# Preloader and loadMovie help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-loadmovie-help/177302>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-loadmovie-help/177302 "2006-01-31T21:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ran\_dizolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@ran\_dizolph](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ran_dizolph)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-and-loadmovie-help/177302/1 "2006-01-31T21:22:53Z")

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Hi there,

I’ve gone thru a couple great tuts. on building preloaders…i’ve got one working that i’m happy with, only i’m not exactly sure where to put it.

I’m building a cd-rom, with lots of video etc., that i’m calling into my main timeline in empty movieclips wiht ‘loadMovie’.

Now, do i put the preloader at the start of my secondary swfs (that i’m loading into the main) or in front of the empty movie clip on my main timeline?

Thanks