# How to load external sound - help fast please!

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**Created:** [November 25, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-external-sound-help-fast-please/300649 "2009-11-25T04:43:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Numinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@Numinus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Numinus)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-external-sound-help-fast-please/300649/1 "2009-11-25T04:43:43Z")

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I have a clip i want to play in my as2 swf. But its a big file and it takes to long to export from the library initially ( it causes the preloading time on my swf to be like 2mins!). I’d like to load the sound later in the swf and start its playback before its completely loaded.

But i only know the attachSound methods for sounds in the library.

??? How do i load and play a sound from outside of my swf, like from a url ???