# ON\_BUFFERING Event for a sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-buffering-event-for-a-sound/250840>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-buffering-event-for-a-sound/250840 "2008-02-02T00:55:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-buffering-event-for-a-sound/250840/1 "2008-02-02T00:55:09Z")

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I am building an MP3 player. I need to detect if the audio pauses due to an empty buffer so that I can show a loading indicator. I’ve scoured all the Sound classes and can’t find any ‘ON\_BUFFERING’ type events. How would this be accomplished?