# Help: song preloader in XML music player (MX)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-song-preloader-in-xml-music-player-mx/202927>\
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**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-song-preloader-in-xml-music-player-mx/202927 "2006-10-05T21:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ttorrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@ttorrey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ttorrey)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-song-preloader-in-xml-music-player-mx/202927/1 "2006-10-05T21:22:36Z")

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Hey all

I have attached an FLA (MX) of an XML music player I am working on. I did not create the music player, but have been tweaking it.

Basically, I just want a preloader of some kind (any kind!) to indicate that a song is being loaded when a user clicks on a track. As it is now, there is nothing to indicate this, and so it seems to the user that the music player has locked up. I don’t care if it’s a percentage bar or simply the word “loading” blinking on and off.

I have dug around the code and it seems that there is a preloading component in place (  
“player” movieclip, actions layer, frame 3), but for whatever reason it’s not working. And I am not too sharp with AS, so I am not sure where to start to begin making a new one (or fixing what is there).

I was having trouble with attachments, so here is the FLA to download in case the other doesnt work:  
[http://braillemedia.com/player\_dm\_songsviolin\_sm.fla](http://braillemedia.com/player_dm_songsviolin_sm.fla)

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.