# MCL.onLoadInit fires late with external SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcl-onloadinit-fires-late-with-external-swf/225802>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 15, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcl-onloadinit-fires-late-with-external-swf/225802 "2007-05-15T19:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![takethetrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@takethetrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/takethetrain)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mcl-onloadinit-fires-late-with-external-swf/225802/1 "2007-05-15T19:47:36Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’ve run into this problem more than once, without ever finding a mention of it online, so hopefully one of you Kirupians can help me.

Generally, I like to use onLoadInit because it gives me accurate widths and heights. But when I have an external SWF file with a video embedded in it, I find that onLoadInit always fires a second or two after the video has started playing. What gives?

Thanks guys!