# Attempting to get a movie clip to play from another (AS3)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attempting-to-get-a-movie-clip-to-play-from-another-as3/294207>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 10, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attempting-to-get-a-movie-clip-to-play-from-another-as3/294207 "2009-08-10T21:13:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![hued](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hued](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hued)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attempting-to-get-a-movie-clip-to-play-from-another-as3/294207/1 "2009-08-10T21:13:13Z")

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Hello all,  
I am attempting to get a movie clip from the Library to play from another movie clip. I knew how to do this in AS2, but I’m trying to learn AS3 and I am at a loss to understand how to do this.

In AS2 I would just have to code:

```auto
_root.movieClipName.play();

```

but in AS3 when I enter in this code:

```auto
root.majestic_transition_1.play();

```

the compiler comes back with an error message. (Error 1119) I tried the information in the Help section, but that didn’t help.

Any help you would have would be appreciated.

- Chris