# LoadSound wont play in IE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadsound-wont-play-in-ie/69328>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 3, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadsound-wont-play-in-ie/69328 "2004-11-03T10:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjward81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@mjward81](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mjward81)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadsound-wont-play-in-ie/69328/1 "2004-11-03T10:20:02Z")

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i have a script on a frame at the root of the movie.

// background sound (war environment)  
\_global.bgsound = new Sound();  
bgsound.loadSound(“sounds/mp40.mp3”)  
bgsound.setVolume(100);  
bgsound.onSoundComplete = function() {  
bgsound.start();  
}

the problem is, that the sound isnt loading in Internet Explorer. I thought it may have been SP2 causing problems but i went and tested it on school’s computer SP1 and it still didnt work. In firefox it works fine, so the AS must be correct (which im positive it is) i just cant work out for the life of me why it isnt loading.  
I have also tried loading the sound onto a movieclip and not from the frame  
i.e.

// background sound (war environment)  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“myEmptyMC”,“2”);  
bgsound = new Sound(myEmptyMC);  
bgsound.loadSound(“s1.mp3”,true)  
bgsound.setVolume(100);  
bgsound.onSoundComplete = function() {  
bgsound.start();  
}

and this didnt work in IE either. Works again in firefox though.

Anyone got any suggestions?