# Timer controlled movie clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-controlled-movie-clips/78994>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 9, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-controlled-movie-clips/78994 "2005-02-09T18:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![WAVEshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5f8ce5/32.png) [@WAVEshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WAVEshift)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-controlled-movie-clips/78994/1 "2005-02-09T18:38:22Z")

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Hey folks,

I have a movie clip that I want to play every 30-45 seconds. Basically it will start, run through the movie clip and stop and wait 30-45 seconds before it starts again.

Can anyone point me to a tutorial or know how to write a script to do this. I looked some stuff up but am having trouble coming up with a solution. The name of the movie clip is: lights\_mc

Thanks a lot! :hr: