# Pause?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/28910>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 20, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/28910 "2003-08-20T02:28:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/28910/1 "2003-08-20T02:28:13Z")

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ok, i made a simple video player, but i don’t have any controls like pause.  
would anyone be able to explain what action code to use for a pause button / play button? for some reason mine won’t seem to work right.

any help appriciated, thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause/28910/2 "2003-08-20T02:53:22Z")

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You want to control(play/pause) a movie clip?