# Problem playing video clip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-playing-video-clip/276044
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-playing-video-clip/276044 "2008-11-21T17:31:45Z")
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### Author: ![hagop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hagop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hagop)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-playing-video-clip/276044/1 "2008-11-21T17:31:45Z")

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Dear all

I have a single movie clip which has an embedded video inside. I use the following actionscript commands to stop and play it  
onClipEvent(load) {  
stop();

onClipEvent(mouseDown) {  
play(); }  
onClipEvent(mouseUp) {  
stop(); }  
}

The problem I face is that the movie clip should play when clicked by mouse ONLY on movie clip area which occupies only a small part of the stage. However, when I click the mouse ANYWHERE on the stage the movie starts to play.

Any hint? Do I need to control the coordinates of the mouse ?

Thanks  
Hagop