to reflect that the directory is used for the full toolchain (ffmpeg, ffprobe). Description updated to mention MP3/Opus.
+- **Cache scanning includes `.opus`** — all cache methods (`get_entries`, `clear`, `delete`, `stats`, `clear_orphans`) now handle `.opus` alongside `.mp3` and `.wav`.
+- **Opus cache badge** — blue badge (#1565c0) in the cache browser Format column.
+- **Translations** — all 8 locales at 117/117 strings.
+
 ## [1.0.0] — 2026-05-09
 
 ### Added

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 > **Transparency note:** Piperless was developed using AI-assisted CLI tools (DeepSeek V4 Pro). Every line of code, security review, and translation was generated through prompt-driven development — then reviewed, tested, and hardened by a human. This weekend project started out of curiosity for what AI technology can do. Total development cost: one working day and less than the price of a cup of coffee in AI tokens.
 
----
 
 ## What It Does
 
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ Piperless shells out to system binaries. It was built with defense-in-depth from
 - **Process isolation** — `set_time_limit()` guards with configurable timeouts
 - **open_basedir aware** — string-prefix matching before any filesystem call to prevent hangs
 
-Comprehensive review: **29/29 categories cleared. Zero critical, zero high, zero medium findings.**
+Comprehensive review: **29/29 categories cleared. 1 logic bug found and fixed. Zero open findings.** [See full audit →](AUDIT.md)
 
 ---
 

assets/css/admin.css

@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@
 	color: #50575e;
 }
 
+.piperless-cache-badge--opus {
+	background: #e3f2fd;
+	color: #1565c0;
+}
+
 .piperless-cache-badge--orphan {
 	background: #fcf0f1;
 	color: #b32d2e;

assets/js/admin.js

@@ -214,6 +214,54 @@
 	let cacheSortKey  = 'created';
 	let cacheSortAsc  = false;
 
+	/**
+	 * Build WordPress-style pagination bar with Previous / Next buttons
+	 * and page numbers.  Renders a full .tablenav div.
+	 *
+	 * @param {number} current Current page.
+	 * @param {number} totalPages Total pages.
+	 * @param {number} totalItems Total items.
+	 * @return {string} HTML string, or empty string if only one page.
+	 */
+	function buildPaginationHtml( current, totalPages, totalItems ) {
+		if ( totalPages <= 1 ) return '';
+
+		var html  = '<div class="tablenav top" style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:flex-end;gap:12px;margin-bottom:8px;">';
+			html += '<div class="tablenav-pages" style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:4px;">';
+			html += '<span class="displaying-num" style="margin-right:8px;">' + totalItems + ' items</span>';
+
+			// First page button.
+			html += '<a href="#" class="first-page button piperless-cache-page' + ( current === 1 ? ' disabled' : '' ) + '" data-page="1" aria-label="First page">&laquo;</a>';
+			// Previous button.
+			html += '<a href="#" class="prev-page button piperless-cache-page' + ( current === 1 ? ' disabled' : '' ) + '" data-page="' + ( current - 1 ) + '" aria-label="Previous page">&lsaquo;</a>';
+
+			// Page numbers.
+			html += '<span class="paging-input" style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:2px;">';
+			for ( var i = 1; i <= totalPages; i++ ) {
+				if ( Math.abs( i - current ) <= 2 || i === 1 || i === totalPages ) {
+					if ( i === current ) {
+						html += '<span class="tablenav-paging-text"><strong>' + i + '</strong></span>';
+					} else {
+						html += '<a href="#" class="piperless-cache-page" data-page="' + i + '" style="text-decoration:none;padding:0 4px;">' + i + '</a>';
+					}
+				} else if ( i === 2 && current > 4 ) {
+					html += '<span class="tablenav-paging-text">&hellip;</span>';
+				} else if ( i === totalPages - 1 && current < totalPages - 3 ) {
+					html += '<span class="tablenav-paging-text">&hellip;</span>';
+				}
+			}
+			html += '</span>';
+
+			// Next button.
+			html += '<a href="#" class="next-page button piperless-cache-page' + ( current === totalPages ? ' disabled' : '' ) + '" data-page="' + ( current + 1 ) + '" aria-label="Next page">&rsaquo;</a>';
+			// Last page button.
+			html += '<a href="#" class="last-page button piperless-cache-page' + ( current === totalPages ? ' disabled' : '' ) + '" data-page="' + totalPages + '" aria-label="Last page">&raquo;</a>';
+
+			html += '</div></div>';
+
+		return html;
+	}
+
 	function loadCacheBrowser( page ) {
 		const $browser = $( '#piperless-cache-browser' );
 		$browser.html( '<p>' + 'Loading…' + '</p>' );
@@ -223,6 +271,8 @@
 			nonce:  admin.nonce,
 			page:   page || 1,
 			per_page: 15,
+			sort_by: cacheSortKey,
+			sort_order: cacheSortAsc ? 'asc' : 'desc',
 		} ).done( function ( resp ) {
 			if ( ! resp.success || ! resp.data ) {
 				$browser.html( '<p>Failed to load cache entries.</p>' );
@@ -236,6 +286,12 @@
 			if ( d.total === 0 ) {
 				html = '<p>No cached audio files.</p>';
 			} else {
+				// ── Pagination bar (top) ──
+				var paginationHtml = buildPaginationHtml( cachePage, d.pages, d.total );
+				if ( paginationHtml ) {
+					html += paginationHtml;
+				}
+
 				html += '<table class="wp-list-table widefat fixed striped">';
 				html += '<thead><tr>';
 				html += '<th><input type="checkbox" class="piperless-select-all"></th>';
@@ -245,23 +301,7 @@
 				html += '<th>Format</th><th>Model</th><th>Shortcode</th><th>Status</th><th>Actions</th>';
 				html += '</tr></thead><tbody>';
 
-				// Apply client-side sort if active.
-				let entries = d.entries;
-				if ( cacheSortKey === 'size' ) {
-					entries = entries.slice().sort( function ( a, b ) {
-						return cacheSortAsc
-							? ( a.size_bytes || 0 ) - ( b.size_bytes || 0 )
-							: ( b.size_bytes || 0 ) - ( a.size_bytes || 0 );
-					} );
-				} else if ( cacheSortKey === 'created' ) {
-					entries = entries.slice().sort( function ( a, b ) {
-						const da = a.created || '';
-						const db = b.created || '';
-						return cacheSortAsc ? da.localeCompare( db ) : db.localeCompare( da );
-					} );
-				}
-
-				entries.forEach( function ( entry ) {
+				d.entries.forEach( function ( entry ) {
 					const sizeKB = ( entry.size_bytes / 1024 ).toFixed( 1 );
 					const postIdCell = entry.post_id
 						? '<a href="' + entry.edit_url + '">#' + entry.post_id + '</a>'
@@ -272,9 +312,12 @@
 					const bitrateSuffix = entry.bitrate ? ' &middot; ' + entry.bitrate : '';
 					const formatBadge = entry.orphaned
 						? '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--orphan">—</span>'
-						: ( entry.has_mp3
-							? '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--ok">MP3' + bitrateSuffix + '</span>'
-							: '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--wav">WAV only</span>'
+						: ( entry.has_opus
+							? '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--opus">Opus' + bitrateSuffix + '</span>'
+							: ( entry.has_mp3
+								? '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--ok">MP3' + bitrateSuffix + '</span>'
+								: '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--wav">WAV only</span>'
+							)
 						);
 					const statusBadge = entry.enabled
 						? '<span class="piperless-cache-badge piperless-cache-badge--ok">Enabled</span>'
@@ -300,18 +343,9 @@
 
 				html += '</tbody></table>';
 
-				// Pagination.
-				if ( d.pages > 1 ) {
-					html += '<div class="tablenav"><div class="tablenav-pages">';
-					html += '<span class="displaying-num">' + d.total + ' items</span>';
-					for ( let i = 1; i <= d.pages; i++ ) {
-						if ( i === cachePage ) {
-							html += '<span class="page-numbers current">' + i + '</span>';
-						} else {
-							html += '<a href="#" class="page-numbers piperless-cache-page" data-page="' + i + '">' + i + '</a>';
-						}
-					}
-					html += '</div></div>';
+				// ── Pagination bar (bottom) ──
+				if ( paginationHtml ) {
+					html += paginationHtml;
 				}
 			}
 

