# Flash "Hiccuping" when playing sounds?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-hiccuping-when-playing-sounds/309007>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 4, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-hiccuping-when-playing-sounds/309007 "2010-05-04T22:11:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![KingSnorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@KingSnorky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KingSnorky)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-hiccuping-when-playing-sounds/309007/1 "2010-05-04T22:11:04Z")

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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…

```auto

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?