Keyframe MPX Documentation

Preferences

The Preferences dialog can be displayed by selecting Edit->Preferences... from the main menu.

Path

Location on disk where temporary Keyframe MPX files are saved (e.g. intermediate files)

Size

Maximum amount of memory available for caching audio and video. Warning: It is important to leave enough memory for the OS and other applications otherwise overall system performance may suffer.

Recent Files

The maximum number of files to display in the Recent Files menu item
Recent Projects

The maximum number of project to display in the Recent Projects menu item

Open media in new players (Windows only)

Opens media in a new instance of Keyframe MPX
Resize to fit video

On load, resize the player to fit the actual video dimensions
Pause playback on seek

Pause playback after changing the playback time using the time control
Pause playback on scrub

Pause playback after left-mouse scrubbing in the viewer
Endless mouse scrub

Wrap the mouse from the left of the monitor to the right (and vise-versa) while scrubbing
Pan/zoom mouse controls enabled

Toggle pan/zoom mouse controls
Double-click in viewer toggles play/pause

Toggle play/pause state by double-clicking in the viewport
Playback controls seek range start/end

Seek start/end button on the playback controls are applied to the active range

Customize the Keyframe MPX hotkeys. See Hotkey Manager for full details.

Port

The port Keyframe MPX listens on for connections from external applications (changing this value requires a restart)
Enabled/Disabled

Option to enable/disable the client API port (changing this value requires a restart)

CommandPort

The commandPort that must be opened (in Maya) to allow for communication with Maya Tools
Timeout (ms)

The timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a response from Maya when using Maya Tools

Scrub speed values (pixels per frame) for standard use and modifier keys

Hardware accelerated playback (requires restart)

Enable/Disable OpenGl/Metal rendering