# Music downloads from a flash site?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604 "2006-04-06T07:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![andie13uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@andie13uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andie13uk)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604/1 "2006-04-06T07:15:55Z")

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Hello there,

I have put together a little flash website and I want to add a section for downloading mp3 and movies… :mu:  
…but I’m having some issues. Can anyone explain the best way to go about this? Any help would be much appreciated…

Thanks,  
Andie

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**Author:** ![salvador\_marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@salvador\_marley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvador_marley)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604/2 "2006-04-07T15:35:45Z")

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you could always zip up the mp3 and link to the zips from within flash. Just put a brief description on the site that the music will be zipped up and will need to be unzipped.

so the code on your button would look like this:

on (release)  
{  
getURL(“[http://www.yoursite.com/ace\_song.zip](http://www.yoursite.com/ace_song.zip)”);  
}

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604/3 "2006-04-07T15:47:46Z")

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or if you have Flash 8, theres a new feature: [FileReference](http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001589.html)  
It allows alot more control over file downloads including flash downloading bars and such.

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**Author:** ![andie13uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@andie13uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andie13uk)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-downloads-from-a-flash-site/184604/4 "2006-04-09T15:49:24Z")

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I think I have been over-complicating matters!

Thanks!