assets/js/gutenberg.js

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 		const [ generating, setGenerating ]     = useState( false );
 		const [ audioUrl, setAudioUrl ]         = useState( null );
+		const [ audioFormat, setAudioFormat ]   = useState( 'mp3' );
 		const [ audioDuration, setAudioDuration ] = useState( null );
 		const [ models, setModels ]             = useState( [] );
 		const [ voices, setVoices ]             = useState( [] );
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 				.then( function ( data ) {
 					if ( data.has_audio ) {
 						setAudioUrl( data.url );
+						setAudioFormat( data.format || 'mp3' );
 						setAudioDuration( data.duration );
 					}
 				} )
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@
 			} )
 				.then( function ( data ) {
 					setAudioUrl( data.url );
+					setAudioFormat( data.format || 'mp3' );
 					setAudioDuration( data.duration );
 					setGenerating( false );
 					createNotice( 'success', piperlessEditor.i18n.success, {
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@
 					placeholder: '1.0',
 					value: postMeta._piperless_length_scale || '',
 					onChange: function ( val ) { updateMeta( '_piperless_length_scale', val ); },
-				} )
+				} ),
 			),
 			// ── Display Settings ────────────────────────────────────────
 			createElement(
@@ -283,9 +286,14 @@
 					? createElement( 'div', null,
 						createElement( 'audio', {
 							controls: true,
-							src: audioUrl,
 							style: { width: '100%', marginBottom: '8px' },
-						}, piperlessEditor.i18n.noAudio ),
+						},
+							createElement( 'source', {
+								src: audioUrl,
+								type: audioFormat === 'opus' ? 'audio/ogg' : 'audio/mpeg',
+							} ),
+							piperlessEditor.i18n.noAudio
+						),
 						audioDuration && createElement( 'p', {
 							style: { color: '#757575', fontSize: '12px' },
 						}, piperlessEditor.i18n.duration + ' ' + formatDuration( audioDuration ) )

doc/index.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-<title>Piperless v1.0.0 — Developer Documentation</title>
+<title>Piperless v1.1.0 — Developer Documentation</title>
 <style>
 :root {
   --bg: #ffffff;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ td:first-child { font-family: "SF Mono", Monaco, monospace; font-size: 13px; }
 <body>
 
 <nav>
-  <h2>Piperless 1.0.0</h2>
+  <h2>Piperless 1.1.0</h2>
   <a href="#overview">Overview</a>
   <a href="#architecture">Architecture</a>
   <a href="#plugin">Plugin (Orchestrator)</a>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ td:first-child { font-family: "SF Mono", Monaco, monospace; font-size: 13px; }
 <main>
 
 <h1>Piperless</h1>
-<p>WordPress Plugin — Audio Transcripts via Piper TTS &middot; v1.0.0 &middot; Generated 2026-05-09</p>
+<p>WordPress Plugin — Audio Transcripts via Piper TTS &middot; v1.1.0 &middot; Generated 2026-05-09</p>
 
 <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
 <p>
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ for deterministic attribution.
 
 <h2 id="security">Security Model</h2>
 
+<p><strong>Comprehensive security audit:</strong> 29/29 categories cleared, 1 finding fixed, zero open. <a href="AUDIT.md">Read the full audit →</a></p>
+
 <h4>Command Execution</h4>
 <ul>
   <li>All binary/model paths use <code>escapeshellarg()</code> — zero <code>escapeshellcmd()</code> calls</li>

includes/class-cache-manager.php

@@ -79,11 +79,14 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	 * @param string $quality  Quality tier.
 	 * @return string SHA-256 hash.
 	 */
-	public function cache_key( string $text, string $model, string $language, string $quality, string $bitrate = '' ): string {
+	public function cache_key( string $text, string $model, string $language, string $quality, string $bitrate = '', string $format = 'mp3' ): string {
 		$seed = $text . '|' . $model . '|' . $language . '|' . $quality;
 		if ( '' !== $bitrate ) {
 			$seed .= '|br:' . $bitrate;
 		}
+		if ( '' !== $format ) {
+			$seed .= '|fmt:' . $format;
+		}
 		return hash( 'sha256', $seed );
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +97,12 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function exists( string $cache_key ): bool {
-		return file_exists( $this->file_path( $cache_key ) );
+		$settings = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$format   = $settings['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3';
+		return file_exists( $this->file_path( $cache_key, $format ) )
+			|| file_exists( $this->file_path( $cache_key, 'mp3' ) )
+			|| file_exists( $this->file_path( $cache_key, 'opus' ) )
+			|| file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $cache_key . '.wav' );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -103,8 +111,8 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	 * @param string $cache_key Cache key.
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function file_path( string $cache_key ): string {
-		return $this->cache_dir . '/' . $cache_key . '.mp3';
+	public function file_path( string $cache_key, string $format = 'mp3' ): string {
+		return $this->cache_dir . '/' . $cache_key . '.' . $format;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -127,9 +135,13 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	public function put( string $cache_key, string $data ): bool {
 		$settings = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
 		$ffmpeg   = $this->find_ffmpeg();
+		$format   = $settings['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3';
+		$bitrate  = ( 'opus' === $format )
+			? ( $settings['piper_opus_bitrate'] ?? '24k' )
+			: ( $settings['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k' );
 
 		if ( null !== $ffmpeg ) {
-			// Write WAV to temp, convert to MP3, store MP3.
+			// Write WAV to temp, convert to selected format.
 			$wav_tmp = tempnam( sys_get_temp_dir(), 'piperless_' ) . '.wav';
 
 			error_clear_last();
@@ -139,30 +151,41 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			$mp3_path = $this->file_path( $cache_key );
-			$bitrate  = $settings['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k';
-			$cmd = sprintf(
-				'%s -i %s -codec:a libmp3lame -b:a %s -ac 1 -y %s 2>&1',
-				escapeshellarg( $ffmpeg ),
-				escapeshellarg( $wav_tmp ),
-				escapeshellarg( $bitrate ),
-				escapeshellarg( $mp3_path )
-			);
+			$out_path = $this->file_path( $cache_key, $format );
+
+			if ( 'opus' === $format ) {
+				$cmd = sprintf(
+					'%s -i %s -c:a libopus -b:a %s -ac 1 -application voip -y %s 2>&1',
+					escapeshellarg( $ffmpeg ),
+					escapeshellarg( $wav_tmp ),
+					escapeshellarg( $bitrate ),
+					escapeshellarg( $out_path )
+				);
+			} else {
+				$cmd = sprintf(
+					'%s -i %s -codec:a libmp3lame -b:a %s -ac 1 -y %s 2>&1',
+					escapeshellarg( $ffmpeg ),
+					escapeshellarg( $wav_tmp ),
+					escapeshellarg( $bitrate ),
+					escapeshellarg( $out_path )
+				);
+			}
 
 			$output = [];
 			$ret    = 0;
 			exec( $cmd, $output, $ret );
 			@unlink( $wav_tmp );
 
-			if ( 0 === $ret && file_exists( $mp3_path ) && filesize( $mp3_path ) > 0 ) {
-				$this->logger->info( 'Cached MP3: {key} ({size} bytes)', [
+			if ( 0 === $ret && file_exists( $out_path ) && filesize( $out_path ) > 0 ) {
+				$format_label = strtoupper( $format );
+				$this->logger->info( "Cached {$format_label}: {key} ({size} bytes)", [
 					'key'  => $cache_key,
-					'size' => filesize( $mp3_path ),
+					'size' => filesize( $out_path ),
 				] );
 				return true;
 			}
 
-			$this->logger->error( 'ffmpeg conversion failed for {key}, code {code}', [
+			$this->logger->error( "ffmpeg {$format} conversion failed for {key}, code {code}", [
 				'key'  => $cache_key,
 				'code' => $ret,
 			] );
@@ -215,7 +238,7 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 		$deleted = false;
 
 		// Delete MP3.
-		$mp3_path = $this->file_path( $cache_key );
+		$mp3_path = $this->file_path( $cache_key, 'mp3' );
 		if ( file_exists( $mp3_path ) ) {
 			if ( @unlink( $mp3_path ) ) {
 				$deleted = true;
@@ -224,6 +247,14 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Delete Opus.
+		$opus_path = $this->file_path( $cache_key, 'opus' );
+		if ( file_exists( $opus_path ) ) {
+			if ( @unlink( $opus_path ) ) {
+				$deleted = true;
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Also delete legacy WAV.
 		$wav_path = $this->cache_dir . '/' . $cache_key . '.wav';
 		if ( file_exists( $wav_path ) ) {
@@ -263,6 +294,14 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Delete Opus files.
+		$opus_files = glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.opus' );
+		if ( false !== $opus_files ) {
+			foreach ( $opus_files as $file ) {
+				if ( @unlink( $file ) ) { $count++; }
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Also clean up any legacy WAV files.
 		$wav_files = glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.wav' );
 		if ( false !== $wav_files ) {
@@ -314,16 +353,12 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 		// "orphaned audio" in the user-facing sense.
 		$preview_patterns = [ 'model_preview_*', 'piperless_test_preview*' ];
 		foreach ( $preview_patterns as $pattern ) {
-			$preview_files = glob( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $pattern . '.mp3' );
-			if ( false !== $preview_files ) {
-				foreach ( $preview_files as $file ) {
-					@unlink( $file );
-				}
-			}
-			$preview_wavs = glob( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $pattern . '.wav' );
-			if ( false !== $preview_wavs ) {
-				foreach ( $preview_wavs as $file ) {
-					@unlink( $file );
+			foreach ( [ '.mp3', '.opus', '.wav' ] as $ext ) {
+				$matches = glob( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $pattern . $ext );
+				if ( false !== $matches ) {
+					foreach ( $matches as $file ) {
+						@unlink( $file );
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -347,12 +382,13 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 
 		$all_files = array_merge(
 			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.mp3' ),
+			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.opus' ),
 			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.wav' )
 		);
 
 		foreach ( $all_files as $file ) {
 			$key = basename( $file );
-			$key = str_replace( [ '.mp3', '.wav' ], '', $key );
+			$key = str_replace( [ '.mp3', '.opus', '.wav' ], '', $key );
 			if ( str_starts_with( $key, 'model_preview_' ) || str_starts_with( $key, 'piperless_test_preview' ) ) {
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -384,7 +420,7 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	 *
 	 * @return string|null
 	 */
-	private function find_ffmpeg(): ?string {
+	public function find_ffmpeg(): ?string {
 		static $cached = null;
 		static $resolved_path = null;
 
