# Video: First Frame

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-first-frame/244568
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-first-frame/244568 "2007-11-19T20:28:44Z")
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### Author: ![sm57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@sm57](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sm57)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-first-frame/244568/1 "2007-11-19T20:28:44Z")

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I have a flv. It does not autostart but the first frame is black. Is there a way to have it display an image so it doesn’t just display the black frame?

thanks,  
ds