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Playback Toolbar

Use it to play back your animation and sound. Use it to scrub your sound to create your lip-sync, looping your playback, navigating through your frames, change the playback range and speed.

Click on the Play button to play and stop the animation. You can also do this from the top menu by selecting Play > Play Scene Forward or Stop.
Click on the Loop button to repeat your playback indefinitely. Or do this from the top menu by selecting Play > Loop.
Click on the Sound button to enable sound in the playback. Or do this from the top menu by selecting Play > Enable Sound.
Click on the Sound Scrubbing button to enable sound scrubbing in the play back. Or do this from the top menu by selecting Play > Enable Sound Scrubbing.
Click on the Render and Play button to create a render of your scene to play back the final result including the effects.
Scroll through the playback’s frames using the Jog Frames right and left arrows.

To change the playback frame range enter new values in the Start and Stop fields.

Enter a new value in the FPS field to change the speed of the playback.

Play Menu

Select any of the following from the top menu Play heading:

First Frame jumps to the first frame. You can also press [<].
Next Frame jumps to the frame after the currently selected frame in the Timeline view. You can also press [.].
Last Frame jumps the last frame. You can also press [>].
Previous Frame jumps to the frame before the frame currently selected in the Timeline view. You can also press [,].
Go to Frame or use the Go  button, which can be added to the Timeline View toolbar through the Toolbar Manager. Open the Go to Frame dialog box so you can type in the frame number to jump to.
Enable Playback view from either the Top, Side or Perspective views.