# Using Flash to navigate a video timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-to-navigate-a-video-timeline/324246>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 10, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-to-navigate-a-video-timeline/324246 "2011-08-10T11:30:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-to-navigate-a-video-timeline/324246/1 "2011-08-10T11:30:19Z")

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Hello,

I’ve produced a 1080p “step-by-step” video for someone and they now want to add an interactive element to it.

Essentially I’m going to want a menu system at the beginning that has several options.

As a couple of examples:

I’ll need one option to play the whole video from start to finish.  
One option to play just steps 1-7 before returning to the selection menu.  
One option to play steps 1-8, then 27-32 straight after, before returning to the selection menu.

Is there a way that I can do this with ActionScript? Or would it be more straightforward to just re-cut the video into different clips and then tell the buttons to “play clip 1” or “play clip 2”?

Thanks in advance!