# Event.ID3 firing Twice instad of Once

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-id3-firing-twice-instad-of-once/303350>\
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**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-id3-firing-twice-instad-of-once/303350 "2010-01-19T07:59:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-id3-firing-twice-instad-of-once/303350/1 "2010-01-19T07:59:47Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I have some code where an event handler listening to Event.ID3 fires twice for an MP3 file. From searching the web, I found a few others asking a similar question, but I haven’t seen any response.

Does anybody know what would cause the ID3 Event to fire twice for a single file? My only guess is that the MP3 file contains two versions of ID3 format.

The code looks like this:

```auto
 
var mySound:Sound;
 
function setup()
{
 mySound = new Sound();
 mySound.load(new URLRequest("07 - Rome.mp3"));
 mySound.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, soundLoaded);
 mySound.addEventListener(Event.ID3, id3Loaded);
}
setup();
 
function soundLoaded(event:Event):void
{
 mySound.play();
}
function id3Loaded(event:Event):void
{
 trace("Album: " + mySound.id3.album);
 trace("Song: " + mySound.id3.songName);
 trace("Artist: " + mySound.id3.artist);
 trace("Track: " + mySound.id3.track);
 trace("Year: " + mySound.id3.year);
 trace("Comment: " + mySound.id3.TSIZ);
}

```

Thanks,  
Kirupa :mmm\_good: