hi, using [b]playbackOptions -q -framesPerSecond[/b]
will only tell you what the FPS is during playback, so you will always get 0 if you're not playing your anim. If you simply want to know the FPS set in the preferences, this is a "current unit" value, and can be queried using the currentUnit command:
currentUnit -q -time;
however, this always returns a string and you'll have to determine the actual FPS based on this, just as Alias themselves have to do in the internal script: scripts\startup\createPrefWndUI.mel
it's a nasty system but I think that's the only way to get the current FPS (I don't deal with time or animation very much though)
:nathaN