Flash "Hiccuping" when playing sounds?

programming flash
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Hey, gang.

So I’ve got what I’m hoping is a common problem with an easy fix.

I’m working on a game in Flash, and everything’s going along great, until I start trying to play sound effects. The minute I start trying to play a sound, the whole app seems to “hiccup”, frames get dropped, and things generally get ugly for a little bit.

I’m loading sounds by copying them into my Flash CS3 library, exporting them for ActionScript with a Base Class of flash.media.Sound.

I’m playing them through a class that looks a little something like this…



public class SoundPlayer {

   private var _mySound:Sound;

public function SoundPlayer() 
{
  _mySound = new ExampleGame.SoundFromLibrary();
}

public function playSound()
{
  _mySound.play();
}

}

This all seems pretty straightforward, so I can’t figure out why Flash is complaining when it first tries to play the sound. The sound itself is a 40k. mp3 file that lasts about 2 seconds. Not the shortest sound in the world, but I’m sure I’ve heard larger sounds in games.

Are there any obvious tips or tricks I’m missing here?