# Advanced AVM1Movie Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-avm1movie-help/261895>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-avm1movie-help/261895 "2008-06-01T13:24:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmoothDime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SmoothDime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SmoothDime)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-avm1movie-help/261895/1 "2008-06-01T13:24:13Z")

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Hi,

I’m building a swf player in AS3 that loads AS2 swfs(ie AVM1Movies).

I’d like to know if it is at all possible to control the playback and access properties of this loaded swf. I need to call stop() and access \_currentFrame and \_totalFrames. From this:

[http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/index.html](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/index.html)

it doesn’t look like it’s possible.

Fyi, I’m getting my AVM1Movie from my Loader Object like this:

var avm1:AVM1Movie = AVM1Movie(loader.content);

Must I convert my SWFS to AS3 in order to access stop() and the frame information?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-avm1movie-help/261895/2 "2008-06-01T18:34:45Z")

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> Must I convert my SWFS to AS3 in order to access stop() and the frame information?

Alternatively, I believe that you can use the LocalConnection class to communicate (and make method calls, etc.) between the two SWFs.