# Buffering video from middle of movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buffering-video-from-middle-of-movie/326229>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 30, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buffering-video-from-middle-of-movie/326229 "2011-11-30T16:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boreez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Boreez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Boreez)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buffering-video-from-middle-of-movie/326229/1 "2011-11-30T16:24:39Z")

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Hi guys,

I notice that YouTube enables the user to seek to the middle of a movie, after which it will start buffering from there. How do they achieve this? I get that using an RTMP stream allows you to jump to anywhere instantly, but it looks like YouTube is actually buffering from a specific point in the movie. Is this a specific AS3 function?