# Frame pause

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-pause/309603>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 19, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-pause/309603 "2010-05-19T14:21:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Louis2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@Louis2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Louis2)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-pause/309603/1 "2010-05-19T14:21:52Z")

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Hello I am new to Flash and was hoping for some help with an actionscript 3 problem.  
I have imported an FLV onto my timeline and I wanted to pause the first frame  
for 20 frames before it starts to play. Any help would be much appreciated.