# \[need help\] need to stop music player from autoplay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-need-to-stop-music-player-from-autoplay/325778>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 3, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-need-to-stop-music-player-from-autoplay/325778 "2011-11-03T23:48:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![stewiek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@stewiek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stewiek)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-need-to-stop-music-player-from-autoplay/325778/1 "2011-11-03T23:48:11Z")

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The script below autoplay mp3 music in xml list. How do i prevent it from autoplaying.  
I want it to be able to be play continously ONLY when user clicks on play.

thanks

```auto

import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter; var infostruc:Array = []; var xmlData:XML = new XML(); xmlData.ignoreWhite = true; //////////////////////////////// VARIABLES START ///////////////////////////// xmlData.load('songs.xml'); //name of XML with songs this.mvolume = 100; //sound volume this.equalizer_visible = true; //show equalizer bars this.shuffle_songs = false; //enable/disable shuffle var showTime = true; //show actual position text //////////////////////////////// VARIABLES END ///////////////////////////// mySound = new Sound(); this.player_mc.play_mc._visible=false; this.current=-1; this.pausetime = 0; this.player_mc.song_name_txt.autoSize = true; this.player_mc.song_artist_txt.autoSize = true; this.player_mc.mute_mc.stop(); player_mc.bar1_mc._visible = player_mc.bar2_mc._visible = player_mc.bar3_mc._visible = equalizer_visible; this.player_mc.song_time_txt._visible = showTime; function newSound(link){ this.mySound = new Sound(); mySound.onSoundComplete = function(){ loadNext(); } mySound.setVolume(this.mvolume); mySound.loadSound(link,true); startBars(); } function startBars(){ player_mc.bar1_mc.gotoAndPlay(1); player_mc.bar2_mc.gotoAndPlay(10); player_mc.bar3_mc.gotoAndPlay(15); } function stopBars(){ player_mc.bar1_mc.gotoAndStop(1); player_mc.bar2_mc.gotoAndStop(1); player_mc.bar3_mc.gotoAndStop(1); } this.player_mc.stop_mc.onPress = function(){ mySound.stop(); pausetime = 0; player_mc.play_mc._visible=true; player_mc.pause_mc._visible=false; stopBars(); } this.player_mc.play_mc.onPress = function(){ mySound.start(pausetime / 1000); player_mc.pause_mc._visible=true; player_mc.play_mc._visible=false; startBars(); } this.player_mc.pause_mc.onPress = function(){ pausetime = mySound.position; mySound.stop(); player_mc.play_mc._visible=true; player_mc.pause_mc._visible=false; stopBars(); } this.player_mc.next_mc.onPress = function(){ loadNext(); player_mc.pause_mc._visible=true; player_mc.play_mc._visible=false; } this.player_mc.prev_mc.onPress = function(){ loadPrev(); player_mc.pause_mc._visible=true; player_mc.play_mc._visible=false; } this.player_mc.mute_mc.onPress = function(){ if(mySound.getVolume() != 0) { mySound.setVolume(0); player_mc.mute_mc.gotoAndStop(2); }else{ mySound.setVolume(mvolume); player_mc.mute_mc.gotoAndStop(1); } } function updateName(id){ if(infostruc[id].pic_url) loadUrl(infostruc[id].pic_url); else this.player_mc.picture_mc._visible = false; if(infostruc[id].name) this.player_mc.song_name_txt.text = infostruc[id].name; else this.player_mc.song_name_txt.text = infostruc[id].link; if(infostruc[id].artist) this.player_mc.song_artist_txt.text = infostruc[id].artist; } function getNextId(){ if(infostruc.length==current+1) return 0; else return current+1; } function getPrevId(){ if(0==current) return infostruc.length-1; else return current-1; } function loadNext(){ current = getNextId(); updateName(current); newSound(infostruc[current].link); } function loadPrev(){ this.current = getPrevId(); updateName(this.current); newSound(infostruc[current].link); } function f1() { // percent loaded buffered=Math.floor((mySound.getBytesLoaded()/mySound.getBytesTotal())* 45); // display progress on the display //if(buffered<100) { totaltime=buffered; totaltime = totaltime+"%"; } // resize sound playing bar player_mc.position._xscale=(mySound.position/mySound.duration)* 45; player_mc.duration._xscale=buffered; // display how many seconds played playedseconds=Math.floor(mySound.position/1000); playedtime=Math.floor(playedseconds/60) + ":" + playedseconds%60; timeseconds=Math.floor(mySound.duration/1000); time=Math.floor(timeseconds/60) + ":" + timeseconds%60; // if stopped remove sound bar //if(action=="stop"){ sndbar._xscale=0; } /*if(pause==1){ pausepos=mySnd.position; mySnd.stop(); }*/ player_mc.song_time_txt.text = playedtime + ' / ' +time; //song_time_txt.text = playedtime ; } setInterval(f1,100); var mclistener:Object = new Object(); mclistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip){ target_mc._width = 75; target_mc._height = 75; var myDropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(0,65,0x333333,0.15,15,15,2,3,false,false,false); target_mc.filters = [myDropShadowFilter]; } mclistener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip){ target_mc._parent._parent.gotoAndPlay(2); } var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); image_mcl.addListener(mclistener); MovieClip.prototype.loadUrl = function(url) { stopBars(); image_mcl.loadClip(url,this.player_mc.picture_mc.image_mc); } player_mc.duration.onPress = function(){ var pos = (player_mc._xmouse - player_mc.duration._x) / player_mc.duration._width; mySound.start( Math.floor(mySound.duration * pos) / 1000 ); } Array.prototype.shuffle=function(){ for(i=0;i<this.length;i++){ var tmp=this*; var randomNum=random(this.length); this*=this[randomNum]; this[randomNum]=tmp; } } xmlData.onLoad = function(success:Boolean):Void { if (success) { for (var i:Number = -1; this.childNodes[0].childNodes[++i]; ) { var cNode:XMLNode = this.childNodes[0].childNodes*.childNodes; var url:String = cNode[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ? unescape(cNode[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue) : unknownSong; var pic:String = cNode[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue ? unescape(cNode[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue) : unknownSong; var nm:String = cNode[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue ? unescape(cNode[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue) : unknownSong; var ar:String = cNode[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue ? unescape(cNode[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue) : unknownSong; infostruc.push({link:url, name:nm, pic_url:pic,artist:ar}); } this.song_name_txt.text = ""; if(shuffle_songs==true) infostruc.shuffle(); loadNext(); } else { this.song_name_txt.text = "XML error"; this.song_artist_txt.text = ""; } };

```