# Are mp3 files BAAD and loops
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891 "2003-03-19T02:37:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Troll\_axethrowe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Troll_axethrowe)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/1 "2003-03-19T02:37:56Z")
Since ive started flash ive noticed that whenever i use an mp3 in a loop it is a real crappy loop, stalling a few seconds before it starts. Is there anyway to fix this other then converting to wav file? Secondly i want to know if there is a way to do an infinit loop, right now my infinit loop is 9999 š , is there anyway to make it actually infinit? Not that its gonna matter iād just like to know.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/2 "2003-03-19T03:00:07Z")
youāre right about the pause in mp3sā¦ its a consequence of the compression. As for infinite looping, setting it to 9999 is pretty much it. You could technically play it as a movieclip and just play the movieclip and have it play looping which would never end and be infiniteā¦ š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/3 "2003-03-19T03:04:06Z")
thereās another way to make it infinite ā¦ =)
```auto
mySound.onSoundComplete = function() {
mySound.start();
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/4 "2003-03-19T03:33:57Z")
good call š
[size=1]ā¦but wouldnt you use this.start() ?[/size]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/5 "2003-03-19T03:52:34Z")
I got this info from [macromedia.com](http://macromedia.com), and itās the best way keep
a loop from āskippingā or pausing.
Simply convert it to a .wav. The original file size is going to be
very large, but believe me, if you set you audio options correctly, it works brilliantly. I took a 1.4mb .wav loop only 2.1 seconds, and got it down to 40k TOTAL!
this is the best way to loop, IMO. š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/6 "2003-03-19T04:20:52Z")
how do u use actionscript on the general scene?? All i can select is frames buttons graphics, but not the general actionscript
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/7 "2003-03-19T04:22:38Z")
for general, a frame is where you put the code. Otherwise, you
have to select an object to apply the action.
What I do, is make seperate layer for only actionscript, and set my
keyframes where I need things to happen along the main
timeline, in those frames only.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/8 "2003-03-19T05:56:01Z")
> _originally posted by **senocular** _
> ā¦but wouldnāt you use this.start() ?
:sigh: it works as i posted it but ā¦ **yes** š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/9 "2003-03-19T21:21:47Z")
where is the soundcomplete thing in the actionscript, i cant find
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-mp3-files-baad-and-loops/15891/10 "2003-04-01T15:01:09Z")
if you use a sound editing prog like cool edit you will notice that when you zoom in to the start/end of an imported mp3 loop there is a small āspaceāā¦
this is what causes the click / stall kinda thingā¦
it is better to cut out the bits you dont need and listen to the sound, once you are happy with the loop save as a wavā¦
import in2 flash and then use mp3 compression thereā¦
youāll have to play about with the options here to get the quality of sound that you wantā¦
your loop will play no probs, with no pause or the annoying click sound that you hear with a bad loopā¦