# Animating player

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-player/242340>\
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**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-player/242340 "2007-10-24T21:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![imadingo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@imadingo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imadingo)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-player/242340/1 "2007-10-24T21:42:52Z")

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I have a movie clip named player.  
In it, the first four frames are an animation of him walking forward, and the next four frames are him walking backward.  
I put gotoAndPlay(1) on frame 5 (because for some reason if I put it on frame 4, frame 4 never shows). The animation completes and loops, but when it goes back to the first frame, it pauses for an extra frame. I think it has something to do with the gotoAndPlay causing a pause, but I know i’ve done this before without this issue… help?