diff --git a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Frames/Frames.pde b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Frames/Frames.pde
index 69c9ff7a5..511f4800a 100644
--- a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Frames/Frames.pde
+++ b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Frames/Frames.pde
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ void setup() {
   // and we can get duration, size and other information from
   // the video stream. 
   movie = new Movie(this, "station.mov");
+  
+  // Pausing the video at the first frame. 
   movie.play();
+  movie.goToBeginning();
+  movie.pause();
   
   font = loadFont("DejaVuSans-24.vlw");
   textFont(font, 24);
@@ -31,15 +35,9 @@ void movieEvent(Movie movie) {
 }
 
 void draw() {
-  if (newFrame != movie.frame()) {
-    // The movie stream must be in play mode in order to jump to another
-    // position along the stream. Otherwise it won't work.
-    movie.play();
-    movie.jump(newFrame);
-    movie.pause();
-  }
   image(movie, 0, 0, width, height);
   fill(240, 20, 30);
+
   text(movie.frame() + " / " + (movie.length() - 1), 10, 30);
 }
 
@@ -51,4 +49,8 @@ void keyPressed() {
       if (newFrame < movie.length() - 1) newFrame++;
     }
   } 
+  
+  movie.play();
+  movie.jump(newFrame);
+  movie.pause();  
 }
diff --git a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Reverse/Reverse.pde b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Reverse/Reverse.pde
index 4928dcd47..09cc41136 100644
--- a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Reverse/Reverse.pde
+++ b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Reverse/Reverse.pde
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ public void draw() {
       // this is the reason for the if statement.
       speedSet = true;
       myMovie.goToEnd();
-      // -1 means backward playback at normal speed,
+      // -1 means backward playback at normal speed.
       myMovie.speed(-1.0);
+      // Setting to play again, since the movie stop
+      // playback once it reached the end.
+      myMovie.play();
     }
   }
   image(myMovie, 0, 0, width, height); 
-}  
+}   
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diff --git a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Scratch/Scratch.pde b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Scratch/Scratch.pde
index 2ca65618a..513b4dc60 100644
--- a/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Scratch/Scratch.pde
+++ b/java/libraries/video/examples/Movie/Scratch/Scratch.pde
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ Movie movie;
 void setup() {
   size(640, 480);
   background(0);
-  // Load and set the video to play. Setting the video 
-  // in play mode is needed so at least one frame is read
-  // and we can get duration, size and other information from
-  // the video stream. 
+
   movie = new Movie(this, "station.mov");
+
+  // Pausing the video at the first frame. 
   movie.play();
+  movie.goToBeginning();
+  movie.pause();
 }
 
 void movieEvent(Movie movie) {
@@ -28,22 +29,11 @@ void movieEvent(Movie movie) {
 void draw() {
   // A new time position is calculated using the current mouse location:
   float f = constrain((float)mouseX / width, 0, 1);
-  float t = movie.duration() * f;
-    
-  // If the new time is different enough from the current position,
-  // then we jump to the new position. But how different? Here the
-  // difference has been set to 0.1 (1 tenth of a second), but it can
-  // be smaller. My guess is that the smallest value should correspond
-  // to the duration of a single frame (for instance 1/24 if the frame rate 
-  // of the video file is 24fps). Setting even smaller values seem to lead
-  // to choppiness. This will become trickier once the Movie.speed()  
-  // and Movie.frameRate() methods become functional. 
-  if (0.1 < abs(t - movie.time())) {
-    // The movie stream must be in play mode in order to jump to another
-    // position along the stream. Otherwise it won't work.
+  float t = movie.duration() * f;    
+  if (movie.ready()) {
     movie.play();
     movie.jump(t);
     movie.pause();
-  }
+  }    
   image(movie, 0, 0, width, height);
-}
+}
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