# Loading external mp3s (mx)
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 18, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043 "2003-07-18T20:40:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@faceoff305](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/faceoff305)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/1 "2003-07-18T20:40:12Z")
I’m loading mp3s and I would like to know how to create a preloader \_mc for it. I’m loading them using .loadSound script set to false. Any tips would be much helpful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/2 "2003-07-18T22:37:57Z")
I’m new to Flash, so this is going to be a little vague, but you can do it using getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal. BytesLoaded is then used to provide a value to \_xscale a loader bar or give a percentage. The “creating a sound bar” tutorial may be useful to you here.
I’m sure someone will elaborate on this out for you…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/3 "2003-07-21T16:03:24Z")
thanks pissant. I’ll check it out.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/4 "2003-07-22T02:38:45Z")
you could modify a preloader to do something like the following (assuming that you are familiar with flash mx’s sound object & using a suitable handler):
```auto
total = mySound.getBytesTotal()/1024;
loaded = mySound.getBytesLoaded()/1024;
percent = loaded / total * 100;
loaderBar._xscale = percent;
```
that’s pretty much what i used for my dynamic xml mp3 player.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/5 "2003-07-22T05:19:05Z")
well, heres an awesome resource for dynamic mp3 loading…
[http://www.kennybellew.com/](http://www.kennybellew.com/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/6 "2003-07-22T05:20:45Z")
Geez, thats probably the longest tutorial in the history of tutorials!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-mp3s-mx/26043/7 "2003-07-22T05:47:03Z")
but it rox the house…thats for sure…