# Loading external video

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-video/289813>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-video/289813 "2009-06-05T01:13:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![drakkonblade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-video/289813/1 "2009-06-05T01:13:30Z")

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I have a video called meme.flv its in same folder as the fla

i want to import the external video into my fla and play

this is my code…which is getting errors after a few tries…

import fl.video.VideoEvent;

var loader:Loader = new Loader();  
loader.load(new URLRequest(“meme.flv”));

loader.addEventListener(VideoEvent.COMPLETE, testing);

function testing(e:VideoEvent):void  
{  
this.addChild(loader);  
}

\*\* what i want to do is load the external video onto the stage

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