# Playing embeded video

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-embeded-video/39755
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 10, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-embeded-video/39755 "2004-01-10T21:45:31Z")
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### Author: ![cybereaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cybereaper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cybereaper)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-embeded-video/39755/1 "2004-01-10T21:45:31Z")

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New or not, I’ve never understood programming. Flash is my first (semi) real attempt at actual -programming. I have been through the tutorials, and am still having troubles _I think_. What I wanted: To click on a button in the top level of the screen, in the middle -a sub menu with opening animation and additional animation for the sub menu. Similar to [2advanced.com](http://2advanced.com), click on the top menu, the middle screen opens a new animation with new menu. What I’ve done: on main page one: added a stop(); event (frame 1). In (frame 2) I’ve inserted a keyframe for the mainpage to display again, added a second layer, embedded my animation in the location I want it. Back in (frame 1), on my navigational button I’ve added:

[COLOR=blue]on(release)[/COLOR] {  
[COLOR=blue]gotoAndPlay[/COLOR] (2);  
}

During test, this works. However, I am so new, I don’t know if this is the ‘right’ way to do this, or I am going the long route. In the end, I will have -5- navigational buttons in (frame 1) that will have to refer to -5- different frames (ie, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and in each frame will be an embedded video clip (without the next one continuing over -

video 2 layer: - - 3  
video 1 layer: - 2 -  
main layer: 1 1 1

does that make sense? Any helps, thoughts or input would be awesome! Thanks