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Realationship between Timeline time and frame time.

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Hi All
I am working on a script and I need to work out the relationship between the frame time and the timeline time. I am looking at these two examples from the API one here and here
When I run the script I get the following on frame 0 and frame 1 (1 and 2 on the timeline) default project.
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Project Length: 30000.0
Timeline Start Time: 0.0
End Time: 29983.0
Frame Index: 0
Frame Time: 0.0
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Project Length: 30000.0
Timeline Start Time: 17.0
End Time: 29983.0
Frame Index: 1
Frame Time: 17.0

What I cant workout at the moment is where the 17 comes from? also as you increase the timeline by one the frame time is multipls of 17 e.i the next frame will be Frame time 33 the next Frame will be 50 ect.

I have tried many different ways to workout how to get 17 but so far without success.

Any help with this matter will be greatly recieved.
Chris.
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Well, that is exactly right. 17 is ms

That is 1sec = 1000 ms
1sec is also  = 60 frames

So 1 frame duration would be 1000 \ 60 = 16.666 or ~17 ms





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4u2ges (8/28/2019)
Well, that is exactly right. 17 is ms

That is 1sec = 1000 ms
1sec is also  = 60 frames

So 1 frame duration would be 1000 \ 60 = 16.666 or ~17 ms



Thanks 4u2ges
Now I understand much appreciated.

Regards
Chris.
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Sure thing, Chris Smile







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