# Random movie play
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movie-play/4507
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 12, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movie-play/4507 "2002-08-12T11:38:59Z")
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### Author:  [@Ryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ryan)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movie-play/4507/1 "2002-08-12T11:38:59Z")
i am making a screen saver and there are 5 different movie clips that i wanted to play inside the main screen saver. i was wondering if it was possible to have the 5 movie clips play randomly? thank you
=ryan=
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-movie-play/4507/2 "2002-08-12T12:04:45Z")
Hi Ryan,
Sure.
Place a blank first frame in your movie clips with just a stop() action. Place instances of the movie clips onstage, named in increments 0 - 4 (movieClip0, movieClip1… etc)
On the last frame of each movie clip and also at the point in the main movie that you want have the random 5 clips play, insert the following:
\_root.name = random(5);
\_root[“movieClip” + \_root.name].play();
On the frame following that code just in the main movie:
stop();
That’s just one idea. Good luck.