# Preload a percantage of a movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-a-percantage-of-a-movie/8423>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-a-percantage-of-a-movie/8423 "2002-11-20T23:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![docjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@docjake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/docjake)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-a-percantage-of-a-movie/8423/1 "2002-11-20T23:19:58Z")

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I’d like to preload only a certain percantage of a movie and then begin playing the movie rather than preloading the entire movie. I’m using Flash MX. How can I do this - the preloader info I found preloads the entire movie.

Thank you!

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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 21, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preload-a-percantage-of-a-movie/8423/2 "2002-11-21T00:54:13Z")

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try the ifFrameIsLoaded rather than the getBytesTotal.  
🙂  
jeremy