% preloader with load bar

I used this tutorial to make a load bar. It works fine when preloading, say, an image file in the 3rd frame. However, when I try to make it show the loading status of a frame with the following attributes, it falters:

  • 3 buttons (play, pause, stop)
  • an integrated audio clip (mp3) controlled by the 3 buttons

For some reason, the loadbar doesn’t work. It just displays a white block on the Web page the size of the .swf file, and remains that way until the file is loaded, and then displays frame 3 (the audio feature). It’s as if the load bar frames don’t exist.

I used the exact same file, but modified it so that I replaced the 3rd frame (the audio buttons and stuff) with a simple BMP image, and the loadbar works. So the problem lies with the 3rd audio frame I’m meaning to use.

Any ideas? I’m pretty new with Flash and can’t figure out a solution.