# \[IGN-6331\] Perspective Video Player Start from Beginning

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [July 11, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751 "2022-07-11T19:03:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/1 "2022-07-11T19:03:37Z")

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On 8.1.17, playing around with the `VideoPlayer` component. If I stop playing, uncheck `play`, is there a way to force playing from the beginning (reset progress to 0) once `play` is checked again?

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/2 "2022-07-11T20:22:23Z")

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I would use a change script attached to the `props.status.paused` property:

```auto
if currentValue and currentValue.value:
    self.props.controls.seek = 0

```

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/3 "2022-07-11T20:24:11Z")

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I’m confused, seek is always 0. I did try changing it to non-zero and back to zero but that didn’t seem to do any good.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/4 "2022-07-11T21:39:40Z")

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Ah, @jlandwerlen You had me doubting myself!

1. Don’t confuse `props.status.seeked` with `props.controls.seek`.
2. It looks like there’s a bug that prevents seeking “backwards”, so you can’t set it to a previous time - only some time in the video which is ahead of the current time. This is going to prevent this exact use case.

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/5 "2022-07-11T22:20:05Z")

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> [@cmallonee](#):
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> 1. Don't confuse `props.status.seeked` with `props.controls.seek`.

I wasn't. `props.controls.seek` is the time in which the video should start playing. I have mine set to zero. It doesn't always start at 0. But, this isn't a huge deal.

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**Author:** ![lesleyhernandez.kdyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lesleyhernandez.kdyl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lesleyhernandez.kdyl)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/6 "2025-04-21T20:24:07Z")

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Does anyone know if this bug has been fixed? I read that they don’t have someone designated to update forums, thought I’d ask in case they missed this one.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6331-perspective-video-player-start-from-beginning/61751/7 "2025-04-21T20:32:00Z")

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No, this bug still shows as awaiting development in our ticketing system.