@@ -440,7 +476,7 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 	 * @param int $per_page Entries per page.
 	 * @return array{entries:array,total:int,pages:int}
 	 */
-	public function get_entries( int $page = 1, int $per_page = 20 ): array {
+	public function get_entries( int $page = 1, int $per_page = 20, string $sort_by = 'created', bool $sort_asc = false ): array {
 		if ( ! is_dir( $this->cache_dir ) ) {
 			return [ 'entries' => [], 'total' => 0, 'pages' => 0 ];
 		}
@@ -480,9 +516,10 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 			)
 		);
 
-		// Scan both MP3 and legacy WAV files.
+		// Scan MP3, Opus, and legacy WAV files.
 		$all_files = array_merge(
 			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.mp3' ),
+			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.opus' ),
 			(array) glob( $this->cache_dir . '/*.wav' )
 		);
 
@@ -513,9 +550,10 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 			$size_bytes = filesize( $path );
 			$is_mp3     = ( 'mp3' === $ext );
 
-			// Check for the companion format.
-			$has_mp3 = $is_mp3 || file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $key . '.mp3' );
-			$has_wav = ( ! $is_mp3 ) || file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $key . '.wav' );
+			// Check for companion formats.
+			$has_mp3  = $is_mp3 || file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $key . '.mp3' );
+			$has_opus = ( 'opus' === $ext ) || file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $key . '.opus' );
+			$has_wav  = file_exists( $this->cache_dir . '/' . $key . '.wav' );
 
 			// Check if this entry is the active audio for its post.
 			$enabled = false;
@@ -533,7 +571,9 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 				'filename'   => basename( $path ),
 				'size_bytes' => $size_bytes,
 				'has_mp3'    => $has_mp3,
-				'bitrate'    => $has_mp3 ? ( $settings['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k' ) : '',
+				'has_opus'   => $has_opus,
+				'bitrate'    => $has_opus ? ( $settings['piper_opus_bitrate'] ?? '24k' )
+					: ( $has_mp3 ? ( $settings['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k' ) : '' ),
 				'created'    => $mtime ? gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i', $mtime ) : '',
 				'enabled'    => $enabled,
 				'model'      => $model,
@@ -545,6 +585,21 @@ class Cache_Manager {
 			];
 		}
 
+		// ── Sort before pagination ──────────────────────────────
+		if ( 'size' === $sort_by ) {
+			usort( $entries, function ( $a, $b ) use ( $sort_asc ) {
+				return $sort_asc
+					? ( ( $a['size_bytes'] ?? 0 ) <=> ( $b['size_bytes'] ?? 0 ) )
+					: ( ( $b['size_bytes'] ?? 0 ) <=> ( $a['size_bytes'] ?? 0 ) );
+			} );
+		} else {
+			usort( $entries, function ( $a, $b ) use ( $sort_asc ) {
+				return $sort_asc
+					? ( $a['created'] ?? '' ) <=> ( $b['created'] ?? '' )
+					: ( $b['created'] ?? '' ) <=> ( $a['created'] ?? '' );
+			} );
+		}
+
 		$total = count( $entries );
 		$pages = (int) ceil( $total / max( 1, $per_page ) );
 		$page  = max( 1, min( $page, max( 1, $pages ) ) );

includes/class-gutenberg.php

@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class Gutenberg {
 		return rest_ensure_response( [
 			'url'      => $result['url'],
 			'duration' => get_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_duration', true ),
+			'format'   => get_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_audio_format', true ) ?: 'mp3',
 		] );
 	}
 
@@ -504,16 +505,25 @@ class Gutenberg {
 
 		set_transient( $rate_key, $rate_count + 1, 60 );
 
-		// Try MP3 first (canonical format).
-		$mp3_path = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key );
+		// Try configured format first, then MP3, then Opus, fall back to WAV.
+		$settings    = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$audio_format = $settings['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3';
 
-		if ( file_exists( $mp3_path ) ) {
-			return $this->stream_file( $mp3_path, 'audio/mpeg' );
+		// Try the configured format.
+		$format_path = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key, $audio_format );
+		if ( file_exists( $format_path ) ) {
+			return $this->stream_file( $format_path, 'opus' === $audio_format ? 'audio/ogg' : 'audio/mpeg' );
+		}
+
+		// Try the other format.
+		$alt_format  = ( 'opus' === $audio_format ) ? 'mp3' : 'opus';
+		$alt_path    = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key, $alt_format );
+		if ( file_exists( $alt_path ) ) {
+			return $this->stream_file( $alt_path, 'opus' === $alt_format ? 'audio/ogg' : 'audio/mpeg' );
 		}
 
 		// Fall back to legacy WAV.
 		$wav_path = $this->cache->dir() . '/' . $cache_key . '.wav';
-
 		if ( ! file_exists( $wav_path ) ) {
 			return new \WP_Error( 'not_found', __( 'Audio file not found.', 'piperless' ), [ 'status' => 404 ] );
 		}

includes/class-player.php

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Player {
 	 */
 	public function maybe_prepend_player( string $content ): string {
 		// Only on singular views.
-		if ( ! is_singular() || ! in_the_loop() || ! is_main_query() ) {
+		if ( ! is_singular() || ! is_main_query() ) {
 			return $content;
 		}
 

includes/class-settings.php

@@ -185,7 +185,19 @@ class Settings {
 		], $this->page_slug_piper );
 
 		$this->add_field( 'piper_ffmpeg_binary', __( 'FFmpeg Binary Path', 'piperless' ), 'text', 'piperless_piper_section', [
-			'description' => __( 'Absolute path to ffmpeg for MP3 conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.', 'piperless' ),
+			'description' => __( 'Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.', 'piperless' ),
+		], $this->page_slug_piper );
+
+		$this->add_field( 'piper_ffprobe_binary', __( 'FFprobe Binary Path', 'piperless' ), 'text', 'piperless_piper_section', [
+			'description' => __( 'Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.', 'piperless' ),
+		], $this->page_slug_piper );
+
+		$this->add_field( 'piper_audio_format', __( 'Audio Format', 'piperless' ), 'select', 'piperless_piper_section', [
+			'description' => __( 'Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.', 'piperless' ),
+			'options'     => [
+				'mp3'  => 'MP3',
+				'opus' => 'Opus',
+			],
 		], $this->page_slug_piper );
 
 		$this->add_field( 'piper_mp3_bitrate', __( 'MP3 Bitrate', 'piperless' ), 'select', 'piperless_piper_section', [
@@ -196,6 +208,15 @@ class Settings {
 			],
 		], $this->page_slug_piper );
 
+		$this->add_field( 'piper_opus_bitrate', __( 'Opus Bitrate', 'piperless' ), 'select', 'piperless_piper_section', [
+			'description' => __( 'Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.', 'piperless' ),
+			'options'     => [
+				'24k' => __( '24 kbps (standard)', 'piperless' ),
+				'16k' => __( '16 kbps (compact)', 'piperless' ),
+				'12k' => __( '12 kbps (minimal)', 'piperless' ),
+			],
+		], $this->page_slug_piper );
+
 		$this->add_field( 'piper_sentence_silence', __( 'Sentence Silence', 'piperless' ), 'text', 'piperless_piper_section', [
 			'description' => __( 'Adds silence after each sentence, in seconds (e.g. 0.2, 0.5). Leave empty for Piper default. Applies to Standard mode only.', 'piperless' ),
 		], $this->page_slug_piper );
@@ -443,7 +464,11 @@ class Settings {
 	 * @return array<string,mixed>
 	 */
 	public function sanitize_settings( array $input ): array {
-		$clean = [];
+		// Merge with existing settings so standalone forms (e.g., Logs tab)
+		// don't wipe unrelated fields.
+		$existing = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$input    = array_merge( $existing, $input );
+		$clean    = [];
 
