# Loading external MP3 and showing the progress

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3-and-showing-the-progress/9706>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 17, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3-and-showing-the-progress/9706 "2002-12-17T01:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![StrIder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@StrIder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StrIder)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3-and-showing-the-progress/9706/1 "2002-12-17T01:30:37Z")

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Hi,

I know how to load an external mp3 using the sound() functions.  
I was wondering if there is a way to also show the progress of the bytes of the mp3 file already loaded by the movie.

Thanks in advance  
StrIder

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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 17, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3-and-showing-the-progress/9706/2 "2002-12-17T04:26:00Z")

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well what i usually do is make a flash animation and then make a new flash animation with just the sound and i put the sound to stream, then i go back to my animation make an empty movie clip and use the load mc command and link my sound mc with the empty movie clip i dont know if you understand but im sure this is what youre lookin for check out my example [www.expocaribbean.com/postal/postal.html](http://www.expocaribbean.com/postal/postal.html)

Grim