# Frame Rate Question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258 "2003-07-31T16:48:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@grandsp5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grandsp5)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258/1 "2003-07-31T16:48:41Z")
When you load a movie with say 30fps into a 12fps movie, what happens? Does the 30fps drop down to 12? Additionally, if it does, is there anyway to preserve the higher frame rate other than changind the other movie?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258/2 "2003-07-31T16:51:24Z")
The loaded movie takes the fps of the host movie. So 30 will drop down to 12. And I don’t think there’s a way to prevent that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258/3 "2003-07-31T16:52:41Z")
Ugh. ok thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258/4 "2003-07-31T16:53:21Z")
You can use a streamed sound - the flash player will match the movie with the streamed sound (streamed as in on timeline sync set to stream). So if you start at 15 and load a 30 with a streamed sound, it will bump up to 30 to match the sound since the Flash player bases frame progression on that sound - playing frames when possible, dropping in necessary
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-question/27258/5 "2003-07-31T16:56:13Z")
Oh ok. Hmm, I can’t use sound for this project but could I trick flash into thinking there is an empty streamed sound. Either that or attach a real sound and set volume to zero but that would waste bandwith. Maybe loop a short sound…