# MP3s not allowed with my web host

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 22, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402 "2003-07-22T18:32:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Geoff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geoff)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/1 "2003-07-22T18:32:01Z")

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I use a free web host for a site but they don’t allow uploading of mp3 files (they filter and block them)

I want to offer visitors a choice of background music that would have to be streamed or loadMovied’ed as mp3 files, here lies the problem.

I thought a work-a-round would be to have a small empty movie off stage that contained the swf music file but I then thought that someone might have a more elegant solution.

I have a second question, please:

When you use loadMovie to download a swf file into a parent movieclip, what’s the best way of initially filling the parent movie BEFORE anything is downloaded, assume you use attatchMovie - is this correct ?

Many thanks

Geoff

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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:** [July 22, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/2 "2003-07-22T18:55:30Z")

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use a diff extension.

Flash should read it as an mp3, even though you have it named as music.txt or whatever…

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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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:** [July 22, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/3 "2003-07-22T20:00:34Z")

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beware, though. some servers look at the _structure_ of the file for that exact reason (renaming). test it with a couple files first.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/4 "2003-07-23T06:17:37Z")

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Thanks you, I shall try this out

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/5 "2003-07-23T09:27:44Z")

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i’d stick to keeping the mp3s in swfs - that way you can even use a preloader…

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/6 "2003-07-23T12:52:29Z")

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hm…not a bad idea. crafty, maybe even vile, yet genious.

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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:** [July 23, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3s-not-allowed-with-my-web-host/26402/7 "2003-07-23T20:12:29Z")

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anny may i love your footer!!!