# Preloading attached sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-attached-sound/173809>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 29, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-attached-sound/173809 "2005-12-29T22:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![End](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@End](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/End)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-attached-sound/173809/1 "2005-12-29T22:57:13Z")

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Hello!

Also, I am just beginning. I have read lots of posts with similar problems, however, my preloader is slightly different as it is a separate file altogether.

I have attached a sound on frame 50 of my movie using ‘attach sound’.  
It plays fine. On my linkage I have ticked ‘export on first frame’. When this is not ticked it does not play. So I left it ticked.

My preloader is a seperate .swf that loads the movie that has the sound.  
I can tell the sound has loaded as the preloader takes a lot longer. However, when the movie has loaded and begins to play the sound just does not exist. Or it is shy and does not want to talk.

I can’t do the thing everyone is suggesting (moving sound to frame 3 and unchecking ‘export on first frame’, then modifying my preloader script) because my preloader is separate to my movie.

Do any smart flash brains have a suggestion, because I am not yet a smart flash brain. Perhaps I am a couple of brain cells at the moment. Anyway, I would be thrilled to have help in conquering this irritating problem!