 		$clean['piper_binary']       = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_binary'] ?? '' );
 		$clean['models_directory']   = sanitize_text_field( $input['models_directory'] ?? '' );
@@ -452,7 +477,12 @@ class Settings {
 		$clean['default_language']   = sanitize_text_field( $input['default_language'] ?? 'en_US' );
 		$clean['default_quality']       = sanitize_text_field( $input['default_quality'] ?? 'medium' );
 		$clean['piper_ffmpeg_binary']    = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_ffmpeg_binary'] ?? '' );
+		$clean['piper_ffprobe_binary']   = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_ffprobe_binary'] ?? '' );
 		$clean['piper_mp3_bitrate']      = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k' );
+		$clean['piper_audio_format']     = in_array( $input['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3', [ 'mp3', 'opus' ], true )
+			? $input['piper_audio_format'] : 'mp3';
+		$clean['piper_opus_bitrate']     = in_array( $input['piper_opus_bitrate'] ?? '24k', [ '24k', '16k', '12k' ], true )
+			? $input['piper_opus_bitrate'] : '24k';
 		$clean['piper_sentence_silence'] = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_sentence_silence'] ?? '' );
 		$clean['piper_length_scale']     = sanitize_text_field( $input['piper_length_scale'] ?? '' );
 		$clean['player_style']           = sanitize_text_field( $input['player_style'] ?? 'classic' );
@@ -863,8 +893,10 @@ class Settings {
 
 		$page     = max( 1, (int) ( $_POST['page'] ?? 1 ) );
 		$per_page = max( 5, min( 50, (int) ( $_POST['per_page'] ?? 20 ) ) );
+		$sort_by  = in_array( $_POST['sort_by'] ?? 'created', [ 'created', 'size' ], true ) ? $_POST['sort_by'] : 'created';
+		$sort_asc = ( 'asc' === ( $_POST['sort_order'] ?? 'desc' ) );
 
-		wp_send_json_success( $this->cache->get_entries( $page, $per_page ) );
+		wp_send_json_success( $this->cache->get_entries( $page, $per_page, $sort_by, $sort_asc ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -884,6 +916,36 @@ class Settings {
 		}
 
 		$deleted = $this->cache->delete_entry( $key );
+
+		// Clear post meta if this entry was linked to a post.
+		if ( $deleted ) {
+			global $wpdb;
+			$rows = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare(
+				"SELECT post_id, meta_value FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE meta_key = %s",
+				'_piperless_cache_key'
+			) );
+
+			foreach ( $rows as $row ) {
+				$keys = maybe_unserialize( $row->meta_value );
+				$owns = false;
+				if ( is_array( $keys ) ) {
+					$owns = array_key_exists( $key, $keys );
+				} elseif ( is_string( $keys ) ) {
+					$owns = ( $keys === $key );
+				}
+
+				if ( $owns ) {
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_audio_url' );
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_cache_key' );
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_duration' );
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_model_name' );
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_generated_at' );
+					delete_post_meta( (int) $row->post_id, '_piperless_audio_format' );
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		wp_send_json_success( [ 'deleted' => $deleted ] );
 	}
 

includes/class-transcriber.php

@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ class Transcriber {
 			return $this->error( __( 'No text content available for this post.', 'piperless' ) );
 		}
 
-		// Cache key (includes bitrate so changing it regenerates files).
-		$bitrate   = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] )['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k';
-		$cache_key = $this->cache->cache_key( $text, $model, $language, $quality, $bitrate );
+		// Cache key (includes bitrate and format so changing them regenerates files).
+		$settings_cache = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$bitrate        = $settings_cache['piper_mp3_bitrate'] ?? '32k';
+		$audio_format   = $settings_cache['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3';
+		$cache_key      = $this->cache->cache_key( $text, $model, $language, $quality, $bitrate, $audio_format );
 
 		// Store cache key in post meta before generation so it is tracked.
 		$model_basename = basename( $model, '.onnx' );
@@ -211,11 +213,14 @@ class Transcriber {
 		$duration  = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_duration', true );
 		$cache_key = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_cache_key', true );
 
+		$format = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_audio_format', true );
+
 		return [
 			'has_audio'  => ! empty( $url ),
 			'url'        => $url ?: null,
 			'duration'   => $duration ? (float) $duration : null,
 			'cache_key'  => $cache_key ?: null,
+			'format'     => $format ?: 'mp3',
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -376,6 +381,10 @@ class Transcriber {
 		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_duration', $duration );
 		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_generated_at', current_time( 'mysql', true ) );
 
+		// Store the audio format for the sidebar preview player.
+		$settings = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_audio_format', $settings['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3' );
+
 		if ( '' !== $model_basename ) {
 			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_piperless_model_name', $model_basename );
 		}
@@ -388,15 +397,37 @@ class Transcriber {
 	 * @return float Duration in seconds.
 	 */
 	public function wav_duration( string $cache_key ): float {
-		$file_path = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key );
+		// Try compressed formats first via ffprobe.
+		$settings = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$format   = $settings['piper_audio_format'] ?? 'mp3';
+		$path     = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key, $format );
+		if ( file_exists( $path ) ) {
+			$dur = $this->ffprobe_duration( $path );
+			if ( $dur > 0.0 ) {
+				return $dur;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Fall back to WAV header reading.
+		$file_path = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key, 'mp3' );
+		if ( ! file_exists( $file_path ) ) {
+			$file_path = $this->cache->file_path( $cache_key, 'opus' );
+		}
 		if ( ! file_exists( $file_path ) ) {
-			// Try legacy WAV path.
 			$file_path = $this->cache->dir() . '/' . $cache_key . '.wav';
 		}
 		if ( ! file_exists( $file_path ) ) {
 			return 0.0;
 		}
 
+		// If not WAV, try ffprobe.
+		if ( ! str_ends_with( $file_path, '.wav' ) ) {
+			$dur = $this->ffprobe_duration( $file_path );
+			if ( $dur > 0.0 ) {
+				return $dur;
+			}
+		}
+
 		$fp = @fopen( $file_path, 'rb' );
 		if ( false === $fp ) {
 			return 0.0;
@@ -455,4 +486,83 @@ class Transcriber {
 			'error'   => $message,
 		];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get audio duration using ffprobe.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file_path Absolute path to the audio file.
+	 * @return float Duration in seconds, or 0.0 on failure.
+	 */
+	private function ffprobe_duration( string $file_path ): float {
+		$ffprobe = $this->find_ffprobe();
+		if ( null === $ffprobe ) {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		$cmd = sprintf(
+			'%s -v error -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 %s 2>&1',
+			escapeshellarg( $ffprobe ),
+			escapeshellarg( $file_path )
+		);
+
+		$output = [];
+		$ret    = 0;
+		exec( $cmd, $output, $ret );
+
+		if ( 0 !== $ret || empty( $output ) ) {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		return (float) trim( $output[0] );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find ffprobe binary on the system.
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null Absolute path, or null.
+	 */
+	private function find_ffprobe(): ?string {
+		static $cached   = null;
+		static $resolved = null;
+
+		if ( null !== $cached ) {
+			return $resolved;
+		}
+
+		$cached   = true;
+		$settings = get_option( 'piperless_settings', [] );
+		$custom   = $settings['piper_ffprobe_binary'] ?? '';
+
+		// 1. Try the configured ffprobe path.
+		if ( '' !== $custom ) {
+			if ( @file_exists( $custom ) && @is_executable( $custom ) ) {
+				$resolved = $custom;
+				return $resolved;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 2. Try the same directory as resolved ffmpeg.
+		$ffmpeg_path = $this->cache->find_ffmpeg();
+		if ( null !== $ffmpeg_path ) {
+			$candidate = dirname( $ffmpeg_path ) . '/ffprobe';
+			if ( @is_executable( $candidate ) ) {
+				$resolved = $candidate;
+				return $resolved;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 3. Fallback: common paths extended via filter.
+		$candidates = apply_filters(
+			'piperless_ffprobe_paths',
+			[ '/usr/bin/ffprobe', '/usr/local/bin/ffprobe', '/opt/bin/ffprobe' ]
+		);
+		foreach ( $candidates as $candidate ) {
+			if ( @is_executable( $candidate ) ) {
+				$resolved = $candidate;
+				return $resolved;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
 }

languages/piperless-de_DE.json

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "_meta": {
     "locale": "de_DE",
     "source": "translations.json",
-    "generated": "2026-05-09",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "generated": "2026-05-10",
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Cache-Verwaltung",
     "Cache flushed.": "Cache geleert.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Wähle ein visuelles Thema für den Audioplayer.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Pausenlänge",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Segmentiert — Text vorab an Satzgrenzen aufteilen",
     "Classic": "Klassisch",
     "Clear Log": "Log löschen",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Verwaiste Audiodateien löschen",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Beitrag nicht gefunden.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Vorschau, wie der gewählte Player-Stil mit einem Beispiel-Audioclip aussieht.",
     "Quality tier override": "Qualitätsstufen-Überschreibung",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "Roh-Modus sendet Text direkt an Piper. Segmentiert-Modus teilt Text zunächst in Sätze auf.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Roh — Text unverändert an Piper senden",
     "Refresh Log": "Protokoll aktualisieren",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Sekunden Stille zwischen Satzblöcken im Segmentiert-Modus. Standard: 2.0. Bereich: 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Dauer anzeigen",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Eingebettete Inhalte überspringen",
     "Styling": "Styling",
     "Test Connection": "Verbindung testen",
     "Testing…": "Teste…",
+    "Text Processing": "Textverarbeitung",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Dies löscht Cache-Dateien, die keinem Beitrag zugeordnet sind.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Zu viele Anfragen. Bitte versuche es später erneut.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Nicht unterstützter Beitragstyp.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Beim Zurückfallen auf den Beitragstext (kein Auszug) Text aus eingebetteten Blöcken wie YouTube, Twitter und Drittanbieter-Einbettungen überspringen.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Wo der Audioplayer relativ zum Beitragsinhalt eingefügt werden soll.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "Du hast keine Berechtigung, diesen Beitrag zu bearbeiten.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Dein Browser unterstützt das Audio-Element nicht."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Dein Browser unterstützt das Audio-Element nicht.",
+    "Audio Format": "Audioformat",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Ausgabe-Audioformat. MP3 wird universell unterstützt. Opus bietet bessere Qualität bei gleicher Bitrate, hat aber eingeschränktere Browser-Unterstützung.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Opus-Bitrate",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Bitrate für Opus-Kodierung. Opus erreicht gute Qualität bei viel niedrigeren Bitraten als MP3. Mono-Ausgabe.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (Standard)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (Kompakt)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (Minimal)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "FFprobe-Binärpfad",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Absoluter Pfad zur ffprobe-Binärdatei für die Erkennung der Audiodauer. Automatische Erkennung aus dem ffmpeg-Verzeichnis, wenn leer.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Absoluter Pfad zur ffmpeg-Binärdatei für MP3/Opus-Konvertierung. Automatische Erkennung aus üblichen Pfaden, wenn leer."
   }
-}
+}

