The Timeline API contains specific commands for the Timeline Component and Timelines it contains.
| Timeline | ||||
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| Property Name | Return Data Type | Description | Example Syntax | |
| Timelines | Lua Table [Number,String] | This returns a table of Timeline objects indexed by timeline name, individual timelines can be accesed by the format Timelines[“My Timeline”] | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timlines |
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| TimelinesByID | Lua Table [Number, String | This returns a lua table of Timeline objects indexed by their ID, only timelines with a valid ID will be included, timelines can be accesed using the format TimelinesByID5 | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.TimelinesByID |
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| Functions | ||||
| Function Name | Parameters | Return Data Type | Description | Example Syntax |
| StopAll | () | Returns Nothing | stops all timelines playing | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline:StopAll() |
| PlayAll | () | Returns Nothing | Starts all timelines playing | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline:PlayAll() |
| RewindAll | () | Returns Nothing | rewinds all timelines without changing the play mode (so if timelines were playing they will continue playing but from start) | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline:RewindAll() |
| MuteAll | () | Returns Nothing | Mutes all timelines, returns nothing | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline:MuteAll() |
| UnMuteAll | () | Returns Nothing | UnMutes all timelines, returns nothing | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline:UnMuteAll() |
| Play | () | Returns Nothing | Plays the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:Play() |
| Stop | () | Returns Nothing | Stops the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:Stop() |
| Pause | () | Returns Nothing | Pauses the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:Pause() |
| Rewind | () | Returns Nothing | Rewinds the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:Rewind() |
| Mute | () | Returns Nothing | Mutes the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:Mute() |
| UnMute | () | Returns Nothing | UnMutes the Timeline | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:UnMute() |
| GotoCue | (cuenumber) | Returns Nothing | jumps playhead to specific cue with cuenumber (cuenumber can be decimal ie. 4.5) | HippoNet.LocalHost.Timeline.Timelines['Colour']:GotoCue(2) |
Timeline object
The Timeline objects referenced in the above tables have the following parameters:
- Name name of timeline – can be read or set
- ID unique ID of timeline as integer – can be read or set
- Start time of first event in timeline in milliseconds – read only
- End time of last event in timeline in milliseconds – read only
- Position position of playhead in milliseconds – can be read or set
- TimecodeEnabled state of timecode enabled, can be read or set
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