# Media files are not played after the project is packaged

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**Category:** Cinematics & Media\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [April 17, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/media-files-are-not-played-after-the-project-is-packaged/531221 "2022-04-17T08:08:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![KorotkinAlexande](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/korotkinalexande/32/765140_2.png) [@KorotkinAlexande](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/KorotkinAlexande)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/media-files-are-not-played-after-the-project-is-packaged/531221/7 "2022-04-17T14:40:25Z")

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> [@Packaging movies](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/packaging-movies/448188/2):
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> Hi friend, i was having the same problem for some time and this is the solution i found: Go to the “Project Settings” Add the directory path of your movies folder on “Additional Non-Asset Directory to Package” Check the option “Exclude movie files when staging”. Now, all the movies will be on the pak file. I suggest you test a little to see if you added all of them and if they are working correctly, but with me all them worked with no problems. A huge thanks to “bhn\_nirab” who posted this s…

Here I made a video of how I do it, but nothing helped.  
[Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1taZ2dAiwIJWFnMhl1ztDh0VOi7g-PgdQ/view?usp=sharing)

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