# How do i decrease the filesize?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-decrease-the-filesize/35276>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-decrease-the-filesize/35276 "2003-11-12T06:39:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Samurai\_Moo\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Samurai\_Moo\_Cow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Samurai_Moo_Cow)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-decrease-the-filesize/35276/1 "2003-11-12T06:39:50Z")

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when i uploaded my movie + html, the movie wouldn’t load, or it was taking an extra long time

the .swf is about 342 kb

so how would i decrease the filesize, or have a loader that says how far the .swf is loading?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-decrease-the-filesize/35276/2 "2003-11-12T06:42:33Z")

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do a search for:  
preloader  
load movie  
load jpg

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-decrease-the-filesize/35276/3 "2003-11-12T07:03:22Z")

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Lostinbeta’s preloader tutorial should help you out:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)