# Changing playback rate - faked

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 18, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691 "2004-05-18T23:17:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691/1 "2004-05-18T23:17:30Z")

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Any hints/code/examples on how to control a movie clip to play, say every 3rd frame instead of every 1? Thus creating the illusion it is playing faster…

cheers in advance.

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**Author:** ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691/2 "2004-07-27T01:12:48Z")

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_bump_

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**Author:** ![Behemoth\_Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Behemoth\_Dan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Behemoth_Dan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691/3 "2004-07-27T01:16:52Z")

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Maybe make some empty movie clip with some code like:

```auto

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
playFrame = 1;
gotoAndPlay("playFrame");
playFrame += 2;
}

```

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**Author:** ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-playback-rate-faked/110691/4 "2004-07-27T01:21:09Z")

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hmmm, speedy and spot on (and so simple I feel bad for asking) 😃

thanks for your time.

:cheers: