PlayIt Live offers three different track scheduling strategies that determine how tracks are selected from track groups during automated scheduling. Each strategy uses a different approach to ensure variety and prevent repetition in your playlist, whilst always respecting any playout policies you have configured.

Smart Selection uses a weighted random algorithm where tracks that were played longer ago are given a larger weight, increasing their chance of being selected. This strategy balances randomness with ensuring tracks don't repeat too frequently, making it ideal for most radio stations as it provides good variety whilst preventing the same songs from playing too close together.

Most Rested always selects the track from the track group that was played longest ago. This strategy ensures maximum rotation time between plays of the same track, making it perfect for stations with large music libraries where you want to guarantee the longest possible gap between repeats of any song.

Random selects tracks entirely at random from the track group with no consideration of when they were last played. This can result in the same track being selected multiple times in a short period, so it's best used for track groups with jingles, station IDs, or other content where immediate repetition isn't a concern.

Regardless of which strategy you choose, PlayIt Live will always respect your configured playout policies when making track selections. You can set the default strategy in File > Settings > Live-Assist Mode under "Default track scheduling strategy", and you can also override this setting for individual track groups in your clocks or when manually configuring track group items.