Scheduling

Autopilot turns a channel into a recurring publishing engine. Once you turn it on, Popcorn produces and (optionally) publishes a new episode on the schedule you set.

Turning autopilot on

In the channel editor, flip Auto-generate episodes on. The schedule controls appear underneath.

Frequency

Two options:

• Daily — one episode per day at the specified time.
• Weekly — one episode per selected day, at the specified time.

For high-frequency formats (news, daily facts, daily reactions), Daily makes sense. For deeper content (weekly recaps, themed deep-dives), Weekly is usually a better fit.

Days of week (Weekly only)

Pick any combination of Sun–Sat. Popcorn will generate one episode on each selected day at the scheduled time.

For example, picking Mon, Wed, Fri at 9:00 AM produces three episodes per week.

Generation time

The time of day, in your account’s timezone, that Popcorn starts the episode. Episodes typically take 2–10 minutes to produce — they’re usually ready well before the next scheduled hour.

If you have auto-publish on, the episode goes live as soon as it’s done generating, not exactly at the scheduled time.

Triggering an episode manually

Even with autopilot on, you can fire an extra episode any time:

1. Open the channel.
2. Click Generate Episode at the bottom (or the floating button on mobile).

This produces an extra episode immediately, on top of whatever’s scheduled.

Pausing autopilot

To pause without losing your settings, just toggle Auto-generate episodes off. The schedule is preserved — flip it back on whenever you want to resume.

Catching up after a pause

If you turn autopilot back on after a pause, Popcorn does not automatically backfill missed episodes. The next one fires at the next scheduled time. If you want to catch up, hit Generate Episode manually a few times.