pymel.core.animation.playbackOptions

playbackOptions(*args, **kwargs)

This command sets/queries certain values associated with playback: looping style, start/end times, etc. Only commands modifying the -minTime/maxTime, the -animationStartTime/animationEndTime, or the -by value are undoable.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
animationEndTime (aet)		time
	Sets the end time of the animation. Query returns a float.
animationStartTime (ast)		time
	Sets the start time of the animation. Query returns a float.
blockingAnim (ba)		bool
	All tangents playback as stepped so that animation can be viewed in pure pose-to-pose formFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
by (by)		float
	Increment between times viewed during playback. (Default 1.0)
framesPerSecond (fps)		bool
	Queries the actual playback rate. Query returns a float.
loop (l)		unicode
	Controls if and how playback repeats. Valid values are “once,” “continuous,” and “oscillate.” Query returns string.
maxPlaybackSpeed (mps)		float
	Sets the desired maximum playback speed. Query returns a float. The maxPlaybackSpeed is only used by Maya when your playbackSpeed is 0 (play every frame). The maxPlaybackSpeed will clamp the maximum playback rate to prevent it from going more than a certain amount. A maxPlaybackSpeed of 0 will give free (unclamped) playback.
maxTime (max)		time
	Sets the end of the playback time range. Query returns a float.
minTime (min)		time
	Sets the start of the playback time range. Query returns a float.
playbackSpeed (ps)		float
	Sets the desired playback speed. Query returns a float.
view (v)		unicode
	Controls how many modelling views update during playback. Valid values are “all” and “active”. Query returns a string.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.playbackOptions

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.playbackOptions( loop='continuous' )
# Result: u'continuous' #
pm.playbackOptions( minTime='0sec', maxTime='1sec' )
# Result: 0.0 #

# Playback every 2nd frame
#
pm.playbackOptions( by=2 )
# Result: 2.0 #