| Playback and Audio | Tools | Property Editors/Views
These options let you set the default playback style for animation and audio, and set the default behavior of tools and property editors.
To display: Choose File Preferences from the main menu. In the explorer that appears, click Interaction or its icon.
You can also choose Playback Playback/Audio Preferences in the Playback panel to open this property editor.
These options let you set the default animation and audio playback behavior.
Playback View |
Specifies which views to update during playback. When the playback is over, all other views are updated to the current frame. Specifying a single view can improve playback speed. This option applies only when multiple 3D views are visible and no views are currently soloed. If a single view is displayed or if a view has been soloed, that view is used for playback. If the specified viewport does not display a 3D view, Softimage logs a message at the beginning of playback and uses a different view. |
Limit Max Playback Rate to Scene Frame Rate |
Prevents the All Frames playback option from playing back faster than the scene's playback rate. For more information, see Setting the Playback Speed Limit [Basics]. |
For more information, see Playing Back All Frames or Playing in Real Time [Basics].
Scrubbing means to drag the playback cursor back and forth in timeline. This is something that you need to do frequently as you check your animation and audio.
Default Scrub Mode |
Sets the main method to use when scrubbing audio and animation. You can select from: |
Alternate Scrub Mode |
Sets a temporary scrub mode that is activated only when you press the Alt key. For example, you may want to scrub over only one area with a specific rate of playback (Play User Rate), but you want to do the main scrubbing with a different setting (such as Play Realtime). The options for this parameter are the same as for Default Scrub Mode above. |
User Rate (%) |
Sets the playback speed when you select Play User Rage for the Default and/or Alternate Scrub Mode options. You can set any positive value starting at 1. 100% is full speed, while 50% is half speed, 200% is double speed, and so on. This works in the same way as the Realtime Playback > User Rate % option (see Realtime Playback above). The slider goes only to 200, but you can enter higher values. |
Play Audio When Scrubbing |
Toggles the audio playback only when scrubbing in the timeline. If you deselect this option, the audio is muted when you're scrubbing, but is still active when you click the Play icon in the playback controls. |
Play Frame Entered When Scrubbing |
Toggles the audio behavior when scrubbing the playback cursor forward in the timeline, which can help you synchronize your audio with the animation.
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Play Audio at Display Refresh When Scrubbing |
Toggles the audio behavior with respect to the viewport display synchronization when scrubbing. When this option is on, the audio is played only after the viewport display update calculations have finished. You may want to select this option when the geometry in your scene is heavy. In these cases, it can take longer for the viewport to update, which can cause a gap between the audio and the visual update. This option helps synchronize your audio with animation under these conditions. |
For more information, see Looping the Playback [Basics].
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