# Click to play video

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 13, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165 "2008-05-13T02:43:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![GiveMeCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GiveMeCoffee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GiveMeCoffee)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165/1 "2008-05-13T02:43:21Z")

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I’m trying to play an eternal .FLV file on a web page through .swf – all is fine – but can somebody point me in the right direction as to how I can make it appear without automatically playing and have it say “Click here to play” or something like how YouTube, etc have? I don’t want it to begin playing automatically – instead I want it to just appear with the option to play.

Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![project107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@project107](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/project107)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165/2 "2008-05-13T13:10:38Z")

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I’m pretty sure Youtube plays as soon as it opens, but, if you’re using the netstream method, you could always call the pause();.

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### Author: ![small\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@small\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/small_guy)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165/3 "2008-05-13T14:06:10Z")

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Yes. YouTube does play immediately after loading.

[QUOTE=project107;2325529]I’m pretty sure Youtube plays as soon as it opens, but, if you’re using the netstream method, you could always call the pause();.[/QUOTE]

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### Author: ![jon\_bla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jon\_bla](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jon_bla)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-to-play-video/260165/4 "2008-05-13T14:57:11Z")

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yea i guess you can use the pause function

```auto
my_ns.pause(); // pauses play first time issued
my_ns.pause(); // resumes play
my_ns.pause(false); // no effect, play continues
my_ns.pause(); // pauses play

```

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