# Check if MediaPlayer component is paused?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-mediaplayer-component-is-paused/212122>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 8, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-mediaplayer-component-is-paused/212122 "2007-01-08T19:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ozymandias](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ozymandias/32/1997_2.png) [@Ozymandias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ozymandias)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-mediaplayer-component-is-paused/212122/1 "2007-01-08T19:14:40Z")

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Is there a way to do this? I want it to pause\play toggle when you click it, but the only property I can find is “playing” which evaluates to true unless the movie is stopped, which means the playhead is back at the start.