# Pausing audio

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 3, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519 "2003-11-03T16:31:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hermsjr12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@hermsjr12](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hermsjr12)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519/1 "2003-11-03T16:31:19Z")

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How do i pause an audio and then start it from where it left off…I am making a slide show for a virtual tour.

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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:** [November 3, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519/2 "2003-11-03T17:15:20Z")

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What version of Flash are you using? How are you loading the sound (external mp3, external swf, etc)?

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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:** [November 3, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519/3 "2003-11-03T18:40:12Z")

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To pause

```auto

yourduration = yourSound.position
yourSound.stop();

```

to continue

```auto

yourSound.start(yourduration*1000,999);
// 999 is the amount of times to loop

```

Have a look at [www.kennybellew.com](http://www.kennybellew.com) too 🙂

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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:** [November 3, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519/4 "2003-11-03T19:55:35Z")

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my sound is in its own layer. should i need this to be loaded instead of directly putting it in the timeline…If so how do i do that

thanks

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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:** [November 3, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pausing-audio/34519/5 "2003-11-03T20:00:44Z")

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Sound on the timeline is very hard to control. That’s why most people use the sound object. You can find a lot about it on [www.kennybellew.com](http://www.kennybellew.com), that site has exactly what you want.