# Make flash video play with actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-flash-video-play-with-actionscript/208222>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 26, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-flash-video-play-with-actionscript/208222 "2006-11-26T17:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![grimmus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@grimmus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimmus)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make-flash-video-play-with-actionscript/208222/1 "2006-11-26T17:02:54Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to make a video play for say 2 seconds and then pause or stop it using actionscript ? Im trying to do this because the start of the video is just black and it looks bad while waiting for the user to play the video.

Thanks