# How can I step through frames of a movie in MoviePlayer?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-step-through-frames-of-a-movie-in-movieplayer/62053>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-step-through-frames-of-a-movie-in-movieplayer/62053 "2021-03-15T21:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_Herron](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@matt\_Herron](https://forum.xojo.com/u/matt_Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-step-through-frames-of-a-movie-in-movieplayer/62053/1 "2021-03-15T21:27:27Z")

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I am capturing the arrow keys via KeyDown event, and I want to advance the movie in a moviePlayer one frame each time the key is pressed.

thanks,

Matt

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**Author:** ![MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/markusr/32/685_2.png) [@MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/u/MarkusR)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-step-through-frames-of-a-movie-in-movieplayer/62053/2 "2021-03-15T21:31:08Z")

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have you tried the .Position property?

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**Author:** ![matt\_Herron](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@matt\_Herron](https://forum.xojo.com/u/matt_Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-step-through-frames-of-a-movie-in-movieplayer/62053/3 "2021-03-15T21:47:49Z")

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Beautiful. Thank you!