# Loading external sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-sound/260818>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-sound/260818 "2008-05-20T06:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![PizzaGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@PizzaGuy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PizzaGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-sound/260818/1 "2008-05-20T06:37:59Z")

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I just want to make a simple dynamic text pre-loader for an external sound file. The problem is all the tutorials I found are either pre-loaders with dynamic text for none external sound files or tutorials for external sound files using trace to show the progress.

[http://pastebin.com/d4cf35ec](http://pastebin.com/d4cf35ec)

I was just messing around trying to merge the 2 of them, but it didn’t work, it still won’t show the message. I have the dynamic text called loadText… and on frame 2 I have a goto frame 1 and play. When I load it all that happens it the song starts to play, its a 4mb song file so I know very well it isn’t finished downloading.