# Timed Movieclips...Is this Possible?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movieclips-is-this-possible/180323>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 27, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movieclips-is-this-possible/180323 "2006-02-27T19:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indecisive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Indecisive](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Indecisive)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timed-movieclips-is-this-possible/180323/1 "2006-02-27T19:59:33Z")

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Is it possible to set a time limit on when a movie will play it’s animation?

So…say I have Movieclip-1 that has an animation of a bird flying across the screen. Is it possible to assign a time that the bird animation has to wait before starting over again from the beginning? I’m trying to avoid a loop that occurs every time the animation finishes so it doesn’t look awkwardly fast. Or do I just have to create a bunch of blank frame for the timeline to run through before looping again?

Thanks for any help 🙂

-Ind