# Help - actionscript to resize external video

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-actionscript-to-resize-external-video/155826>\
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**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-actionscript-to-resize-external-video/155826 "2005-07-20T17:52:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-actionscript-to-resize-external-video/155826/1 "2005-07-20T17:52:38Z")

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Hi folks,

I have an empty container into which I’m loading an external video clip.

I’m using “\_root.container.loadMovie (“intro.swf”)”.

This works great. However, the movie clip is 320x240 and I would like to re-size it to 300 x 200. I’m not concerned about loosing the 4:3 aspect ratio.

I tried changing the W and H of the container; but it would not accept any values (I think, maybe, because the container is empty).

1. Is there some actionscript command that would work…maybe some variation of “setProperty”???
2. And, would the script go after the loadMovie command – or elsewhere?

Thanks in advance for your help.