# List all the current movie clips playing

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-all-the-current-movie-clips-playing/125035
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**Created:** [October 9, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-all-the-current-movie-clips-playing/125035 "2004-10-09T04:48:43Z")
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### Author: ![jake74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@jake74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jake74)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-all-the-current-movie-clips-playing/125035/1 "2004-10-09T04:48:43Z")

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On my main timeline, I have a “Background” graphic object with some control buttons, on the main timeline there may (or may not) be a few other movie clips playing at any given point.

I want the pause button (in the Background object) to figure out what all movie clips are playing from the \_root down, and stop them all. I am currently doing this by putting in the code: mc1.stop(); mc2.stop(); mc3.stop(); etc… What’s the easier way to do this?

Jake  
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