# Load external flv in a mc on release

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-flv-in-a-mc-on-release/266085
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-flv-in-a-mc-on-release/266085 "2008-07-16T04:32:35Z")
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### Author: ![whytefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bb73d2/32.png) [@whytefly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/whytefly)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-flv-in-a-mc-on-release/266085/1 "2008-07-16T04:32:35Z")

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[COLOR=black]hello all[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black]i am attempting to load an external flv into an EmptyMC on my stage from a button all using actionscript 3.0. any ideas on how i can accomplish this? i have tried many different ways but nothing seems to be working…[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black]thanks for looking![/COLOR]

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### Author: ![stephenr85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@stephenr85](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stephenr85)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-external-flv-in-a-mc-on-release/266085/2 "2008-07-16T05:35:18Z")

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Here is the shimmy, as defined in the documentation:

```auto
package
{
    import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    
    public class FLVPlaybackExample extends Sprite {

        private var videoPath:String = "http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/video/caption_video.flv";
        
        public function FLVPlaybackExample() {
            player.source = videoPath;
            player.skinBackgroundColor = 0x666666;
            player.skinBackgroundAlpha = 0.5;
        }
    }
}

```

[http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/video/FLVPlayback.html#includeExamplesSummary](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/video/FLVPlayback.html#includeExamplesSummary)