# Appium - To check the clicked video is playing or not

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-to-check-the-clicked-video-is-playing-or-not/5122>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 9, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-to-check-the-clicked-video-is-playing-or-not/5122 "2015-07-09T11:58:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Graham](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/christopher_graham/32/440_2.png) [@Christopher\_Graham](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Christopher_Graham)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-to-check-the-clicked-video-is-playing-or-not/5122/3 "2015-07-09T15:31:28Z")

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Depending on if Appium can see the playback controls you can check for the presence of a Pause button instead of a Play button, and check that the playback time has increased after playback (0:00:00 at start, \> 0:00:00 after pressing Play).

Outputting screenshots to manually verify is a good suggestion, too. Sometimes that’s easier than spending hours trying to automate a solution.

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