# Controlling an empty movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-empty-movieclip/328773>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 15, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-empty-movieclip/328773 "2012-06-15T08:02:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![lilleypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@lilleypants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lilleypants)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-empty-movieclip/328773/1 "2012-06-15T08:02:48Z")

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I am calling in a .swf file which is a video, I want to then be able to control the swf file by being able to pause it and play it again. I thought it would be as simple as container\_mc.stop(); but nothing happens. Does anyone have any ideas?

I’m loading the empty movieclip like so:

loadMovie(“video1.swf”,container\_mc);

Any help would be fab as I can’t seem to find anything on the forums