To record shows at specific times, you need to create a programme and then schedule it in PlayIt Recorder.

First, go to Programming > Programmes and click Add New to create a programme with a name for your recording. Click OK to save it.

Next, go to Programming > Schedule to set up when the recording should take place. You can either click an empty slot in the schedule grid or click Add New. Choose your programme from the list and then set the exact start and finish times in the Edit Schedule Item window.

If you want the recording to repeat regularly, tick the Repeat checkbox. You can choose to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. For example, for a daily drive-time show from 4pm to 7pm Monday to Friday, select Repeats Weekly, every 1 week, and tick Monday through Friday. You can also set when the repeating should stop using Repeat until.

For recordings that need to split into one-hour blocks throughout the day, select Repeats Daily, every 1 day, at All hours.

Once you've scheduled your programmes, go to Recordings > Start Scheduler to activate the scheduler. Recordings will now start and stop automatically at the times you've specified.

You can also add bleed time in File > Settings to extend recordings by a few minutes at the start and end, ensuring there are no gaps between consecutive recordings.