# Movie Clip Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-help/125490>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 14, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-help/125490 "2004-10-14T03:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![starguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@starguy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/starguy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-help/125490/1 "2004-10-14T03:16:26Z")

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I have a movie clip thats like 1600 frames long…I place it in the time line  
and want it to play and when it is finished ,go back to the time line. it works  
but will never quite finish, The main timeline starts to play just before the MC  
is done. What am i doing wrong !!! Can anyone help.