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# Starting the Playback in Any Direction

Playback controls also provide different options for how the scene should be played back. These commands reproduce the functionality of the playback control buttons on the Playback Panel in the UI:

- PlayForwardsFromStart

- PlayForwards

- PlayFrame

- PlaybackStop

- PlayBackwards

- PlayBackwardsFromEnd

- PlayRealTime

- PlayRealTimeFromStart