Increasing the Number of Attempts in the Fitting To Time settings gives PlayIt Live more opportunities to find the best combination of tracks that will fit precisely within your target time constraints. By default, this is set to 25 attempts, but increasing it will improve your scheduling accuracy at the cost of longer processing time.

When PlayIt Live schedules content up to the end of an hour or a fixed time marker, it uses the Fitting To Time algorithm to generate multiple combinations of playout log items. Each "attempt" represents a different selection of tracks from your track groups, and PlayIt Live evaluates how close each combination gets to your target time.

How it works: PlayIt Live will generate up to your specified number of combinations (attempts) and select the first one that fits within your Target Threshold (30 seconds by default). If none of the attempts fit within the threshold, it will choose the best-fitting combination from all the attempts made.

Benefits of increasing attempts: More attempts mean PlayIt Live has more chances to find track combinations that fit your timing requirements perfectly. This is particularly useful for complex scheduling scenarios or when you have strict timing requirements for your broadcasts.

Trade-offs to consider: Increasing the Number of Attempts will make the scheduling process take longer, as PlayIt Live needs to evaluate more combinations. The Seconds Per Fit setting (default 2 seconds) controls how much total time PlayIt Live will spend on this process for each scheduling period.

Note that the Advanced Scheduling module is required to modify these parameters. You can access these settings through File > Settings > Advanced Scheduling tab.