Channel Programming Options

Tools

Options	Description
Adjust Scheduling	Slides the whole schedule. The "Fast-Forward" button will advance the stream by the specified amount of time. The "Rewind" button does the opposite.
Time Slots	This allows to schedule specific shows to run at specific time slots of the day or a week. It's recommended you first populate the channel with the episodes from the shows you want to play and/or other content like movies and redirects.
Random Slots	This is similar to Time Slots, but instead of time sections, you pick a probability to play each tv show and the length of the block. Once a channel has been configured with random slots, the reload button can re-evaluate them again, with the saved settings.
Balance Media	Will replicate some TV shows or delete duplicates of other TV shows in an effort to make it so the total durations of all episodes of each episode are as similar as possible. It's usually impossible to make the shows perfectly balanced without creating a really high number of duplicates, but it will try to get close. Movies are treated as a single show.
Replicate Programming	Makes multiple copies of the schedule and plays them in sequence. Normally this isn't necessary, because dizqueTV will always play the schedule back from the beginning when it finishes. But creating replicas is a useful intermediary step sometimes before applying other transformations. Note that because very large channels can be problematic, the number of replicas will be limited to avoid creating really large channels.
Create Rerun Blocks	Divides the programming in blocks of 6, 8 or 12 hours then repeats each of the blocks the specified number of times. For example, you can make a channel that plays exactly the same channels in the morning and in the afternoon. This button might be disabled if the channel is already too large.

Sorting

Options	Description
Random	Completely randomizes the order of programs.
Cyclic Shuffle	Like Random Shuffle, but tries to preserve the sequence of episodes for each TV show. If a TV show has multiple instances of its episodes, they are also cycled appropriately.
Alphabetically	Sorts by program title
Release Date	Sorts everything by its release date. This will only work correctly if the release dates in Plex are correct. In case any item does not have a release date specified, it will be moved to the bottom.
Sort TV Shows	Sorts the list by TV Show and the episodes in each TV show by their season/episode number. Movies are moved to the bottom of the schedule.
Block Shuffle	Alternates TV shows in blocks of episodes. You can pick the number of episodes per show in each block and if the order of shows in each block should be randomized. Movies are moved to the bottom.

Add Media

Tools

Options	Description
Add Media	Add programming content
Add Redirect	Adds a channel redirect. During this period of time, the channel will redirect to another channel.
Add Flex	Programs a Flex time slot. Normally you'd use pad times, restrict times or add breaks to add a large quantity of Flex times at once, but this exists for more specific cases.
Add Breaks	Adds Flex breaks between programs, attempting to avoid groups of consecutive programs that exceed the specified number of minutes. This button might be disabled if the channel is already too large.
Add Padding	Adds Flex breaks after each TV episode or movie to ensure that the program starts at one of the allowed minute marks. For example, you can use this to ensure that all your programs start at either XX:00 times or XX:30 times. Removes any existing Flex periods before adding the new ones. This button might be disabled if the channel is already too large.
Restrict Hours	The channel's regular programming between the specified hours. Flex time will fill up the remaining hours.