# Playing Sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-sound/308882>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 2, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-sound/308882 "2010-05-02T17:29:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![21cracer21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ad7895/32.png) [@21cracer21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/21cracer21)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-sound/308882/1 "2010-05-02T17:29:29Z")

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Hey all. I’m working on a game that loops a random sound file everytime the user goes to the menu. When I tried the simulate download in the preview menu, it took a long time to load the first frame (which is a preloader). I found the problem was that in the linkage for the sound files I said “Export on first frame” so i unchecked that box, but then when I tried playing again, the sound wouldn’t load.

So, I’m wondering, is there a way to play sound files through ActionScript without having to load them on the first frame?