Description
Return action start after pre-wait, action end after action duration, and the total including post-wait.
Performance timing can use clock labels, durations, cues, or frame counts. These are different coordinate systems, and a local time label alone does not determine a timezone-aware instant.
Return action start after pre-wait, action end after action duration, and the total including post-wait.
When to use this tool
Use Cue Pre Wait Post Wait Split when you need one cue, duration, or frame-based component under the stated time convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter preWaitSeconds, actionSeconds, postWaitSeconds. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read actionStartSeconds, actionEndSeconds, totalSeconds. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative preWaitSeconds, actionSeconds, and postWaitSeconds. Return action start after pre-wait, action end after action duration, and the total including post-wait.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| preWaitSeconds | Pre Wait Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| actionSeconds | Action Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| postWaitSeconds | Post Wait Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| actionStartSeconds | Action Start Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
| actionEndSeconds | Action End Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
| totalSeconds | Total Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"preWaitSeconds": 2,
"actionSeconds": 5,
"postWaitSeconds": 3
},
"output": {
"actionStartSeconds": 2,
"actionEndSeconds": 7,
"totalSeconds": 10
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- This models sequential intervals from time zero without overlapping actions, controller latency, or actual cue execution.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Check the complete running order and the actual playback or clock system before coordinating an event.
References
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