diff --git a/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.html b/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.html
index 8d4f4736b..ac385aac6 100755
--- a/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.html
+++ b/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.html
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
 <html>
 <head>
   <title>Popcorn footnote Plug-in Demo</title>
-  
+
   <script src="../../popcorn.js"></script>
   <script src="popcorn.footnote.js"></script>
   <script>
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
       var p = Popcorn('#video')
-      .play() 
+      .play()
       .footnote({
         start: 5, // seconds
         end: 15, // seconds
+        pause: 5,              // Pause feature.
         text: 'This video made exclusively for drumbeat.org',
         target: 'footnotediv'
       } )
       .footnote({
         start: 20, // seconds
         end: 45, // seconds
+        pause: 5,
         text: 'Visit webmademovies.org for more details',
         target: 'footnotediv'
       } )
@@ -31,22 +33,22 @@ <h1 id="qunit-header">Popcorn Footnote Plug-in Demo</h1>
   <p> A footnote displaying This video made exclusively for drumbeat.org' will appear at 5 seconds and disappear at 15 seconds.</p>
   <p> A footnote displaying 'Visit webmademovies.org for more details' will appear at 20 seconds and disappear at 45 seconds.</p>
   <div>
-    <video id='video' 
-      controls preload='none' 
+    <video id='video'
+      controls preload='none'
       width= '250px'
-      poster="../../test/poster.png"> 
+      poster="../../test/poster.png">
 
       <source id='mp4'
         src="../../test/trailer.mp4"
-        type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1, mp4a"'> 
+        type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1, mp4a"'>
 
       <source id='ogv'
         src="../../test/trailer.ogv"
-        type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'> 
+        type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'>
 
-      <p>Your user agent does not support the HTML5 Video element.</p> 
+      <p>Your user agent does not support the HTML5 Video element.</p>
 
-    </video> 
+    </video>
   </div>
   <div id="footnotediv" width="50%" height="50%">
   </div>
diff --git a/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.js b/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.js
index 2f4781c2e..b8b01b206 100755
--- a/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.js
+++ b/plugins/footnote/popcorn.footnote.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
    */
 
   Popcorn.forEach( [ "footnote", "text" ], function( name ) {
+  
+
 
     Popcorn.plugin( name , {
 
diff --git a/popcorn.js b/popcorn.js
index fa99b4e74..aa21bb1a3 100644
--- a/popcorn.js
+++ b/popcorn.js
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@
 
     track.start = Popcorn.util.toSeconds( track.start, obj.options.framerate );
     track.end   = Popcorn.util.toSeconds( track.end, obj.options.framerate );
+    //track.pause = Popcorn.util.toSeconds( track.pause,obj.options.framerate);  // new pause feature.
 
     //  Store this definition in an array sorted by times
     var byStart = obj.data.trackEvents.byStart,
@@ -978,8 +979,24 @@
           if ( byStart.end > currentTime &&
                 byStart._running === false &&
                   obj.data.disabled.indexOf( type ) === -1 ) {
-
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
             byStart._running = true;
+            
+            if ( byStart.pause ) {
+              window.setTimeout(function(){
+               obj.play();
+              }, byStart.pause );
+              obj.pause();
+            }
+            
+            
+           // if ( tracks.pause ) {
+            //  window.setTimeout(function(){
+            //   obj.play();
+            //  }, tracks.pause );
+            //  obj.pause();
+           // }
+            
             natives.start.call( obj, event, byStart );
 
             // If the `frameAnimation` option is used,
@@ -1141,7 +1158,11 @@
   Popcorn.registryByName = {};
   //  An interface for extending Popcorn
   //  with plugin functionality
+  
+  
   Popcorn.plugin = function( name, definition, manifest ) {
+  
+//alert("Pluging function for start");
 
     if ( Popcorn.protect.natives.indexOf( name.toLowerCase() ) >= 0 ) {
       Popcorn.error( "'" + name + "' is a protected function name" );
@@ -1224,6 +1245,9 @@
       //  Checks for expected properties
       if ( !( "start" in options ) ) {
         options.start = 0;
+        
+        alert("checking start option");
+        
       }
 
       if ( !( "end" in options ) ) {
