# How to decrease file size

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**Created:** [December 22, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-decrease-file-size/38383 "2003-12-22T05:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-decrease-file-size/38383/1 "2003-12-22T05:43:55Z")

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Howdy all,

I was just wondering if anyone knew how to find out what in a flash project could be big? I have only small pics in my site ( \<50k ) and one mp3 that is ~ 150k and yet my project seems to take a long time to load.

[www.marysuetobin.com](http://www.marysuetobin.com)

How can I tell what the problem is and how can I fix it?

Thanks

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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:** [December 22, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-decrease-file-size/38383/2 "2003-12-22T07:46:56Z")

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Hmn, yes, it loaded rather slow. What you can do is try to use dynamic loading as much as possible. So instead of placing your mp3 files in your library, try loading them in from outside the swf. Same goes for anything else in your library that can be loaded dynamically. 🙂

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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:** [December 22, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-decrease-file-size/38383/3 "2003-12-22T15:52:55Z")

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Thanks! I didn’t realize you could load those dynamically (as in not need them in the library). What sort of commands do you use for those? Like for jpgs or for mp3s. Do you just create an empty MC, place it where you want and go from there?

:bu: