# Preloading sounds

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-sounds/260673>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-sounds/260673 "2008-05-18T17:25:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhinzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jhinzo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jhinzo)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-sounds/260673/1 "2008-05-18T17:25:53Z")

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Can anyone help with preloading a sound from the library. I’ve built a preloader to pull in animations but it seems to ignore the sound file being pulled in with the mc. The preloader misses the sound file that is being pulled in with the mc, it starts when after the sound is loaded.

thanks,  
j.