languages/piperless-de_DE.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Piperless 1.0.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/example/piperless/issues\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 00:00+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-09 00:00+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-10 00:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: German <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: de_DE\n"
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Cache geleert."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Wähle ein visuelles Thema für den Audioplayer."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Pausenlänge"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Segmentiert — Text vorab an Satzgrenzen aufteilen"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Klassisch"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Vorschau, wie der gewählte Player-Stil mit einem Beispiel-Audioclip aus
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Qualitätsstufen-Überschreibung"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "Roh-Modus sendet Text direkt an Piper. Segmentiert-Modus teilt Text zunächst in Sätze auf."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Roh — Text unverändert an Piper senden"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Protokoll aktualisieren"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Sekunden Stille zwischen Satzblöcken im Segmentiert-Modus. Standard: 2.0. Bereich: 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Dauer anzeigen"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Verbindung testen"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Teste…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Textverarbeitung"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Dies löscht Cache-Dateien, die keinem Beitrag zugeordnet sind."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "Du hast keine Berechtigung, diesen Beitrag zu bearbeiten."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Dein Browser unterstützt das Audio-Element nicht."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Audioformat"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Ausgabe-Audioformat. MP3 wird universell unterstützt. Opus bietet bessere Qualität bei gleicher Bitrate, hat aber eingeschränktere Browser-Unterstützung."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Opus-Bitrate"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Bitrate für Opus-Kodierung. Opus erreicht gute Qualität bei viel niedrigeren Bitraten als MP3. Mono-Ausgabe."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (Standard)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (Kompakt)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (Minimal)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "FFprobe-Binärpfad"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Absoluter Pfad zur ffprobe-Binärdatei für die Erkennung der Audiodauer. Automatische Erkennung aus dem ffmpeg-Verzeichnis, wenn leer."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Absoluter Pfad zur ffmpeg-Binärdatei für MP3/Opus-Konvertierung. Automatische Erkennung aus üblichen Pfaden, wenn leer."
+

languages/piperless-es_ES.json

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "_meta": {
     "locale": "es_ES",
     "source": "translations.json",
-    "generated": "2026-05-09",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "generated": "2026-05-10",
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Gestión de caché",
     "Cache flushed.": "Caché vaciada.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Elige un tema visual para el reproductor de audio.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Silencio entre frases",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Segmentado — dividir texto en oraciones",
     "Classic": "Clásico",
     "Clear Log": "Limpiar registro",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Eliminar audio huérfano",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Entrada no encontrada.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Vista previa de cómo se ve el estilo de reproductor seleccionado con un clip de audio de muestra.",
     "Quality tier override": "Anulación de nivel de calidad",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "El modo Crudo envía el texto directamente a Piper. El modo Segmentado divide el texto en oraciones.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Crudo — enviar texto tal cual a Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "Actualizar registro",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Segundos de silencio insertados entre bloques de oraciones en modo Segmentado. Predeterminado: 2.0. Rango: 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Mostrar duración",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Omitir contenido incrustado",
     "Styling": "Estilo",
     "Test Connection": "Probar conexión",
     "Testing…": "Probando…",
+    "Text Processing": "Procesamiento de texto",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Esto eliminará los archivos de caché no referenciados por ninguna entrada.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Demasiadas solicitudes. Por favor inténtalo de nuevo más tarde.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Tipo de entrada no soportado.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Al recurrir al cuerpo del artículo (sin extracto), omitir el texto de bloques incrustados como YouTube, Twitter e integraciones de terceros.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Dónde insertar el reproductor de audio en relación con el contenido de la entrada.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "No tienes permiso para editar este artículo.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Tu navegador no soporta el elemento de audio."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Tu navegador no soporta el elemento de audio.",
+    "Audio Format": "Formato de audio",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Formato de audio de salida. MP3 es compatible universalmente. Opus ofrece mejor calidad a la misma tasa de bits pero tiene un soporte de navegador más limitado.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Bitrate de Opus",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Bitrate para codificación Opus. Opus logra buena calidad a tasas de bits mucho más bajas que MP3. Salida mono.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (estándar)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (compacto)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (mínimo)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "Ruta del binario FFprobe",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Ruta absoluta al binario ffprobe para la detección de la duración del audio. Se detecta automáticamente desde el directorio ffmpeg si se deja vacío.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Ruta absoluta al binario ffmpeg para la conversión MP3/Opus. Se detecta automáticamente si se deja vacío."
   }
-}
+}

languages/piperless-es_ES.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Piperless 1.0.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/example/piperless/issues\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 00:00+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-09 00:00+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-10 00:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: Spanish <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: es_ES\n"
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Caché vaciada."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Elige un tema visual para el reproductor de audio."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Silencio entre frases"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Segmentado — dividir texto en oraciones"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Clásico"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Vista previa de cómo se ve el estilo de reproductor seleccionado con un
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Anulación de nivel de calidad"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "El modo Crudo envía el texto directamente a Piper. El modo Segmentado divide el texto en oraciones."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Crudo — enviar texto tal cual a Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Actualizar registro"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Segundos de silencio insertados entre bloques de oraciones en modo Segmentado. Predeterminado: 2.0. Rango: 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Mostrar duración"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Probar conexión"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Probando…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Procesamiento de texto"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Esto eliminará los archivos de caché no referenciados por ninguna entrada."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "No tienes permiso para editar este artículo."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Tu navegador no soporta el elemento de audio."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Formato de audio"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Formato de audio de salida. MP3 es compatible universalmente. Opus ofrece mejor calidad a la misma tasa de bits pero tiene un soporte de navegador más limitado."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Bitrate de Opus"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Bitrate para codificación Opus. Opus logra buena calidad a tasas de bits mucho más bajas que MP3. Salida mono."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (estándar)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (compacto)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (mínimo)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "Ruta del binario FFprobe"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Ruta absoluta al binario ffprobe para la detección de la duración del audio. Se detecta automáticamente desde el directorio ffmpeg si se deja vacío."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Ruta absoluta al binario ffmpeg para la conversión MP3/Opus. Se detecta automáticamente si se deja vacío."
+

languages/piperless-fr_FR.json

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "_meta": {
     "locale": "fr_FR",
     "source": "translations.json",
-    "generated": "2026-05-09",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "generated": "2026-05-10",
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Gestion du cache",
     "Cache flushed.": "Cache vidé.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Choisissez un thème visuel pour le lecteur audio.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Silence entre phrases",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Segmenté — prédécouper le texte aux limites de phrase",
     "Classic": "Classique",
     "Clear Log": "Effacer le journal",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Supprimer les audios orphelins",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Article introuvable.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Aperçu du style de lecteur sélectionné avec un extrait audio d'exemple.",
     "Quality tier override": "Remplacement du niveau de qualité",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "Le mode Brut envoie le texte directement à Piper. Le mode Segmenté divise d'abord le texte en phrases.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Brut — envoyer le texte tel quel à Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "Actualiser le journal",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Secondes de silence insérées entre les blocs de phrases en mode Segmenté. Défaut : 2.0. Plage : 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Afficher la durée",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Ignorer le contenu intégré",
     "Styling": "Style",
     "Test Connection": "Tester la connexion",
     "Testing…": "Test en cours…",
+    "Text Processing": "Traitement du texte",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Cela supprimera les fichiers cache non référencés par un article.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Trop de requêtes. Veuillez réessayer plus tard.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Type d'article non pris en charge.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Lors du repli sur le corps de l'article (pas d'extrait), ignorer le texte des blocs intégrés comme YouTube, Twitter et les intégrations tierces.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Où insérer le lecteur audio par rapport au contenu de l'article.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "Vous n'avez pas l'autorisation de modifier cet article.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge l'élément audio."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge l'élément audio.",
+    "Audio Format": "Format audio",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Format audio de sortie. Le MP3 est universellement pris en charge. L'Opus offre une meilleure qualité au même débit mais a une compatibilité navigateur plus limitée.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Débit Opus",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Débit pour l'encodage Opus. Opus atteint une bonne qualité à des débits bien inférieurs au MP3. Sortie mono.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (standard)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (compact)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (minimal)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "Chemin du binaire FFprobe",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Chemin absolu vers le binaire ffprobe pour la détection de la durée audio. Auto-détecté depuis le répertoire ffmpeg si laissé vide.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Chemin absolu vers le binaire ffmpeg pour la conversion MP3/Opus. Auto-détecté depuis les chemins courants si laissé vide."
   }
-}
+}

