# Prevent flvplayback auto loading

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-flvplayback-auto-loading/282248>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-flvplayback-auto-loading/282248 "2009-02-19T10:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![adw999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@adw999](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adw999)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-flvplayback-auto-loading/282248/1 "2009-02-19T10:44:54Z")

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Hi,

I have an flvplayback component pulling in the flv variable it needs to play from flashvars. Works fine, plays etc. But I don’t want the movie to autoload on page load, only when the play button is clicked. How do I do this?

cheers,