Movie Loop in AS3

I'm trying to move to AS3. I have a simple animated loop, on
the last frame of the timeline I have a gotoAndPlay(4);
In AS2 the back ground loop plays seamlessly, but in AS3 it
pauses for a second, or a frame, so the loop is not smooth.
Why is that?
Thanks!

When I publish this in Action-Script 2 the back ground loops
seamlessly. But when I publish it in AS3 it pauses. If I remove the
gotoAndPlay and shave a frame off at the end, it loops seamlessly
in AS2 and AS3. But often when making a game, or something, I rely
on making a loop with a gotoAndPlay somewhere on the timeline, is
this possible in AS3?
http://www.calicoradio.com/backgrnd_loop_test_fla.zip
Thanks.

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