Auto Adjust and Fitting To Time are both advanced scheduling features that help with timing, but they work differently and are used at different stages of the scheduling process.

Auto Adjust:

Auto Adjust is a real-time adjustment tool that modifies already-scheduled content to fit precise timing requirements. It works by:

• Automatically adjusting tempos of songs (speeding them up or slowing them down)
• Modifying segues between tracks to create smoother transitions
• Soft-deleting items that fall after the target time
• Adding more tracks if there aren't enough items to reach the target

Auto Adjust targets the next fixed time marker or end of the hour and only affects tracks with the Type "Song". It can be triggered manually from the main interface, automatically via Scheduled Events, or through Scheduled Event Actions in clocks.

Fitting To Time:

Fitting To Time is a scheduling algorithm that works during the initial scheduling process to select content combinations that naturally fit within time constraints. It works by:

• Generating multiple combinations of playout log items (up to 25 attempts by default)
• Testing each combination to see how close it gets to the target time
• Selecting the best-fitting combination within the target threshold (30 seconds by default)
• Spending a configurable amount of time (2 seconds per fit by default) to find optimal selections

Key Differences:

• When they work: Fitting To Time works during scheduling, Auto Adjust works on already-scheduled content
• Method: Fitting To Time selects better content combinations, Auto Adjust modifies existing content
• Scope: Fitting To Time affects content selection, Auto Adjust affects tempo and segue adjustments
• Flexibility: Auto Adjust can add/remove content dynamically, Fitting To Time works within existing content pools

Both features require the Advanced Scheduling module and work together to create perfectly-timed broadcast hours.