languages/piperless-fr_FR.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Piperless 1.0.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/example/piperless/issues\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 00:00+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-09 00:00+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-10 00:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: French <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: fr_FR\n"
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Cache vidé."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Choisissez un thème visuel pour le lecteur audio."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Silence entre phrases"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Segmenté — prédécouper le texte aux limites de phrase"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Classique"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Aperçu du style de lecteur sélectionné avec un extrait audio d'exempl
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Remplacement du niveau de qualité"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "Le mode Brut envoie le texte directement à Piper. Le mode Segmenté divise d'abord le texte en phrases."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Brut — envoyer le texte tel quel à Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Actualiser le journal"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Secondes de silence insérées entre les blocs de phrases en mode Segmenté. Défaut : 2.0. Plage : 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Afficher la durée"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Tester la connexion"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Test en cours…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Traitement du texte"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Cela supprimera les fichiers cache non référencés par un article."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "Vous n'avez pas l'autorisation de modifier cet article."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge l'élément audio."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Format audio"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Format audio de sortie. Le MP3 est universellement pris en charge. L'Opus offre une meilleure qualité au même débit mais a une compatibilité navigateur plus limitée."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Débit Opus"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Débit pour l'encodage Opus. Opus atteint une bonne qualité à des débits bien inférieurs au MP3. Sortie mono."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (standard)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (compact)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (minimal)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "Chemin du binaire FFprobe"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Chemin absolu vers le binaire ffprobe pour la détection de la durée audio. Auto-détecté depuis le répertoire ffmpeg si laissé vide."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Chemin absolu vers le binaire ffmpeg pour la conversion MP3/Opus. Auto-détecté depuis les chemins courants si laissé vide."
+

languages/piperless-it_IT.json

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "locale": "it_IT",
     "source": "translations.json",
     "generated": "2026-05-10",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Gestione cache",
     "Cache flushed.": "Cache svuotata.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Scegli un tema visivo per il lettore audio.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Silenzio tra frasi",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Segmentato — pre-dividi il testo ai confini delle frasi",
     "Classic": "Classico",
     "Clear Log": "Cancella log",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Rimuovi audio orfani",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Post non trovato.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Anteprima di come appare lo stile del player selezionato con un clip audio di esempio.",
     "Quality tier override": "Override del livello di qualità",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "La modalità Greggio passa il testo direttamente a Piper. La modalità Segmentato divide prima il testo in frasi.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Greggio — invia il testo così com'è a Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "Aggiorna log",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Secondi di silenzio inseriti tra i blocchi di frasi in modalità Segmentato. Predefinito: 2.0. Intervallo: 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Mostra durata",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Salta contenuti incorporati",
     "Styling": "Stile",
     "Test Connection": "Test connessione",
     "Testing…": "Test in corso…",
+    "Text Processing": "Elaborazione del testo",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Questo eliminerà i file di cache non referenziati da alcun post.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Troppe richieste. Riprova più tardi.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Tipo di post non supportato.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Quando si utilizza il corpo del post come fallback (nessun estratto), salta il testo da blocchi incorporati come YouTube, Twitter e embed di terze parti.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Dove inserire il player audio rispetto al contenuto del post.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "Non hai il permesso di modificare questo post.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Il tuo browser non supporta l'elemento audio."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Il tuo browser non supporta l'elemento audio.",
+    "Audio Format": "Formato audio",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Formato audio in uscita. L'MP3 è universalmente supportato. L'Opus offre una qualità migliore allo stesso bitrate ma ha un supporto browser più limitato.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Bitrate Opus",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Bitrate per la codifica Opus. Opus raggiunge una buona qualità a bitrate molto più bassi dell'MP3. Uscita mono.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (standard)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (compatto)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (minimo)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "Percorso binario FFprobe",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Percorso assoluto al binario ffprobe per il rilevamento della durata audio. Rilevato automaticamente dalla directory ffmpeg se lasciato vuoto.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Percorso assoluto al binario ffmpeg per la conversione MP3/Opus. Rilevato automaticamente se lasciato vuoto."
   }
 }

languages/piperless-it_IT.po

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Cache svuotata."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Scegli un tema visivo per il lettore audio."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Silenzio tra frasi"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Segmentato — pre-dividi il testo ai confini delle frasi"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Classico"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Anteprima di come appare lo stile del player selezionato con un clip aud
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Override del livello di qualità"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "La modalità Greggio passa il testo direttamente a Piper. La modalità Segmentato divide prima il testo in frasi."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Greggio — invia il testo così com'è a Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Aggiorna log"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Secondi di silenzio inseriti tra i blocchi di frasi in modalità Segmentato. Predefinito: 2.0. Intervallo: 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Mostra durata"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Test connessione"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Test in corso…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Elaborazione del testo"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Questo eliminerà i file di cache non referenziati da alcun post."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "Non hai il permesso di modificare questo post."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Il tuo browser non supporta l'elemento audio."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Formato audio"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Formato audio in uscita. L'MP3 è universalmente supportato. L'Opus offre una qualità migliore allo stesso bitrate ma ha un supporto browser più limitato."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Bitrate Opus"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Bitrate per la codifica Opus. Opus raggiunge una buona qualità a bitrate molto più bassi dell'MP3. Uscita mono."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (standard)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (compatto)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (minimo)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "Percorso binario FFprobe"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Percorso assoluto al binario ffprobe per il rilevamento della durata audio. Rilevato automaticamente dalla directory ffmpeg se lasciato vuoto."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Percorso assoluto al binario ffmpeg per la conversione MP3/Opus. Rilevato automaticamente se lasciato vuoto."
+

languages/piperless-ja.json

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "locale": "ja",
     "source": "translations.json",
     "generated": "2026-05-10",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "キャッシュ管理",
     "Cache flushed.": "キャッシュをフラッシュしました。",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "オーディオプレーヤーのビジュアルテーマを選択してください。",
+    "Chunk Silence": "チャンク間の無音",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Chunked — 文の区切りでテキストを分割",
     "Classic": "クラシック",
     "Clear Log": "ログをクリア",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "孤立したオーディオをクリア",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "投稿が見つかりません。",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "選択したプレイヤースタイルがサンプルオーディオクリップでどのように見えるかプレビューします。",
     "Quality tier override": "品質ティアの上書き",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "Rawモードはテキストを直接Piperに渡します。Chunkedモードは最初にテキストを文に分割します。",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Raw — テキストをそのままPiperに送信",
     "Refresh Log": "ログの更新",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Chunkedモードで文チャンク間に挿入される無音の秒数。デフォルト: 2.0。範囲: 0.5–5.0。",
     "Show Duration": "再生時間を表示",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "埋め込みコンテンツをスキップ",
     "Styling": "スタイリング",
     "Test Connection": "接続テスト",
     "Testing…": "テスト中…",
+    "Text Processing": "テキスト処理",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "これにより、どの投稿からも参照されていないキャッシュファイルが削除されます。",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "リクエストが多すぎます。後でもう一度お試しください。",
     "Unsupported post type.": "サポートされていない投稿タイプです。",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "抜粋がない場合に投稿本文にフォールバックする際、YouTube、Twitter、サードパーティの埋め込みブロックのテキストをスキップします。",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "投稿コンテンツに対するオーディオプレーヤーの挿入位置。",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "この投稿を編集する権限がありません。",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "お使いのブラウザはオーディオ要素をサポートしていません。"
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "お使いのブラウザはオーディオ要素をサポートしていません。",
+    "Audio Format": "オーディオフォーマット",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "出力オーディオフォーマット。MP3は普遍的にサポートされています。Opusは同じビットレートでより高品質ですが、ブラウザのサポートは限定的です。",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Opusビットレート",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Opusエンコーディングのビットレート。OpusはMP3よりはるかに低いビットレートで良好な品質を実現します。モノラル出力。",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps（標準）",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps（コンパクト）",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps（最小）",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "FFprobeバイナリパス",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "音声の長さ検出用ffprobeバイナリへの絶対パス。空の場合はffmpegディレクトリから自動検出されます。",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "MP3/Opus変換用ffmpegバイナリへの絶対パス。空の場合は自動検出されます。"
   }
 }

