utils

time

timeUtils

pipeLion.utils.timeUtils.framesToTc(frames, fps=25.0)

function converts a given amount of frames into a timecode.

Parameters:

• frames (int) – number of frames which should be converted
• fps (float) – frames per second, default is 25

Returns:

timecode divided by colons and calcuated by using the fps parameter

Return type:

string

platform

platformUtils

pipeLion.utils.platformUtils.currentPlatform()

returns wether the current operating system is mac, linux or windows

pipeLion.utils.platformUtils.launchFileWithDefaultApplication(file)

method will launch the given file with the default application set by the os.

Parameters:file (string:) – the file, which should be opened

pipeLion.utils.platformUtils.userDirectory()

method returns the path to the user directory. It is platform independent for Linux, MacOsX and Windows