# play movie

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-movie/2054>\
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**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-movie/2054 "2009-02-04T19:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Ingling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Allen\_Ingling](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Allen_Ingling)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-movie/2054/1 "2009-02-04T19:39:00Z")

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Hi,  
  
Thanks for all the information helping me with the movie playing. now   
i can use the following command to open and play the movie.  
  
moviename='tale.mov';  
movie=Screen('OpenMovie',window, moviename);  
Screen('PlayMovie',window,movie);  
  
but the next problem is that i really can hear the sound in the   
beginning of the movie, but i can't see the image of the movie; also   
the movie can only last about 7 seconds rather than the whole time~~  
  
do anyone have any idea about this? should i do something to modify   
the image or other items, for example, the rate of the movie?  
  
cheers,  
Yue