# Using external movies

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-external-movies/166786
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-external-movies/166786 "2005-10-22T21:17:25Z")
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### Author: ![Ineedsleep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ineedsleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ineedsleep)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-external-movies/166786/1 "2005-10-22T21:17:25Z")

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Im using external movies to add the content to my movie but things like mouse over and things like that dont work the cursor changes to a text input and a button cursor they work on their own in the seperate movies buttn when they are used in the main movie they stop working? does anyone know?