pymel.core.animation.movieInfo

movieInfo(*args, **kwargs)

movieInfo provides a mechanism for querying information about movie files.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
counter (cn)		bool
	Query the ‘counter’ flag of the movie’s timecode format. If this is true, the timecode returned by the -timeCode flag will be a simple counter. If false, the returned timecode will be an array of integers (hours, minutes, seconds, frames).
dropFrame (df)		bool
	Query the ‘drop frame’ flag of the movie’s timecode format.
frameCount (f)		bool
	Query the number of frames in the movie file
frameDuration (fd)		bool
	Query the frame duration of the movie’s timecode format.
height (h)		bool
	Query the height of the movie
movieTexture (mt)		bool
	If set, the string argument is interpreted as the name of a movie texture node, and the command then operates on the movie loaded by that node.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
negTimesOK (nt)		bool
	Query the ‘neg times OK’ flag of the movie’s timecode format.
numFrames (nf)		bool
	Query the whole number of frames per second of the movie’s timecode format.
quickTime (qt)		bool
	Query whether the movie is a QuickTime movie.
timeCode (tc)		bool
	Query the timecode of the current movie frame.
timeCodeTrack (tt)		bool
	Query whether the movie has a timecode track.
timeScale (ts)		bool
	Query the timescale of the movie’s timecode format.
twentyFourHourMax (tf)		bool
	Query the ‘24 hour max’ flag of the movie’s timecode format.
width (w)		bool
	Query the width of the movie

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.movieInfo

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.movieInfo("C:/My Documents/myMovie.avi", frameCount=1)
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