# Total noob needs help: How do i make the mediaplayback component work?

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**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/total-noob-needs-help-how-do-i-make-the-mediaplayback-component-work/110783 "2004-05-19T17:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@jeps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeps)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/total-noob-needs-help-how-do-i-make-the-mediaplayback-component-work/110783/1 "2004-05-19T17:19:09Z")

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I’m completely new to Flash… but a friend told me that I could use Flash MX now to show video on my website… so i searched the web for a tutorial and found one that got me as far as embedding the video on a flash document and adding the mediaplayback component. When i tested it… the movie would play but would not respond to mediaplayback component (wont pause when i click pause… etc.) I’m starting to think that the tutorial is incomplete. How can I make the mediaplayback work with the video? Is it a simple button that i forgot to click on or is it a complicated actionscript process? Either way, I’d really appreciate some help… hopefully a step by step instruction (since i am a total noob:( ) or maybe direct me to a tutorial. Thanks in advance for your assistance.