# Load mp3
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611 "2002-12-15T03:31:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@brian\_monkey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brian_monkey)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/1 "2002-12-15T03:31:41Z")
is there any way I can dynamically load a mp3 and have a loading bar? or preloader?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/2 "2002-12-16T15:09:40Z")
Yep. You preload MP3 exactly the same way you’d preload an swf.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/3 "2002-12-17T03:39:12Z")
can I have a preloader read the amount of the mp3 loaded if I just load the mp3 seperately and not through an swf. I am trying to load an mp3 by itself but I want to have a loading bar to display its progress.\<:}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/4 "2002-12-17T16:51:45Z")
Using the values from the getBytesTotal and getBytesLoaded method you can quickly create a sound buffer, so your sound won’t start playing until enough of the sound has loaded, much better method than waiting for your sound to preload.
```php
// create a holder for the sound, a instance of the sound object, and load in the sound file
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("soundHolder", 1);
userSound = new Sound(soundHolder);
userSound.loadSound("mp3soundfile.mp3", true);
// get the sound length
soundLength = formatTime(userSound.duration)
// set the textfields
_root.min.text = soundLength.minutes;
_root.seconds.text = soundLength.seconds;
notDone == true;
_root.onEnterFrame = function () {
percentage = userSound.getBytesLoaded() / userSound.getBytesTotal() * 100;
if (percentage > 5 && notDone == true) {
notDone = false;
userSound.start();
}
if (percentage >= 100) _root.onEnterFrame = undefined;
percentageBar._xscale = percentage;
}
function formatTime(milliseconds) {
// find minutes expressed in decimal
minutes = new Number((milliseconds/1000)/60);
// split the minutes to find the minute (str[0]) and the seconds expressed in decimal
str = new String(minutes.toString());
str = str.split(".");
// return an object with minutes and seconds properties
// to find minutes, multiply the seconds expressed in decimal to find the seconds in integer format
return {minutes:str[0], seconds: Math.round(("." + str[1])*60)};
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/5 "2002-12-17T17:06:28Z")
Hey h88. Nice piece of code. But are you sure it’s safe to overwrite loadSound (especially if you use loadSound inside the function)?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/6 "2002-12-17T17:13:49Z")
Wow, how did’nt i notice that, i’ll edit the script now. :crazy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-mp3/9611/7 "2002-12-17T18:58:15Z")
edited