Audiobook Studio 2.0 docsArtifacts, Reuse & Recovery
Studio decides what's done by looking at validated artifacts, not by whether a file happens to exist. That's what makes reuse and recovery reliable.
At a glance
- Completion = a validated artifact, not a file on disk.
- Unchanged audio is reused, not re-rendered.
- Work recovers after a restart.
- Finished audio lives in an immutable cache.
Validated artifacts vs file existence
Studio only counts a line as done when it has checked the audio, so a half-written file never passes for finished work.
Reuse of unchanged audio
If a segment hasn't changed, its audio is reused. Editing one line doesn't re-render the rest of the chapter, which is what makes iteration fast and free.
Restart recovery & reconciliation
Studio reconciles state on startup. After a crash or restart, it checks artifacts against expected work and picks up where it left off. See Backups & Recovery.