# Linkage issues with loading MP3s

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issues-with-loading-mp3s/276911>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 4, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issues-with-loading-mp3s/276911 "2008-12-04T22:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![qhrome27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@qhrome27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/qhrome27)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-issues-with-loading-mp3s/276911/1 "2008-12-04T22:22:17Z")

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Hello,

I am working on a game, and I am using MP3s within the SWF file to load at certain times. In order to make them loadable, I have set up the Linkage properties to :  
-Export for ActionScript  
-Export in first frame

The problem is, that it loads all the MP3s before the preloader even shows up, so there is a lot of time of blank screen. But when I take of “Export in first frame”, I am not able to load the MP3s during runtime.

Is there a way to access the MP3 files without exporting them in the first frame?