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+# AME Remote Job Manager Configuration
+
+# Server
+PORT=3100
+AUTH_USER=Admin
+AUTH_PASS=changeme
+
+# Watch folder (where AME looks for new projects to render)
+WATCH_FOLDER=/watch
+
+# Output folder (where AME writes rendered output)
+OUTPUT_FOLDER=/output
+
+# Polling interval for folder monitoring (milliseconds)
+POLL_INTERVAL_MS=5000
+
+# Job timeout - mark as error if no output after this duration (milliseconds)
+# Default: 3600000 (1 hour)
+JOB_TIMEOUT_MS=3600000
+
+# S3 Configuration (for future Phase 2 media upload)
+S3_ENDPOINT=https://broadcastmgmt.cloud
+S3_ACCESS_KEY=your_access_key
+S3_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
+S3_BUCKET=encoder
+S3_REGION=us-east-1