pymel.core.animation.play

play(*args, **kwargs)

This command starts and stops playback. In order to change the frame range of playback, see the playbackOptions command. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
forward (f)		bool
	When true, play back the animation from the currentTime to the maximum of the playback range. When false, play back from the currentTime to the minimum of the playback range. When queried, returns an int.
playSound (ps)		bool
	Specify whether or not sound should be used during playbackFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
record (rec)		bool
	enable the recording system and start one playback loop
sound (s)		unicode
	Specify the sound node to be used during playback
state (st)		bool
	start or stop playing back
wait (w)		bool
	Wait till completion before returning control to command Window.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.play

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Begin playback from min to max
#
pm.play( forward=True )

# Begin playback from max to min
#
pm.play( forward=False )

# Stop (forward or backward) playback
#
pm.play( state=False )

# Record mode through one playback loop
#
pm.play( record=True )

# Are we playing back?  Returns 1 if yes, 0 if no.
#
pm.play( q=True, state=True )
# Result: True #