# Importing mp3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-mp3/209472>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 9, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-mp3/209472 "2006-12-09T03:14:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![stumbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stumbler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stumbler)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-mp3/209472/1 "2006-12-09T03:14:23Z")

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I am trying to import an mp3 file using loadSound and that works when I directly type in the URL into the function, but when I try to give the user an input text field and use its variable for the loadSound URL i get the error message: Error opening URL “file:///…”.  
Any ideas?