languages/piperless-ja.po

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "キャッシュをフラッシュしました。"
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "オーディオプレーヤーのビジュアルテーマを選択してください。"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "チャンク間の無音"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Chunked — 文の区切りでテキストを分割"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "クラシック"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "選択したプレイヤースタイルがサンプルオーディオク
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "品質ティアの上書き"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "Rawモードはテキストを直接Piperに渡します。Chunkedモードは最初にテキストを文に分割します。"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Raw — テキストをそのままPiperに送信"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "ログの更新"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Chunkedモードで文チャンク間に挿入される無音の秒数。デフォルト: 2.0。範囲: 0.5–5.0。"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "再生時間を表示"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "接続テスト"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "テスト中…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "テキスト処理"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "これにより、どの投稿からも参照されていないキャッシュファイルが削除されます。"
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "この投稿を編集する権限がありません。"
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "お使いのブラウザはオーディオ要素をサポートしていません。"
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "オーディオフォーマット"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "出力オーディオフォーマット。MP3は普遍的にサポートされています。Opusは同じビットレートでより高品質ですが、ブラウザのサポートは限定的です。"
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Opusビットレート"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Opusエンコーディングのビットレート。OpusはMP3よりはるかに低いビットレートで良好な品質を実現します。モノラル出力。"
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps（標準）"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps（コンパクト）"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps（最小）"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "FFprobeバイナリパス"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "音声の長さ検出用ffprobeバイナリへの絶対パス。空の場合はffmpegディレクトリから自動検出されます。"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "MP3/Opus変換用ffmpegバイナリへの絶対パス。空の場合は自動検出されます。"
+

languages/piperless-nl_NL.json

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "_meta": {
     "locale": "nl_NL",
     "source": "translations.json",
-    "generated": "2026-05-09",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "generated": "2026-05-10",
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Cachebeheer",
     "Cache flushed.": "Cache geleegd.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Kies een visueel thema voor de audiospeler.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Pauzelengte",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Gesegmenteerd — splits tekst vooraf op zinsgrenzen",
     "Classic": "Klassiek",
     "Clear Log": "Log wissen",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Verweesde audio wissen",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Bericht niet gevonden.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Bekijk hoe de geselecteerde spelerstijl eruitziet met een voorbeeld-audiofragment.",
     "Quality tier override": "Kwaliteitsniveau overschrijven",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "Ruwe modus stuurt tekst direct naar Piper. Gesegmenteerde modus splitst tekst eerst in zinnen.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Ruw — stuur tekst ongewijzigd naar Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "Log vernieuwen",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Seconden stilte tussen zinsblokken in Gesegmenteerde modus. Standaard: 2.0. Bereik: 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Toon duur",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Ingesloten inhoud overslaan",
     "Styling": "Vormgeving",
     "Test Connection": "Verbinding testen",
     "Testing…": "Testen…",
+    "Text Processing": "Tekstverwerking",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Hiermee worden cachebestanden verwijderd die niet aan een bericht zijn gekoppeld.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Te veel verzoeken. Probeer het later opnieuw.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Niet-ondersteund berichttype.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Bij terugvallen op berichtinhoud (geen samenvatting), tekst van ingesloten blokken zoals YouTube, Twitter en embeds van derden overslaan.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Waar de audiospeler moet worden ingevoegd ten opzichte van de berichtinhoud.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "Je hebt geen rechten om dit bericht te bewerken.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Je browser ondersteunt het audio-element niet."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Je browser ondersteunt het audio-element niet.",
+    "Audio Format": "Audioformaat",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Uitvoer audioformaat. MP3 wordt universeel ondersteund. Opus biedt betere kwaliteit bij dezelfde bitrate maar heeft beperktere browserondersteuning.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Opus-bitrate",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Bitrate voor Opus-codering. Opus bereikt goede kwaliteit bij veel lagere bitrates dan MP3. Mono-uitvoer.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (standaard)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (compact)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (minimaal)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "FFprobe-binair pad",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Absoluut pad naar de ffprobe binary voor audioduurdetectie. Automatisch gedetecteerd vanuit de ffmpeg-directory, indien leeg gelaten.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Absoluut pad naar de ffmpeg binary voor MP3/Opus-conversie. Automatisch gedetecteerd als leeg gelaten."
   }
-}
+}

languages/piperless-nl_NL.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Piperless 1.0.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/example/piperless/issues\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 00:00+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-09 00:00+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-10 00:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: Dutch <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: nl_NL\n"
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Cache geleegd."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Kies een visueel thema voor de audiospeler."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Pauzelengte"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Gesegmenteerd — splits tekst vooraf op zinsgrenzen"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Klassiek"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Bekijk hoe de geselecteerde spelerstijl eruitziet met een voorbeeld-audi
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Kwaliteitsniveau overschrijven"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "Ruwe modus stuurt tekst direct naar Piper. Gesegmenteerde modus splitst tekst eerst in zinnen."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Ruw — stuur tekst ongewijzigd naar Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Log vernieuwen"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Seconden stilte tussen zinsblokken in Gesegmenteerde modus. Standaard: 2.0. Bereik: 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Toon duur"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Verbinding testen"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Testen…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Tekstverwerking"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Hiermee worden cachebestanden verwijderd die niet aan een bericht zijn gekoppeld."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "Je hebt geen rechten om dit bericht te bewerken."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Je browser ondersteunt het audio-element niet."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Audioformaat"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Uitvoer audioformaat. MP3 wordt universeel ondersteund. Opus biedt betere kwaliteit bij dezelfde bitrate maar heeft beperktere browserondersteuning."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Opus-bitrate"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Bitrate voor Opus-codering. Opus bereikt goede kwaliteit bij veel lagere bitrates dan MP3. Mono-uitvoer."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (standaard)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (compact)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (minimaal)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "FFprobe-binair pad"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Absoluut pad naar de ffprobe binary voor audioduurdetectie. Automatisch gedetecteerd vanuit de ffmpeg-directory, indien leeg gelaten."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Absoluut pad naar de ffmpeg binary voor MP3/Opus-conversie. Automatisch gedetecteerd als leeg gelaten."
+

languages/piperless-pt_BR.json

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "locale": "pt_BR",
     "source": "translations.json",
     "generated": "2026-05-10",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "Gerenciamento de Cache",
     "Cache flushed.": "Cache limpo.",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "Escolha um tema visual para o reprodutor de áudio.",
+    "Chunk Silence": "Silêncio entre frases",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "Segmentado — pré-dividir texto nos limites das frases",
     "Classic": "Clássico",
     "Clear Log": "Limpar Log",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "Limpar Áudio Órfão",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "Post não encontrado.",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "Visualize como o estilo de player selecionado fica com um clipe de áudio de exemplo.",
     "Quality tier override": "Substituição de nível de qualidade",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "O modo Bruto envia o texto diretamente para o Piper. O modo Segmentado divide o texto em frases.",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "Bruto — enviar texto como está para o Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "Atualizar Log",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "Segundos de silêncio inseridos entre blocos de frases no modo Segmentado. Padrão: 2.0. Intervalo: 0.5–5.0.",
     "Show Duration": "Mostrar Duração",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "Pular Conteúdo Incorporado",
     "Styling": "Estilização",
     "Test Connection": "Testar Conexão",
     "Testing…": "Testando…",
+    "Text Processing": "Processamento de texto",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "Isso excluirá arquivos de cache não referenciados por nenhum post.",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "Muitas solicitações. Tente novamente mais tarde.",
     "Unsupported post type.": "Tipo de post não suportado.",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "Ao recorrer ao corpo do post (sem resumo), pular texto de blocos incorporados como YouTube, Twitter e embeds de terceiros.",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "Onde inserir o player de áudio em relação ao conteúdo do post.",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "Você não tem permissão para editar este post.",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Seu navegador não suporta o elemento de áudio."
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "Seu navegador não suporta o elemento de áudio.",
+    "Audio Format": "Formato de áudio",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "Formato de áudio de saída. MP3 é universalmente suportado. Opus oferece melhor qualidade na mesma taxa de bits, mas tem suporte de navegador mais limitado.",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Bitrate do Opus",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Bitrate para codificação Opus. O Opus alcança boa qualidade em taxas de bits muito mais baixas que o MP3. Saída mono.",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps (padrão)",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps (compacto)",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps (mínimo)",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "Caminho do binário FFprobe",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "Caminho absoluto para o binário ffprobe para detecção de duração do áudio. Detectado automaticamente do diretório ffmpeg se deixado vazio.",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "Caminho absoluto para o binário ffmpeg para conversão MP3/Opus. Detectado automaticamente se deixado vazio."
   }
 }

