diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/AbstractDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/AbstractDownload.java
index c1f1a939..2870dc57 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/AbstractDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/AbstractDownload.java
@@ -2,12 +2,42 @@ package ctbrec.recorder.download;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 
+import ctbrec.Settings;
+import ctbrec.recorder.download.hls.CombinedSplittingStrategy;
+import ctbrec.recorder.download.hls.NoopSplittingStrategy;
+import ctbrec.recorder.download.hls.SizeSplittingStrategy;
+import ctbrec.recorder.download.hls.TimeSplittingStrategy;
+
 public abstract class AbstractDownload implements Download {
 
     protected Instant startTime;
+    protected transient SplittingStrategy splittingStrategy;
 
     @Override
     public Instant getStartTime() {
         return startTime;
     }
+
+    protected SplittingStrategy initSplittingStrategy(Settings settings) {
+        SplittingStrategy strategy;
+        switch (settings.splitStrategy) {
+        case TIME:
+            strategy = new TimeSplittingStrategy();
+            break;
+        case SIZE:
+            strategy = new SizeSplittingStrategy();
+            break;
+        case TIME_OR_SIZE:
+            SplittingStrategy timeSplittingStrategy = new TimeSplittingStrategy();
+            SplittingStrategy sizeSplittingStrategy = new SizeSplittingStrategy();
+            strategy = new CombinedSplittingStrategy(timeSplittingStrategy, sizeSplittingStrategy);
+            break;
+        case DONT:
+        default:
+            strategy = new NoopSplittingStrategy();
+            break;
+        }
+        strategy.init(settings);
+        return strategy;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
index b5b9fa6c..841d9281 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/AbstractHlsDownload.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import com.iheartradio.m3u8.data.TrackData;
 import ctbrec.Config;
 import ctbrec.Model;
 import ctbrec.Recording.State;
-import ctbrec.Settings;
 import ctbrec.UnknownModel;
 import ctbrec.io.BandwidthMeter;
 import ctbrec.io.HttpClient;
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ import ctbrec.io.HttpException;
 import ctbrec.recorder.PlaylistGenerator.InvalidPlaylistException;
 import ctbrec.recorder.download.AbstractDownload;
 import ctbrec.recorder.download.HttpHeaderFactory;
-import ctbrec.recorder.download.SplittingStrategy;
 import ctbrec.recorder.download.StreamSource;
 import ctbrec.sites.Site;
 import okhttp3.Request;
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractHlsDownload extends AbstractDownload {
     protected Model model = new UnknownModel();
     protected transient LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable> downloadQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(50);
     protected transient ExecutorService downloadThreadPool = new ThreadPoolExecutor(0, 5, 20, TimeUnit.SECONDS, downloadQueue, createThreadFactory());
-    protected transient SplittingStrategy splittingStrategy;
     protected State state = State.UNKNOWN;
     private int playlistEmptyCount = 0;
 
@@ -238,27 +235,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractHlsDownload extends AbstractDownload {
             this.url = url;
         }
     }
-
-    protected SplittingStrategy initSplittingStrategy(Settings settings) {
-        SplittingStrategy strategy;
-        switch (settings.splitStrategy) {
-        case TIME:
-            strategy = new TimeSplittingStrategy();
-            break;
-        case SIZE:
-            strategy = new SizeSplittingStrategy();
-            break;
-        case TIME_OR_SIZE:
-            SplittingStrategy timeSplittingStrategy = new TimeSplittingStrategy();
-            SplittingStrategy sizeSplittingStrategy = new SizeSplittingStrategy();
-            strategy = new CombinedSplittingStrategy(timeSplittingStrategy, sizeSplittingStrategy);
-            break;
-        case DONT:
-        default:
-            strategy = new NoopSplittingStrategy();
-            break;
-        }
-        strategy.init(settings);
-        return strategy;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/HlsdlDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/HlsdlDownload.java
index 7ee18562..96aa0554 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/HlsdlDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/HlsdlDownload.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -48,15 +49,34 @@ public class HlsdlDownload extends AbstractDownload {
         this.model = model;
         String fileSuffix = config.getSettings().ffmpegFileSuffix;
         targetFile = config.getFileForRecording(model, fileSuffix, startTime);
-        // TODO splittingStrategy = initSplittingStrategy(config.getSettings());
+        splittingStrategy = initSplittingStrategy(config.getSettings());
     }
 
     @Override
     public void start() throws IOException {
         try {
             running = true;
-            Thread.currentThread().setName("Download " + model.getName());
+            String threadName = "Download " + model.getName();
+            Thread.currentThread().setName(threadName);
             Files.createDirectories(targetFile.getParentFile().toPath());
+
+            Thread splittingMonitor = new Thread(() -> {
+                try {
+                    while (running) {
+                        if (splittingStrategy.splitNecessary(HlsdlDownload.this)) {
+                            LOG.debug("splitting strategy {} triggered split", splittingStrategy.getClass().getSimpleName());
+                            stop();
+                        }
+                        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
+                    }
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                }
+            });
+            splittingMonitor.setName(threadName + " splitter");
+            splittingMonitor.setDaemon(true);
+            splittingMonitor.start();
+
             Hlsdl hlsdl = new Hlsdl.Builder()
                     .logOutput(config.getSettings().loghlsdlOutput)
                     .onStarted(p -> hlsdlProcess = p)