# Percent Loader for an external .mp3
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823 "2003-05-01T21:51:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lomelino](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lomelino)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823/1 "2003-05-01T21:51:00Z")
Could someone please help me understand how to create a preloader for an externally loaded .mp3 file. I am using the loadSound command and need to measure the percent loaded.
I have been successfull in creating a pre-loader for a movie which – the type of preloader that resides in 3 frames. This type of pre-loader is measuring the main flash file that is loading. I need to measure the external file that I’m playing.
Joshua Lomelino
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823/2 "2003-05-01T22:30:42Z")
I don’t have a clue, but I have a suggestion that would work:
make a seperate .swf file that has the .mp3 imported into it. Then you can put a preloader on that. Would that work?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823/3 "2003-05-01T22:40:19Z")
You can check this link:
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http://www.kennybellew.com/
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There you learn everything about sound with flash,
how to build a preloader for a external .mp3 , etc
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:)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/percent-loader-for-an-external-mp3/19823/4 "2003-05-01T23:53:09Z")
Nice-
Thanks for the link!