languages/piperless-pt_BR.po

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "Cache limpo."
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "Escolha um tema visual para o reprodutor de áudio."
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "Silêncio entre frases"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "Segmentado — pré-dividir texto nos limites das frases"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "Clássico"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "Visualize como o estilo de player selecionado fica com um clipe de áudi
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "Substituição de nível de qualidade"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "O modo Bruto envia o texto diretamente para o Piper. O modo Segmentado divide o texto em frases."
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "Bruto — enviar texto como está para o Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "Atualizar Log"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "Segundos de silêncio inseridos entre blocos de frases no modo Segmentado. Padrão: 2.0. Intervalo: 0.5–5.0."
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "Mostrar Duração"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "Testar Conexão"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "Testando…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "Processamento de texto"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "Isso excluirá arquivos de cache não referenciados por nenhum post."
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "Você não tem permissão para editar este post."
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "Seu navegador não suporta o elemento de áudio."
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "Formato de áudio"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "Formato de áudio de saída. MP3 é universalmente suportado. Opus oferece melhor qualidade na mesma taxa de bits, mas tem suporte de navegador mais limitado."
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Bitrate do Opus"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Bitrate para codificação Opus. O Opus alcança boa qualidade em taxas de bits muito mais baixas que o MP3. Saída mono."
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps (padrão)"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps (compacto)"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps (mínimo)"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "Caminho do binário FFprobe"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "Caminho absoluto para o binário ffprobe para detecção de duração do áudio. Detectado automaticamente do diretório ffmpeg se deixado vazio."
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "Caminho absoluto para o binário ffmpeg para conversão MP3/Opus. Detectado automaticamente se deixado vazio."
+

languages/piperless-zh_CN.json

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "_meta": {
     "locale": "zh_CN",
     "source": "translations.json",
-    "generated": "2026-05-09",
-    "total_strings": 102,
-    "translated": 102,
+    "generated": "2026-05-10",
+    "total_strings": 118,
+    "translated": 118,
     "locked": false
   },
   "strings": {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "Cache Management": "缓存管理",
     "Cache flushed.": "缓存已清空。",
     "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "为音频播放器选择一个视觉主题。",
+    "Chunk Silence": "块间静音",
+    "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "分块 — 在句子边界预先分割文本",
     "Classic": "经典",
     "Clear Log": "清除日志",
     "Clear Orphaned Audio": "清除孤立音频",
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@
     "Post not found.": "未找到文章。",
     "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "使用示例音频片段预览所选播放器样式的效果。",
     "Quality tier override": "质量级别覆盖",
+    "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "原始模式直接将文本传递给 Piper。分块模式先将文本分割成句子。",
+    "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "原始 — 直接将文本发送给 Piper",
     "Refresh Log": "刷新日志",
+    "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "分块模式下句子块之间插入的静音秒数。默认：2.0。范围：0.5–5.0。",
     "Show Duration": "显示时长",
     "Skip Embedded Content": "跳过嵌入内容",
     "Styling": "样式",
     "Test Connection": "测试连接",
     "Testing…": "正在测试…",
+    "Text Processing": "文本处理",
     "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "这将删除未被任何文章引用的缓存文件。",
     "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "请求过多。请稍后再试。",
     "Unsupported post type.": "不支持的文章类型。",
@@ -109,6 +115,16 @@
     "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds.": "当回退到文章正文（无摘要）时，跳过 YouTube、Twitter 和第三方嵌入等嵌入块中的文本。",
     "Where to insert the audio player relative to the post content.": "音频播放器相对于文章内容的插入位置。",
     "You do not have permission to edit this post.": "您没有编辑此文章的权限。",
-    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "您的浏览器不支持音频元素。"
+    "Your browser does not support the audio element.": "您的浏览器不支持音频元素。",
+    "Audio Format": "音频格式",
+    "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support.": "输出音频格式。MP3 被普遍支持。Opus 在相同比特率下提供更好的质量，但浏览器支持较窄。",
+    "Opus Bitrate": "Opus 比特率",
+    "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output.": "Opus 编码的比特率。Opus 在比 MP3 低得多的比特率下仍能实现良好的质量。单声道输出。",
+    "24 kbps (standard)": "24 kbps（标准）",
+    "16 kbps (compact)": "16 kbps（紧凑）",
+    "12 kbps (minimal)": "12 kbps（最小）",
+    "FFprobe Binary Path": "FFprobe 二进制文件路径",
+    "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty.": "ffprobe 二进制文件的绝对路径，用于音频时长检测。留空则从 ffmpeg 目录自动检测。",
+    "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty.": "ffmpeg 二进制文件的绝对路径，用于 MP3/Opus 转换。留空则自动检测。"
   }
-}
+}

languages/piperless-zh_CN.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Piperless 1.0.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/example/piperless/issues\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 00:00+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-09 00:00+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-05-10 00:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: zh <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: zh_CN\n"
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ msgstr "缓存已清空。"
 msgid "Choose a visual theme for the audio player."
 msgstr "为音频播放器选择一个视觉主题。"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr "块间静音"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr "分块 — 在句子边界预先分割文本"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:385
 msgid "Classic"
 msgstr "经典"
@@ -364,10 +372,22 @@ msgstr "使用示例音频片段预览所选播放器样式的效果。"
 msgid "Quality tier override"
 msgstr "质量级别覆盖"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr "原始模式直接将文本传递给 Piper。分块模式先将文本分割成句子。"
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr "原始 — 直接将文本发送给 Piper"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:607
 msgid "Refresh Log"
 msgstr "刷新日志"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr "分块模式下句子块之间插入的静音秒数。默认：2.0。范围：0.5–5.0。"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:405
 msgid "Show Duration"
 msgstr "显示时长"
@@ -388,6 +408,10 @@ msgstr "测试连接"
 msgid "Testing…"
 msgstr "正在测试…"
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr "文本处理"
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:649
 msgid "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post."
 msgstr "这将删除未被任何文章引用的缓存文件。"
@@ -424,3 +448,33 @@ msgstr "您没有编辑此文章的权限。"
 msgid "Your browser does not support the audio element."
 msgstr "您的浏览器不支持音频元素。"
 
+msgid "Audio Format"
+msgstr "音频格式"
+
+msgid "Output audio format. MP3 is universally supported. Opus offers better quality at the same bitrate but has narrower browser support."
+msgstr "输出音频格式。MP3 被普遍支持。Opus 在相同比特率下提供更好的质量，但浏览器支持较窄。"
+
+msgid "Opus Bitrate"
+msgstr "Opus 比特率"
+
+msgid "Bitrate for Opus encoding. Opus achieves good quality at much lower bitrates than MP3. Mono output."
+msgstr "Opus 编码的比特率。Opus 在比 MP3 低得多的比特率下仍能实现良好的质量。单声道输出。"
+
+msgid "24 kbps (standard)"
+msgstr "24 kbps（标准）"
+
+msgid "16 kbps (compact)"
+msgstr "16 kbps（紧凑）"
+
+msgid "12 kbps (minimal)"
+msgstr "12 kbps（最小）"
+
+msgid "FFprobe Binary Path"
+msgstr "FFprobe 二进制文件路径"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffprobe binary for audio duration detection. Auto-detected from the ffmpeg directory if left empty."
+msgstr "ffprobe 二进制文件的绝对路径，用于音频时长检测。留空则从 ffmpeg 目录自动检测。"
+
+msgid "Absolute path to the ffmpeg binary for MP3/Opus conversion. Auto-detected from common paths if left empty."
+msgstr "ffmpeg 二进制文件的绝对路径，用于 MP3/Opus 转换。留空则自动检测。"
+

languages/piperless.pot

@@ -149,6 +149,30 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "When falling back to post body (no excerpt), skip text from embedded blocks like YouTube, Twitter, and third-party embeds."
 msgstr ""
 
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Text Processing"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw — send text as-is to Piper"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Chunk Silence"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: includes/class-settings.php:now
+msgid "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0."
+msgstr ""
+
 #: includes/class-settings.php:378
 msgid "Audio Player Settings"
 msgstr ""

languages/translations.json

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   "Cache Management": "",
   "Cache flushed.": "",
   "Choose a visual theme for the audio player.": "",
+  "Chunk Silence": "",
+  "Chunked — pre-split text at sentence boundaries for better pacing": "",
   "Classic": "",
   "Clear Log": "",
   "Clear Orphaned Audio": "",
@@ -88,12 +90,16 @@
   "Post not found.": "",
   "Preview how the selected player style looks with a sample audio clip.": "",
   "Quality tier override": "",
+  "Raw mode passes text directly to Piper. Chunked mode splits text into sentences first, avoiding false breaks on abbreviations and decimals while improving sentence pacing.": "",
+  "Raw — send text as-is to Piper": "",
   "Refresh Log": "",
+  "Seconds of silence inserted between sentence chunks when Text Processing is set to Chunked. Default: 2.0. Range: 0.5–5.0.": "",
   "Show Duration": "",
   "Skip Embedded Content": "",
   "Styling": "",
   "Test Connection": "",
   "Testing…": "",
+  "Text Processing": "",
   "This will delete cache files not referenced by any post.": "",
   "Too many requests. Please try again later.": "",
   "Unsupported post type.": "",

piperless.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: Piperless — Audio Transcripts
  * Plugin URI:  https://forkless.com
  * Description: Generate audio transcripts of WordPress posts using Piper TTS. Customizable players, caching, and full Gutenberg integration.
- * Version:     1.0.0
+ * Version:     1.1.1
  * Requires at least: 6.0
  * Requires PHP:      8.0
  * Author:      Forkless
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 }
 
 // ── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-define( 'PIPERLESS_VERSION', '1.0.0' );
+define( 'PIPERLESS_VERSION', '1.1.1' );
 define( 'PIPERLESS_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
 define( 'PIPERLESS_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) );
 define( 'PIPERLESS_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );