Control multi symbol on main timeline ???

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Control multi symbol on main timeline for play movie1(symbol1) finish then play movie2(symbol2) finish and loop again on Edge Animation !!!
My issuse is after movie2 finish movie1 not play again ????
http://speedy.sh/BdTAx/edgeBanner442.zip
MY Code
//======= State ===================//
//===== CompisitionReady
sym.$("mv2").hide();
sym.getSymbol("mv1").play();
//======= Movie1 ===================//
//====== Trigger 0 ms
sym.stop();
//====== Timeline.compleate
sym.getComposition().getStage().$("mv1").hide();
sym.getComposition().getStage().$("mv2").show();
sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("mv2").play();
//======= Movie2 ===================//
//======= Trigger 0 ms
sym.stop();
//======= Timeline.compleate
sym.getComposition().getStage().$("mv2").hide();
sym.getComposition().getStage().$("mv1").show();
sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("mv1").play();

Thank for you help.
Also If I want to create my custom function with paramiter where   I can create ??
//======= Below is normal code generate from edge animation in empty file
(function($, Edge, compId){
var Composition = Edge.Composition, Symbol = Edge.Symbol; // aliases for commonly used Edge classes
   //Edge symbol: 'stage'
   (function(symbolName) {
   })("stage");
   //Edge symbol end:'stage'
})(jQuery, AdobeEdge, "EDGE-401683841");
ps. if I have more movie...I want to creat function to command show& hide Symbol when it not play .
        can you giveme sample ?

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