# Imported Video -- speed issues when playing in reverse

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/imported-video-speed-issues-when-playing-in-reverse/193992>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/imported-video-speed-issues-when-playing-in-reverse/193992 "2006-07-19T19:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![thePhallex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@thePhallex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thePhallex)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/imported-video-speed-issues-when-playing-in-reverse/193992/1 "2006-07-19T19:28:17Z")

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Hey guys,

I’ve got a question…

In my flash movie, I’ve imported a very small video file.  
When the video is done playing, I wanted the user to be able to click a button and the video would play in reverse.

I’ve gotten this to work with the **\_currentframe** and **\_nextframe** properties, but when I play the movie in reverse it’s not as smooth.

Here’s an example of what happens:  
[http://www.alexmustin.com/flash/video\_test1.swf](http://www.alexmustin.com/flash/video_test1.swf)  
Once the movie is done playing, click on it. When it’s playing in reverse, you can see it gets a little choppy when the guy gets towards the top of the rail.

Has anyone found a way to play the movies backwards without having the speed affected? Maybe I shouldn’t use the **\_currentframe** property??

Any help is appreciated!