# Help, Pausing a Webcam Stream

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-webcam-stream/286652>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-webcam-stream/286652 "2009-04-18T12:32:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![JinxBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@JinxBunny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JinxBunny)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-webcam-stream/286652/1 "2009-04-18T12:32:05Z")

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Hey, ok so I have the webcam in my flash movie,  
so you see your cam in the frame…

but i was wondering if there was a code to pause the stream so you can a ‘snapshot’ without having to save anywhere or anything too complicated… just literally pausing then un-pausing

is this possible?

thanks!