-export DIR_GITHUB="${HOME}/Archives/Software/src/repos/remote/github.com"
-export DIR_NOTES="$HOME/Documents/Notes"
+
+### DIRs ###
+export DIR_GITHUB="${HOME}/arc/sw/src/repos/remote/github.com"
+export DIR_AUDIO="${HOME}/arc/aud"
+export DIR_VIDEO="${HOME}/arc/vid"
+export DIR_YOUTUBE_VIDEO="${DIR_VIDEO}/web/youtube.com"
+export DIR_YOUTUBE_AUDIO="${DIR_AUDIO}/youtube.com"
+export DIR_NOTES="$HOME/doc/notes"
+export DIR_LOG="$HOME/var/log"
+export DIR_LOG_MPD="$DIR_LOG/mpd"
+export DIR_NQ="$HOME/var/run/nq"
+
+# ensure all DIRs exist:
+env | grep ^DIR_ | awk -F= '{print $2}' | xargs -I% mkdir -p '%'
+
+### FILEs ###
+export FILE_LOG_MPD="$DIR_LOG_MPD/mpd.log"
+export FILE_VIDEO_CATALOG="$DIR_VIDEO/catalog"