# External movies and preloaders! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 1, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movies-and-preloaders/69163 "2004-11-01T23:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jest3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jest3r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jest3r)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-movies-and-preloaders/69163/1 "2004-11-01T23:59:35Z")
i dunno if anyone’s had this problem or knows how to solve it but any help would be greatly appreciated! here goes… my movie resides completely on the first frame and i have external videos (quicktime movies converted into swf files) that are loaded in when the user clicks a button. this is all groovey and works fine; however, the size of the project is such that it now requires a preloader. i moved the movie to frame 2 and built a bog standard preloader in frame 1 but whenever the external swf movies load in, the playhead jumps to frame 1 and the whole lot starts again. i have added a stop() command to the first frame of the main movie but still no joy. if anyone has any ideas, please, please let me know… chees