# Bug when playing short MP3's: ideas?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-playing-short-mp3s-ideas/830
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 31, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-playing-short-mp3s-ideas/830 "2002-07-31T11:56:43Z")
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### Author:  [@Raynstorm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raynstorm)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-playing-short-mp3s-ideas/830/1 "2002-07-31T11:56:43Z")
Hi there!
I’m a bit new to this forum & Flash, but I’m facing
a minor peculiarity and I really can’t figure it out.
when playing a short MP3 (\<1 sec) it “speeds” up
the output. When i use another mp3 which is longer,
it doesn’t… Why?
Here’s the script. (stupid test script)
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound(“406.mp3”, true);
mySound.start();
here’s some info on the mp3
Size: 3192 bytes
Header found at: 0 bytes
Length: 0 seconds
MPEG 2.0 layer 3
56kbit, 19 frames
24000Hz Joint Stereo
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-playing-short-mp3s-ideas/830/2 "2002-07-31T12:01:44Z")
is there a reason your using a script? why not just import to the timeline or a movie clip and let it play?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bug-when-playing-short-mp3s-ideas/830/3 "2002-07-31T14:18:39Z")
I’ve not seen that behavior, but here’s something to try. You have the sound loading as streaming. If it’s a short sound, load it as an event:
mySound.loadSound(“406.mp3”, false);
This will give you more control over the sound as well. With it loaded as an event, you could even specify:
mySound.onSoundComplete - to control exactly when the next activity occurs.